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Yep, depends which day of the week.. Yesterday.
geesh you coulda gone with a 904 trans...lol Good luck with your projecto_O
Your front mounts, and rear clutch housing cross member is in the OEM position and bolted in the OEM holes?
My only vintage "dash plaque", I was 17 when I got it..[ATTACH]
Manitoba Canada, regular up to 10% corn, mid grade 5% corn, Premium no ethanol..
Okay here is what I created so far, have not got back to this job yet. Universal Lokar style cables off rear drum brakes to my leverage pivot....
Agreed a good cleaner, with a high concentration of Stoddard solvents she would be. If it works for a specific problem great, but as you would...
One word comes to mind with MMO, Seafoam, thickening agents like STP, Lucas. That word is SNAKE OIL....LOL I've used em all, with various...
Fed Ex , UPS Purolator and USPS. USA and Canada biggest trading partners billions of dollars in goods going back and forth over border daily. Last...
Greats comments, keep em coming. You know, my trucks a work in progress, my house is a work in progress, and you know I'm a friggin work in...
Yup they sleep with us they know we're projects in the making...lol
Yup, sounds bout right I reckon.
Must be a snappy little machine. I figure my 55 Fargo near same, LA 318 998 trans and 3.23 gears and she is snappy off the line.
Like the Beer Store Cooler, variety resulting in same end at times...lol
Okay so a lot of times we get a Jalopy up and driving but there not 100% finished, (are they ever). Mine continues to be upgraded and completed as...
Short boxes?
Yes they aren't real heavy 4 sure. Mine I've heard was near same. My current drive train is at least 100 pounds lighter than stock. Chrysler...
Hey HH, any of you weight your pickup trucks to see just how heavy they are? Mine, a 1955 C series Dodge/Fargo is 3100 to 3200 lbs, that's the 108...
My cruise yesterday, just a little to soggy with slop slinging around. Oh driving on the road is okay, its what the road leaves on the truck...lol...
My road, after grading and fresh dust control applied. Believe me its not always like this.
Yup Frankie same funding shit up here too. Some people don't care about other drivers in the least. My road, because its a Fire and School bus...
Hi all, many roadways in our traditional Hotrod era were gravelly or dirt. Now the improved roads might been oiled and graded a lot to keep in...
Gone is the sketchy exhaust. New exhaust yesterday, used my used glasspacks. I like it, should have angled dumps toward rear... [MEDIA]
Great story thanx for posting.
Love it thanx for sharing
Sketchy is just a play on my words. I agree old tech, but in good order and not sketchy by no means. Farming my way is all state of the art...
Had my old jalopy out yesterday and it dawned on me, I drive a jalopy that needs some improvements. 8 year old low mile radials, 1 jug MC, drum...
Not sure why a booster is required on disc app, sounds like overkill. Very regulatory I must say glad It ain't like that here. Sounds like a...
Geesh they gotcha by the short hairs. Suppose you gotta have dual MCs and disc brakes too, which isnt always a bad thing. No freedom of choice on...
Good Info Bro, you peeps down under seem under the government thumb at every turn. Talk about regulated ....WOW
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