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Not dads car but a friend of his that helped him build his engine, and dad painted his car. This pic is from Edgewater Dragway in late 60s early 70s.
Ok will have to find out about advance part, Its a vertex, going in small block chevy.
Just picked one up need to know now to time them with engine. and is the post on the side to ground it out ? Thanks for any help
Work in a ship yard as a welder / fitter for 24 years.
Here my set up still have a little more to get it finished up. I using chevy truck axle and built the spring mounts and the hair pins.
If a lot of the greats of hot rodding would have listened to the nay sayers then were would all the great stuff come from. Get out of the box and...
Thanks guys for all your help
Remember sitting in garage with mom sanding the headers when he first got it home I was about seven then. Also mom was the only one that could...
Have seen 8 stack injecter on a blower in a mag i have some were, they machined the intake and adapted to the blower but in later pics in the same...
I,m chasing down the guy who help dad all the time to try to get name of who it was sold to and start that way to. Thanks guys
It sold in the mid 70s. Been chasing down some of dads buddies that are still living to see if they have any thing on it, and i will look into...
I'm looking for dads 40 chevy bussiness class coulpe. We lived in Warren county Ohio area in the town of Lebanon. All i know about the car's where...
This is my home away from home 40 feet from the house its not the best, but its mine.
Used that type of pedal in my dirt car back in to 80s. If you build one like it need to do something to lube the shaft thats runs thur the tube...
Used to throw my daughter in old one ton flat bed when she was one and we take off and hit as many yards we could that day looking for parts that...
As long as it does'nt bind rear end movement or try to pull or push axle sideways as it moves up and down should be good. That are some of the...
Study intakes how and why they work and don't work and if you have the skill and tools to do it go for it. The worst that could happen a bunch of...
I have seen it done before with a hemi using bbc headers it takes some work. As long as the tubes are close to the same spacing as the FE then a...
Ok wasn't thinking cause when you set a engine up some say to level it at the crab mount which would tilt the engine block up in the front. Thanks
Have heard that the thermostat has to be at the front of the engine or it will over the front of the engine. Why would it not do the same in rear...
I dont feel as down about mine. Its a one car with a gravel floor when it rains it gets 2 inchs of water in cause guy next door kept dumping...
After studing your build how well is the rear mounted radiator working without any opening in the trunk lid like I have seen ours do? The more I...
52 F-100 that I pick up for the wife she a old ford gal. mostly stock one of the frist over head vavle inline six motor with three on the tree....
I was blessed with Two grandsons so we made a room at MIM and Papaws house. when i was young we would take cardboard and draw citys to play with...
That is one bad ride. Really liked the way you done lots of things on the build. Great job
My dad ran one in his 40 chevy couple in mid 60s. Best I can find out he had a TALL gear and launch in second win his share of races. Been trying...
The one I'm putting together I just cut the bottom lip off were the fender bolts on by the rocker panel and used hood pins with a spring to push...
Got it some nice rides, but I'm more into seeing how things are done by others then what type of bred they are.
At this point I'm just going to use the block, crank, and rods and go back the way it needs to be. Thanks to all you guys for the input I'm sure i...
That is a great build you have there like it that you thaught it out to set up big or small block.
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