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I understand you want new, but the best deal is to buy a nice, clean two year old van with under 20,000 miles on it. You should be able to pick...
The pivot will let you turn like a wagon. Without the pivot it wouldn't turn. Now, with a tow bar........the car should follow you around a...
You can tow it with the rear on the ground and in neutral if you leave the engine running. You have to have the pump running in order to keep the...
Looks like you need to sell your coupe and get a roadster, so you can buy and use that panel. $5000 ain't noth'in for a stepper!! J
Good for the both of you! I work with my son EVERYDAY. I sometimes forget to 'soak up' how lucky I am.
Scotch Brite pads are the way to rough up your finish to get your overcoat to stick. Be sure to do the edges! Around the edge of the trunk, hood...
Is that a trick question?? Reading between the lines, I can see that you are really asking.............do these Levis make my ass look fat??? :)...
When I got my '53, it had been sitting for whom knows how long, and it used a considerable amount of oil. I drove it for a couple of years and it...
Put another 20 years on your daughters and you wouldn't be able to AFFORD the beer for all the volunteers!!
The Nomad chrome and the curved rear side glasses would be the harder items to find if they are missing. Pretty much everything else is the same...
I know this is getting a little OT, but several years ago, I saw a whole line of Ford Eight door shortbed stepsides coming out of the Claycomo,...
Leez see, purple, turqouise, brown, purple, pink, teal, purple, orange, and oh yeah, purple. And no pastels either......or was that...
nothing for me either
Hat's off to you guys. I've been down that road, I did body and custom work for several years before I got my first 'real' job. Those pics make me...
Me too!! I love the memories, but hate the getting old part. I guess you make me get old...........but you can't make me grow up!
Welcome to this dose of complete insanity. J
Use a couple of wires with alligator clips to see if that is even an issue before you get to digging too deep. I sometimes have a problem of...
Now's the time to box the frame since you have it stripped. You may be running small power now, but who knows, you may decide to up the ante...
Was the hood ornament on that Chebbie factory or aftermarket?????
'33-'34 Ford (pretty much all of them) '40 Ford (same as above) '59 Caddy '61-'62 bubble top Chevies '70 Chevelles Can't I list more???????? J
This post is definately no good without pics!!
Gene's a hell of a nice guy. I spoke with him for quite a while at the Lead Sled Spectacular in Salina last summer. I coulda talked to him all...
Fresh?? 327, three speed, running. I'm gonna go through the brakes, do a wheel and tire combo and some other upgrades. I wanna keep this one on...
[IMG] This is my favorite building. This station was built in 1935 and started as a White owl, was then a Shell, Texaco and last a Skelly. It...
I totally agree with the '61 Dodge quarters............it's the coolest '61 Dodge I've ever seen. Mopar needed this guy as a stylist back in the...
It could take you 50 years to find an 'original' rusty POS. I ain't got 50 years.................where's my credit card?????????
I'm with ya 100%, but you and I both know 17yo's aren't gonning to listen. I'd make him walk awhile. J
Looks great!! I bought a '56 Effie from the local Ford dealership in about '72 for $200. Factory V8 and Ford-o-Matic, it had to be rare. It was as...
First, try to haggle price and then BUY THE CAR. Secondly, you sound as if you like it. Third, $ 8500.00 isn't a bad buy. Forth, think of...
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