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No, a battery tender wont run your headlights.
Thanks but did that one last year or two ago.
I need pics of Hot Rods and witches for our Car Club Halloween issue Newsletter. Any help would be appreciated. Elvira and Vampira have been...
Us poor kids never had a store bought costume but we always managed to stuff some straw in our sleeves and be the scarecrow or be a hobo or wrap...
HOW IS THIS ON TOPIC? Have the moderators been asleep? Maybe I'll talk about gardening in retirement and mention using 32 Ford seat springs for...
I was scanning some threads here and elsewhere with people offering all sorts of suggestions for using your garden hose to do everything from...
Thanks ya'll.
The numbers on the block looks like it was made in 1972. #3999289 K 72 GM 9 T
Summit, Jegs and Speedway have been doing great in my opinion. I usually get stuff in two days. I have a box on the porch right now. Of course...
I was getting ready to order a mini starter and a buddy of mine said there was a recent run of defects but he couldn't remember which brand....
I passed the garage that car was parked in every day walking home from Thomas Stone Elementary School. If I was lucky the garage door was open...
Thanks for turning me on to Mr Bitchin. That was a good flick.
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I've been looking for one that runs and is close to home. Most hot rod people pass on the long ones because they are sort of ugly. But I have a...
Have you seen alsa EZ Chrome? [MEDIA]
My experiences were more like the movie 'Hollywood Knights'. So much so that I wouldn't have been surprised to find out the writer was one of the...
Yeah, the Crapsman hole saw didn't run true right out of the package. I've used hole saws where the pilot bit is only fluted part way and then...
I bought a new Craftsman hole saw to cut gauge holes in a nice stainless steel dash panel I made. The first hole went fine but by then the blade...
I think Dodges of that era had bodies by Budd that were all steel rather than being framed in wood like others.
Essex was pretty cool. Suicide doors and might have had a little more room.
Many car frames used rivets for attaching crossmembers, spring hangers, etcetera. Dump trucks still use this method. Very strong and more crack...
Sometimes the rear tire size and width makes the difference for me. A longer cab needs either extra wheel size in the back or duals.
I'd play some novelty songs that make people laugh. Stuff they haven't heard in a while and that some of the younger folks haven't heard at all,...
You'd be surprised how much light can be bounced off the road from under the car with some big bright LEDs hidden up in the fender wells.
What do the Aces do that's special?
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