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Haha. Same...
My question is; Has anyone ever built a 40's car, without the car and only the fenders? Hmmmmm???
A bit of an update - Today we got a little more settled in. Removed the hood, unboxed the transmission, got the flywheel fitted, ordered some...
+1 check and make sure the choke is opening and staying open.
I'll be splitting time between helping with the 40 and working on my 63 (avatar). My dad has every intention of making progress on it after work...
I was just looking at the first side picture of it from 2007 and compared it to now. Nothing has changed with the car. Just the people riding in it.
A work space has been located! After hunting for the right place to start tearing apart his car, my dad found a spot. Today I helped him pull it...
I say there aren't enough holes. Drill some more out!
Ha. That's amazing. I love science. So much more to know. So much faster to go.
This thread makes me want to build a car that includes every part that people "would never have!". Cupholders are the bomb. You ever try to drive...
Everything in life is just a series of pendulum swings. Right now, people's tastes in older cars are swinging towards tradition, but with time I'm...
They offer their classes pretty sporadically. I think the next MIG welding one is on a Wed night.
In Baltimore we have a place called "The Foundry". Classes include welding, sheet metal working, metal finishing, powder coating, CNC work, etc....
Ain't that the truth. If I ended up with bone stock stuff in good condition, I'd just sell it off to fund something else.
Oh look, a 55-57 Chevy gasser Oh look, a 55-57 Chevy gasser Oh look, a 55-57 Chevy gasser Oh look, a 55-57 Chevy gasser Oh look, a 55-57 Chevy...
Yeah that's pretty common. People had broken into the vacant house that this garage is attached to and stripped it of scrap metal. This past...
I am very fortunate to have a work space in Baltimore. I'm renting an apartment + garage separately on a single income, so I'm thankful for my...
All the So Cal guys are probably like, "uhh... so what. I drive a roadster around all year."
There's a fair amount of info on Cragar online about it. I remember doing some research on it when I wound up with a single 14x6 - 4.5 Cragar....
Man your attention to detail blows my mind. I don't have the patience to do stuff like that, but I also know how therapeutic it can be to spend...
Gives a new meaning to "drive by wire".
Nothin like being beat over the head with nostalgia.
Cops in Baltimore have better things to do. Ran open headers on my '63 for a couple days. Would run straight pipes, but want to play nice with the...
Right now we're looking for a place to work on it. The garage at my parent's house is tiny and he's afraid he'll run out of space and have to keep...
Gosh I love black German Shepherds. I want one, but my wife and I live in a tiny apartment in the city.
I've always wanted to go, but as a school teacher I'd have to drive out the 2nd or 3rd week of school. That's a no go.
You're kind of in the place I was when I first bought my '63 Fairlane and now I've driven it on a 1,000 mi round trip. My advice is just to get it...
Last time I checked M&H doesn't make white wall cheater slicks OR pie crusts.
I don't know about late 40's-50 GM, but I used 1 inch coil spring hats on my 63 Fairlane to raise the front end. I'm pretty sure you can get...
Hands down, part swaps. Looking at cars is fun, but much of the time I go cross eyed looking at them for long enough. I like hunting through...
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