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Good trick from the fifties. You need to do some major torch bending to get the angle of the king pin back. Many people don't mention tje best...
That new, thicker sway bar is pretty slick.
I had that piece, it's sort of triangular shaped with a lip.about 1/8". You have to remove your windwing assembly to take it off. I removed mine...
Ha ha, where is the "like" button. Too much traffic nowadays, since I have an automatic, might as well make it tall for looks. Now if you are...
Good luck on the master. 1-I started with the stock m/c. Hard to stop and always needed to readjust brake shoes tight to drums. 2-then I...
Nice! Talk about a sleeper.
Excellent photo. That is really traditional (wishbones). How they did it in the old days. I see he is running mechanical brakes like I had...
Don't really mean anything, I just needed to type some characters according to the computer so i just hit any key. maybe a question is this a...
If I were to build an all out custom the rear fenders would be welded to the body, and there would be no trunk lines for the smoothest possible look.
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Weren't all the Monterreys 2 doors. Pretty hard to recall any "deluxe" model of any make being a 4 door except for later hardtops.
x2! Checking out the header work, really clean. What power steering box are you running? Or is it a whole late model front clip.
Nice exhaust work on the knuckle. I also ran my front exhaust pipe around the front, that is a tricky bend down front. I don't recognize the...
That's pretty clever using the 2 links to rotate the driveshaft down. I suppose there is a certain air bag pressure that puts the pinion/u joints...
I kept my drip rails but I've heard of the big gap that shows up when the rail is removed. At first I thought the tacked in rod was going to be...
It would be interesting to many HAMBer's to see pictures of the front suspension geometry that requires that travel. Maybe it is to equal the...
Why does anyone need a triple bag when standard practice is to use a steel tube to fill a space?
Welding back on a windsheild frame and roof would be 1/10 the work of a frame swap. While doing this windshield frame re attachment you could...
I don't think it matters. The car is not lowered, nosed or decked. looks like a stocker with a few bolt on items. There is nothing wrong with...
Little known fact the four door nash rambler station wagon is a drop in on that chassis.
He's sidelined remodeling the house or moving , something like that.
You could have seen it in old magazines. Chevies of the same years called Stovebolts. That I don't know why. Just read them old mags and...
He says there is almost no bondo on it. welds are perfect on the front. It's a shame there aren't pictures of those areas, only pics of the...
In college I took a class in transportation advanced rendering. Drawing lots of cars for the most part. One of the things we learned is down by...
I agree about the period correct statement. It's not that important, not enough of us old timers around to give you a bad time about it. All the...
I remember ordering one and it was so small, only a kid could wear it. Hey BadBob, right outside of a show when Roth had the Fang on display....
I remember in the sixties there were almost a dozen chrome shops in town. You could pick the expensive one for high quality or the cheapest one...
30 years ago I could have bought a running 50 merc for 3K and it even came with an extra roof! I goofed and didn't buy it. But what it reminds...
Ha Ha, I know, talk about soap resistant chemicals. On similar subject, if you end up putting fluid in the rear end, make sure you don't spill...
Thanks for posting the pics. I had heard the museum was completely redoing their California exhibit and wondered what they were going to do with...
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