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My fork travel is around 7/8" and hydraulic. Pedal pressure is fairly light, about the same as my OT 2020 Mustang.
Have you put a surge tank on it yet? Something ala a '64 Ford would do it. We had a guy with a NASCAR modified some years back, with a 351C that...
The color alone is pure fire. I did a model of one in a similar color, a GM black cherry. Every show I took it to, it won something. One show in...
I'm truly having a 2nd childhood with models. Today, there is so much cool stuff around for tools and supplies. With my tax return, I'm buying a...
I used a quart I got at Auto Zone for the interior floor of my car. Very easy stuff to work with, but not shiny.
If you have a real sorry car of the same make and year, just transfer your vin plate to this car. Instant restoration!
I tried a couple of times to join with no luck. Best bet is the 52 - 59 Ford forum.
We had a bicycle shop in town, all discounted models. Old AMT annuals were 99 cents. Revell Parts Packs, paint, aftermarket parts that were beyond...
My slave has an advertised travel of 1.25", in the end I needed 7/8" to 1" of fork movement. I got too fancy with complex compound linkage at the...
I know of some from over the years, packed away in garages, largely forgotten with junk stacked on top of them. I was following a '51 Merc for...
I have my Chevy II pil pump install pictures on an external drive. But it is some work. I had to drill and tap a hole in the web of my block to...
Is the 57 Fords Forever site still around? I would stop in there and ask around.
I'm on the Model Cars Magazine forum. Others like Scale Auto have folded up.
I used a Chevy II pan, part of a V8 swap kit I found on eBay. The pan itself was a real POS. I had to straighten the rails and braze up some...
Clutch lever = clutch fork? Shortening that will require more effort at the pedal. I messed with my pedal-arm pivot and moved it lower, which was...
Think TGIF... toes go in first .. :D
Ace Hardware will have them.
Have you considered recessing the firewall? It would help to get the engine a lot lower and give more room for various gadgets. But we're...
These could be reproduced, using modern methods. You'd have to crank out a bunch to get a decent ROI.
These molds were parked for good reasons, many saw long service and became clapped out. One kit vendor I know was part and parcel in getting...
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Aka crab claw flames.
I bought some for my '66 Belair, Hankooks from Tire Rack and found them to be quite reasonable. IIRC, less than $80 per, free shipping and road...
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All self adjuster hardware for Fords are the same, only the cable length is different for the drum sizes. Something is definitely off in that...
Try Dorman. They have exhaust manifolds for almost anything. Do an eBay search, I bet you find one in 10 minutes.
Man, way cool. I thought I had worked on big machinery in my past travels in various shops.
That cable looks a bit on the loose side.. :oops:
Super slick RT too. The rig looks awesome.
I learned this when I was doing brakes for a living, the lesson stuck with me. I still recall the car, a 1966 Impala, maroon 2 door HT.
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