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Ah yes, many memories of the rivers near the cities. I still recall one night on a small home made pontoon (barrels)boat near the Ford dam when we...
I used a 8" from a Mustang or Maverick in the yellow rdstr in the avatar but it can be seen from the rear so I used two short side axles, which as...
You can goggle Ed Binggeli of Bings Speed Shop in Santa Rosa, CA and probably get a few pix of his #43 flathead Willys which just about owned F/G,...
Yes, one-shot chrome yellow is the closest match, since I had the lemon yellow (next best IMHO) I went with it, and semi-gloss black rattle can,...
Do a search on here, this subject has been around the block a couple times. Make sure via the DMV the plates are clear if you intend to run them....
I did it way back when, first go round with the 31 and a stock 50 Olds 303/ 36 tranny. Never did break the rear, the cheap used tires I could...
Don'y know much about spot welders, haven't used one since high school, long ago. I did see a home made version on u-tube using a micro wave...
They are getting harder to find. Check the cast number on the heads above the back exhaust port and whether the middle port has 2 or 3 bolts. Olds...
Way back when as teens we converted a 36 trans to open by merely changing the rear bearing to a sealed bearing and had a guy machine a flat plate...
The drop in that later axle isn't all that much, why not try a reverse eye spring with the axle you have mounted, maybe even pull a leaf or two...
I realize this is about thermostats but some are using electric gauges with sending units and others with a capillary tube & bulb. I've noticed...
I towed our Model A from St.Paul to O'side CA with a tow bar with no problems, just try not to get in a position where you need to back up...
I'm assuming your talking a electric gauge vs the bulb with a tubular line. Keep in mind if you test it with a battery supplying 12v in a pot of...
There are hundreds of cars in the basement, some are complete, some are projects in various states. These may be some of the cars the're ditching...
I used (I think) a Datsun B210 tank from the bone yard in the back of the 28 in my avatar. Since it was to be a working rumble seat I had to get...
I did the blk/yel CA plates on our 49 truck by blasting, welding, hammer dolly work and finally semi gloss rattle can black then 1 shot lemon...
Well, I also hope you use a 350 or 455 OLDS, but it is YOUR car. I doubt there are any off the shelf motor mounts so you most likely have to...
Forget the Model A trans, even if you can adapt it. There were probably thousands of A's with 265/283 back in my day with a 36 thru 39 tranny to...
I took a different approach when I needed to shorten the cables going to the different rear I installed in our 49 Chev PU. I just used two small...
It's just a upgrade of the old(my age is showing) record clubs and the "album of the month" if you didn't send the little card back prior to some...
Never had one and didn't think I would use one enough to waste time making one. I used short pieces of greased 2X4 under each side, on top of the...
X2 on the Pertronix. Put one in our 66 Fairlane I6 a couple years ago, no problems, put the points/cond in the glove box, still there.
I rebuilt a 60's 283 for our truck and I recall I had to get a adapter and a gasket from a cartridge filter and bolt it up with the two 5/16"...
Been a long time but best I recall the smaller Ford pattern was 3/8-16 in the adapter and I never heard of anyone having a problem with...
My very first transplant back in the late 50's, a 1950 303 to a 36 top loader in my Model A. Cheapest adapter available in those days, I believe...
I've always used a double ended brake adjuster with a sock over the spoon portion to slowly work around the perimeter. The old original 16"...
I would guess it was a 3.23 which was quite common in the early Olds, my 51 convert was a 3.64, assume due to heavier car.
I originally used the 51 Olds trailing arms, I bought the whole 51 Olds convert for $25 in '59, sold the top hydraulics etc for $75. I cut and...
I'm heading down to our annual run at Mission Bay thur-Sun so I was under the car making the usual checks, so I took a couple pix for you. I made...
I put a 51 Olds rear in our 31 Vicky back in 59-60? I cut the perches off the "A" rear with a torch, left a good portion of the part below the...
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