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jay, is yours curved under the seam towards the cowl at the back too?. see on this pic, it is like that on both sides up to the area in the middle...
I have a question on a 40 willys hood. Where the seam goes down the middle of the hood, both edges in the front and back are flush. Around the...
hey, novatattoo, nice pics, thanks for sharing them. first time we ever went and really liked the down to earth cars. talked to several others...
I do try to find original parts when I can, but It is pretty amazing that even 50's cars and trucks are hard to find parts for now. Sheetmetal is...
Has anyone used this brand of replacement fenders on a 56 GMC pickup (or chevy for that matter). when these were originally purchased the guy...
Recently went to Goodguys and checked a lot of the 55-57 chevy pickups to see what they use for an armrest. Most of them had none, only the...
well, thanks, I hear more negative issues than positive with these things so I guess I will just use a stock cover..no use trying to get around...
I know this is an older thread, but I am trying to figure out the real deal with these covers..some guys say there are no clearance problems...
A friend of mine reminded me that the levers will go down when the pressure plate is fully tightened..uhh, forgot about that
I have a SBC and am outfitting it with an old cast iron ansen bellhousing. My plan was to use an 11" clutch setup. I have a hays billet steel...
hotrod-willys, hey the header treatment looks nice. are those a custom made set?
I have a 56 GMC that is sitting on an all stock 87 1/2 ton Chevy pickup frame. the booster and pedal assembly is out of an 80's something chevy...
I need to get an antenna for a 56 GMC pickup which has the round hole in the fender and uses that type that has a round base and tightens with the...
Writing to see if anyone has an idea what to do that I don't...I bought aftermarket vent window and frame assemblies. I decided to use a smoke...
Have any of you guys used All polishing and plating in Canton, or Akron plating in Akron, or Blackburns hubcap and wheel in Macedonia all near...
I thought about the plain ones and paint. The coated ones I got from them did eventually rust after a couple of years and as you guys say,...
Have any of you guys used Speedwaymotors headers in a chrome finish? I need a set of fenderwells and they have the fat fender set which I had used...
Hi, I have a 56 GMC that is going to use the 350 HO 330hp vortec steel head crate engine. I have always been a v-belt lover in case other...
I keep looking at trucks when I go to events in the summer and check the tires and wheels on them. Never seeming to have a notepad with me I check...
Well, I may be the odd duck here but have sealed beams in regular car headlamp buckets mounted in the big housing in the fender behind repro lens...
yes it would need to be dual plane. I am not sure of the era. On a 60's era intake were most of the factory manifolds for a single 4, cast iron?
I am going to build and old school SBC and would like to know what neat SBC intakes there are or were that would fit the build. I really like the...
I do not mind erring on the side of caution if that is the phrase..or better safe than sorry!
Hi Jim..like I say it will be a street car and I won't be wild with it. yes it will have a tach, I usually shift by ear and feel and that is...
Jim, I really wasn't planning on continual high rpm stuff..you know how you would drive a street car..to compound the issue, I am doing as old...
the numbers protrude...if it is cast then would that flywheel be ok to run on the street in a 350-400hp sbc and muncie M22, or am I better off...
I don't know if anyone could give me an idea of what I have in a SBC flywheel for a manual transmission. it has the numbers 397..the 4th number is...
The brunswick cruise used to be a really good one out by 303 and I 71..the eateries chased them out and they ended up at laurel rd where the old...
I would like to make and install a set of long ladder bars on a 40 willys gasser. It has the original springs and a 9" rear axle under it, also...
I have finally gotten around to my axle and have the ford spindles fit to it with ford kingpins..worked out nice, I need to mark the pin and get...
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