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I still cannot believe my incredible luck of having the last issue be the last one on my subscription. Now I get to choose which (if any) of the...
I like your plan. Hard to beat a big block/'55 Chevy combination. The last one I built had a + .030 427 and a clutch 400Turbo. Missed the 4spd...
That's the kind of stash like I to come across just at the start of winter. I can lock myself in the shop and come out in the spring with a new...
I'll bet the Rolling Bones will just proceed to the west coast, follow the coastline up into Canada and put a few thousand miles exploring the...
I think you need to get some sort of baseline to work with money wise. With no frame your more or less in the drivers seat as very few people...
Outside of a death in the family I think a garage fire is about as devastating an event a hot rodder can face. It took me years to recover from...
When I started doing this hot rod thing in the late 50's Jack's name seemed to be in most of the magazines of the time so i was sure he was one of...
Yup, they were right. It looks horrible that color. Good thing I cleared a spot in the shop for it. No sense you being further embarrassed by...
Some of us old timers can't take the insanity of the regular Dream Cruise. It's turned into 30 miles 4 lanes of drunken tuners and jacked up...
Great example of a few properly placed components, a vision and a lot of intense short term work building a great example of off beat parts...
That's exactly like the '40 pickup build i've had floating around in my head since I missed the one my friend finished and put it up for sale the...
Your eyes are about the same age as mine. Better put on the bifocals and a welding helmet might be a good. It's been a long time since I built...
Glad to see this become a reality. Now we can get back to business. Frank
I think as a general rule the HAMB appreciates any project that is done with a finished, well crafted look. As for myself I'm almost giddy over...
I'll bet there are a lot of those old mongrels hiding in old guys garages and barns that will surface over the next 10-20 years. No one in the...
Now, this one is going to be worth following. If reaching back on the family tree for inspiration for a hot rod build is not traditional ,...
You have to mentally scale back your thinking but just imagine the work that every component of that little engine is doing to contribute to what...
INTERESTING!!!!! The car AND this thread. We get a look back at a time when cars of this type were coming on the scene almost weekly along with...
Absolutely one of the finest louver jobs I've ever seen. Can you imagine if just one of those vents were spaced differently or one was crooked or...
When you look at a ruler or a tape measure an inch seems so irrelevant. But when it comes to the profile of a hot rod it becomes a make or break...
What a cool reminder of the fun I had with my '29 coupe with the stock drivetrain back in 1959. However, the "need for speed" soon had me...
Now we're getting somewhere, Lets not lose track of this one. Bringing it back to life with a series of updates would be just fine. Frank
I can't believe with all of the buying, selling, and bartering skills here on the HAMB no one has suggested the most obvious solution to keeping...
If it were mine I couldn't live feeding a carb with an air cleaner outlet size smaller that the inlet of the carb. Frank
Incredible '32...............and it looks like it will return to the battle in record time. When I first saw the pictures of it wheelstanding...
Very interesting build. Keep us informed as to any progress. I'm anxious to see this one come together. Frank
As for the original poster of this thread. You didn't have a cell phone handy to shoot a couple of pictures to share with us? I thought I was...
Tim, You must be new to this hot rods thing or at least the world of '32's and '32 owners. A true '32 guy could have a dozen of each model '32,...
I remember when cars like that were a common sight on any drag strip in our area. Before "paint by number" racing put everyone "fax machine"...
Check Pete and Jakes. They have sold complete kits for over 25 years. Frank
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