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Thank you very much. This car is deserving of giving my best effort. Just can't make anything look too new, which is sometimes hard for me. o_O
I like that!!
Got the LaSalle assembled last night with my girlfriend and everything went pretty well! There's a lot of custom work in this thing and it's nice...
Some solid progress being made. I'm having the clutch rebuilt and installing a steel insert into the flywheel like your typical aluminum type...
The LaSalle is finally done getting machined, hot tanked (dishwasher) and prepped for final assembly. I got this case from local hot rodder Augie...
Thank you sir. John passed away on Christmas day, 2013. He moved to Sacramento in the 2000s sometime, and I have no idea what happened to any of...
Still trying to figure all that out. The body has the darker original yellow color underneath it, but the grille shell and front fenders do not....
Not a clue. Here's a couple prints that I inherited. Written on the back of the first print is my grandmother's writing- "1949 El Mirage Dry...
Little slow on that one.. but it'll happen! I'm deep into the LaSalle rebuilding at the moment. I'll need to mount rear end to the parallel leaf...
You're absolutely right, and Kenny actually worked for Isky at that time. I believe Kenny, Toros and my grandfather were high school pals.
After receiving a lead by a long-time friend of my grandfather's, I have found and acquired the ORIGINAL '37 LaSalle shifter from his Coupe, which...
It's an Arias / Howards 12 port head for a GMC that I got from a friend of mine. It was sold to a Bonneville racer in 2006 and still has my...
Other randoms. The pictures laid out are part of my personal collection that I have inherited from my family, most of the coupes my grandpa Nick...
I also was given the opportunity to purchase the original matching jacket and trophies to the car, as well as the photo scrapbook previously owned...
It's been a while since I've posted, but the progess hasn't stopped. As of lately, I've been very invested into the '37 LaSalle and getting it...
Walt has passed on now, but the shop is still in business.
Small update... it sure helps to work at a piston shop when you need a set! Turns out these puppies had a dome CC of 118! I need to measure the...
Thank you everyone... much appreciated. Stay tuned!
Thanks for the nice words! I've always been infatuated with racing history since I was a kid, and this car and the whole experience is exactly...
Couple random shots... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Spent a few hours with The Cam Father last week and had a great time as always. Though the cam grind is a "7000T", he instantly recognized the...
Thank you sir. You're right about the cam.. with calculations of 1.5:1, the gross is around .440 or so, and less on the exhaust. Today I'm taking...
The gift keeps on giving... it has an Isky 5 cycle! I just called Ed yesterday and he told me all about its history.. explaining that the fuel...
Found this neat photo on Facebook. You can see my grandfather's coupe in the back behind his GMC pickup. This would have been in 1955. I know...
Pulled the head on the Jimmy last night and it looks good! The cylinders need some love in a couple holes, but for sitting for at least 5 decades,...
Any info on this?
Picked up this early Culver City quick change from my pal Pete Eastwood last night. One of the nicest, untouched TRUE Culver City quickies I have...
Been slowly acquiring the correct parts to wrap up the distributors / mag. I plan to use the Vertex for now, but like the idea of having available...
Got this sweet Cirello buzz box for the magneto. According to Tom, these weren't made any later than 1964. [ATTACH]
Thank you very much. I'll be forever grateful for this experience and can't wait to get it back up and running! He's a great kid. I have photos...
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