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I'm going to try and make this one. We moved into a new house last winter, and that kept me busy in 2010. Looking forward to doing more car...
I like the steering wheel puller idea - seems like that could work in a pinch if you don't have a puller with you. Could be great for junkyarding...
You don't have to be done to write a book! You gotta lot of guys that love your writing style and I am damn sure you have some great stories. A...
Mr. DeFeo... you, sir, need to write a book! Man, do I miss the days of "Cars illustrated" and "MuscleCars". Great entertaining articles on how...
Great article! Thanks!
Born in 1972. Got to ride home in Dad's first new car - a base model, stripped down V8 Cortez Silver '70 Chevelle. He special ordered it w/...
Whatever happened here... was looking forward to a photo journal of that 1/4 skin being welded on for future reference. :)
In looking through old pictures of drag cars and hot rods from the early 1960s, it seems that a LOT of people used the "West Virginia" chrome in...
I can't tell... are those rear wheels chrome reverse, or painted silver?
From old pictures I've seen, those were very popular. Since the oriiginals are all rusted, It's a wonder no one has reproduced these. It would...
Yes! They need to make those wheels in a 15x4 or 15x5, and offer a 15x7 or 15x6 w/ a bit more backspacing for the guys running early Chevy IIs,...
After following that thread and seeing all the cool early/mid-60s drag cars w/ steelies, I deceided to ditch the centerlines and go for a vintage...
Zach... Last year, some vintage dirt cars were on display at Wegmans on the Carlisle pike in Mechanicsburg. I was talking to the one guy and he...
Narrow whites look OK depending on the car (The Mercury wagon above w/ the new cragars is a good example). Wide whites = no.
I love them, but I am a bit biased. Here's mine. :) [img] [img] [img]
Agree 100%. That cam NEEDS 10.5-11:1 compression to work well. We rebuilt a '63 Impala 250 hp and added 1.94 64cc 291 heads (stock 250hp were...
I can recall doing my share of racing on corregan drive in South Park back in 1990 or so when people still cruised the park. Drove a '70 Nova...
We have one of those 265hp engines in my Dad's Chevelle. Came out of a small town cop car 4 dr Bel Air or Biscayne. We scrapped the manifold,...
M&H is showing some love for you guys trying to relive the jr stocker era. Follow link:...
Happened to see this and figured I'd pass along the info. Nice to see that tires are becoming available for the "post-pie crust" era builds....
I'll mark this on the calendar.
Looking good, man! Love those '65s!
I would love to go, but we are just getting settled in to our new house (moved to Shippensburg over the holidays), and there is still a lot of...
:) Well said. Not liking muscle cars and big blocks is like saying you don't like America, Beautiful Women, etc, etc.... Necessary? Maybe...
Well for that matter, V8s were never NECESSARY for production cars. How can a Hot Rodder make a statement like that? :confused: More power...
With SBCs, it seems like "RV cam" usually refers to the generic 204/214 @ 0.050, .420"/.442", 112 LSA grind.
I wonder if people will be paying mega-bucks for those wheels on ebay in the year 2047 to build "traditional" 1992 Z28s? LOL
Love it, INCLUDING the powertrain!!! :)
What a shame... I can recall reading some of his posts about what it was really like in the "old days", regarding wheel / hubcap choices, etc....
Looks great, but I would highly recommend different rear wheels. Rodlites and pie crusts just don't go together IMO.
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