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what kind of primer ?
I was headed to a car show in my 33 . sitting at a stop sign about 300 yards from the motel and a drunk in a jacked up 4 wheel drive trk...
I built a 51 ford for my wife and she said she didnt want anything showing that you couldnt get in the fifty's. we are going to go to salina [its...
I had a 57 chevy 2 dr ht and my wife noticed that several different times when a couple would be looking at it the men would look at the back...
I was t salina last year and george barris told me I had a real nice car. I told him he didnt just make my day he made my year. about five...
shrink it
nothing
what kind of sprint car has an alterator?
If you put too much hardner in the clear it will never cure. I know it sounds funny but too much catalis will cause the paint to keep softening. I...
told me to always use a condom
I dont know if I'm a hot rodder, street rodder, or just an old fart, but I do know that I bought my first car in 1952 at the age of 12. I...
If it is handy hook up a remote gauge before going through a lot of trouble.
I've got one of those out behind my barn. It shows 54000 miles has a three speed manual trans. good patina . was going to build but my grandson...
get a set of adapters either from ford to chevy or chevy to ford. I put an s10 sub frame under my wifes 51 ford and got an adapter from chevy to...
I did my part in destroying several . used the in demo derbys for years, until they started using crysler Imperials
smart move. everybody has a 63 nova ss
couldnt use them in my area, the ruts were too deep and would tear them off!!!!!
I'm doing a 42 chevy trk and had the same thing happen. I'm in the state of mo. and went to the highway patrol about it. They told me that the...
they didnt get a shot of the grill on your car I spent so much time on in detroit
I'm not going back after the knife fight in the back lot of the hotel and a gun battle in the front parking lot. [two cars hit with stray bullets]
Hey Guys, we need some help. We have been invited to display at the Autorama and we have no idea what we're getting into. We've never been to...
I just did an s 10 clip on my 51 shoe box and I love it. It was simple and it drives like a dream. the only thing I had to do was use an inch...
I think about all split manifolds on 235's are split 2 cyl. and 4 cyl. its hard to split the exaust 3 and 3 when the center 3 and 4 cyl are out...
I met chuck at the salina lead sled show this summer . He was as nice a guy as you would want to meet. to top it all off he invited me to the...
before you weld it on the car be sure to drain the oil and try to get all the fumes out of the pan. I blew the pan and valve covers off a 59...
aircraft stripper works good and it doesnt take much. Ive been painting for 50 years and have a lot of practice doing this
the reason dummies were used in the good old state of missouri is they outlawed the real ones in the early 60s. I had a trooper stop me and said...
I was planning on driving out today but got bad news from my trans man. I only have high gear and reverse so Im trying to find a trailer [ugg] and...
I thought the led look was all wrong until I got rearended sitting at a stop sign and a 4 wheel drive pickup truck rearended me. No drivers...
In the state of missouri it is a law the windshield be laminated. all the side and rear glass can be tempered
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