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I have always found that assembling the entire front clip leaving the bolts slightly loose, then installing it as a unit helps for me. That is...
The rule at our house is that you learn on a stick and then you can graduate to automatic. My wife learned to drive in her dads work trucks and...
Math Haiku For right triangle, hypotenuse squared equals sum of squares of legs!
Definitely not finished, notice that the grille is just leaning in place and the conduit hoop that implies more sheetmetal was in the works. I...
Not so. Ray enticed Chris to come to Oklahoma from California with a partnership offer seven years ago. I won't go into any more detail than to...
The coolest thing I see on cars at a local outdoor car show is bugs on the grille and bumpers. I don't mind the upscale stuff and enjoyed going...
I have the receipts to show on the 350 in our pickup and I would hesitate to claim 550 HP. Our specs are as follows; 4 bolt block +.030 with a...
Who makes that puller, it is very impressive. Larry
I picked up a grommet from a late model Mustang in a junk yard that was oval shaped but had a 1" hole for the wires. I was able to stretch the...
The shaft need to come loose from the pedal also.
As someone else asked, are you doing the labor yourself or taking it to the shop? Basic installation kits start around $25 (gaskets, seal and not...
Peening is a good idea, you can shrink a hole quite a bit using this method. If you do make a sleeve, definitely follow dreracecars advice and do...
The tornado stopped a a little west of our house by Draper Lake. Some hail damage but nothing more. We are praying for the families of those...
We have a little True Value in Midwest City Oklahoma that I've only stumped one time and that was looking for blades on my Cub Cadet Mower. It is...
I would be looking for a new hardware store. I spent too much time in the middle east.
Thanks for adding the pictures, I posted from work and didn't have any illustrations.
The other two alternators you have contain internal voltage regulators and will most likely be either 10SI or 12SI models. Depending on who you...
As a former Aircraft machinist I wonder just how much clearance you recommend on something like this other than "a finger push with no looseness"?...
We will be leaving straight from work tomorrow afternoon, my son is bring his '50 Fordor and I am driving our '58 Apache that has less than 100...
This is the transmission case I used in my '58 Apache. I took a Muncie Rock Crusher out of the truck and the Astro shifter location was a near...
I repainted an original one owner '63 SS years ago that belonged to my insurace agent, it had a 283/PG combo. It had double hump heads from the...
Our car ministry group works with a local childrens' home supporting one of the "family" cottages. We host the kids for various activities and...
It may seem odd placement to front distributor supporters but I never had a Chevy engine die due to moisture in the distributor while driving on a...
I looked them up on my local parts house website. They showed lefts and rights, both with the accessory brackets.
Good to here that it is legit. I am always leery of anyone claiming to be from the Guv'ment. Between 24.5 years active and reserve Navy plus 31...
Guys, Watch out, I don't think that this is a Government site. It might even be a scam. As far as I know (31 years working for DoD) ALL of...
The same company group owns(ed) Victoria British. I bought a new gas tank for an MGB after talking to them on the phone and getting reassured...
'58 Apache had a belly button SBC, '50 Fordor has a TBI injected 350/700R4, '27 T coupe project is scheduled for either an 8BA or a 59 flathead....
Dang, I missed the first poll, but all I have is a belly button SBC in my '58 Apache. :)
You should be looking at shoeboxford.com and talking to Chris at shoeboxford. Macs and Dennis Carpenter sell parts but Chris offers better...
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