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Took my grandkids to an antique tractor and farm show and saw this old Ford tractor with a flathead conversion. Thought you all might enjoy ....
Beautiful build.
Have to admit,read the first eight pages and skipped to the end and magically it was finished. What an amazing job,be very proud. Now I can go...
Yeah,that place has been there a long time,seems like twenty years or longer. Always a good place to stop but I never saw anybody around the two...
Turned out great. If you want to plug the ends you might find some chrome bolt covers like they sell in motorcycle shops that have the same...
Some useful links: Advance adapters, a GOOD company! http://www.advanceadapters.com/categories/adapters/60/ The only reason I didn’t rig up...
Just curious,is anybody going after the landlord ?
This may have already been posted but first time I've run across it. Great video. http://vimeo.com/51040627
Makes my mouth water. Errrr,the car,that is.
Bend an old,thin shaft screwdriver to shape then slip a piece of fuel line over the shaft.
I remember in high school there was a smoking area in the gym. During the winter when the restaurent at the tobacco warehouse across from the...
Like the chop,so many I've seen turn out looking like a chevy fastback top with a gun slot was grafted onto the ford body.Keep up the good work....
One of those ,slap yourself on the forehead,why didn't think of that kinda posts. Thanks
Sometimes you have to do a mind check. Think back to the day you got hired and how thankful and excited you were. Now having said that I think...
If it is bare aluminum,I'd wet sand it with 8oo grit,then 1000 grit,then 1500 grit followed by 2000 grit. Follow with OOOO steelwool saturated...
Here's a link that might be helpful in the restoration. http://www.btc-bci.com/~billben/flathead.htm
"Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone".
http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Cadillac_engine_knowledge
Yep,remember it well. Fifty four chevy which my Dad later gave to me when I turned sixteen. Drained the oil and forgot to put the drain plug back....
Hahahah. I needed a good chuckle. Thanks.
Same thing happened to me last year. Guy stole a laptop with a broken screen,a digital camera that didn't work and another one that was good. My...
I've been reading this old book from 1949, Automobile Body Rebuilding and Refinishing and I remembered this thread. Thought you guys might enjoy...
Totally agree with you and if I hear "Oh,it's just business." or "Business is business." one more time I think I'm gonna puke.
He He,reminds me. When I was a teenager and always tearing up something my Dad would always say "Son,you can't tear up anything in high gear just...
My dear,sweet,blond girlfriend was complaining just the other day about the sign down the road. It says CAUTION DEER CROSSING. She thought they...
If you live close to the coast,find a shop that builds T-tops for center console fishing boats. Bet they can make anything you want. Good Luck Tom
So much for early to bed,just couldn't put this book down. Simply amazing.
Is this what you have? [IMG]
Man that ol' truck is a slice of heaven,bet you brother is smilin' down on you.
Be Proud.
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