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What - you can't see the picture I have in my head of this thing? OK, I'll get some pics tomorrow and maybe it will make some sense :) The...
So I have this rather unique grill with some problems. Several of the stainless ribs have popped off the grill frame. Figured no sweat, take it to...
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So I have my shiny, smooth new firewall finally installed. Now starting to think about brakes and M/C and don't think the 18 gauge (maybe 16?)...
1947 Ford Pilot I am desperatly looking for the alloy strip that screws to the rocker and helps seal the bottom of the front door of a fordor. I...
Wow Bruce, what a ton of information in a few sentences! I guess I had just been too lucky in the past. Rear fenders from a US '36 were a...
Do these front quarters look like a 1936 version or 1937? The other side is pretty rusted out and if they are main stream Ford I would be much...
Looking for recommendations for someone to build a custom sized fuel tank, non-stainless variety. If they were in Norcal even better, but shipping...
Back in the day I would push the yoke in, then pull it out about an inch and then measure center to center between front and rear ujoint caps....
I have looked, really! I have an odd car without a front seat. I want to take a spilt back seat, that is about 4" too wide, and cut it down to...
The tires on my '36 Ford are 6.00x16. Does that mean the width of my wheels are 4" or 5" or ?? Thanks
Nice photos. Saw this fine bus being hooked to a tow truck on 680 tonight....
Wanting to learn! Help me out here, does this webbing you are speaking of replace the rubber mounting pads? Along with the pads? 32's didn't have...
Dave's Engine Machining 37530 Enterprise Court Newark, CA 94560-3439 <NOBR>(510) 797-9536</NOBR>‎ aka Mopar West Might be a...
Got a pair of these and they look real nice. No name, no holes, 7 rib and highly polished. But when I start the engine (327, big cam, STOCK...
Speedway's will, but you might need a spacer to clear the drums.
Forgot it was in Tumwater. OK - so now it's just the Fleetwoods!
You might be able to find Scott Lewis (Dick Lewis' son) around Olympia. I think he has (or had) a business converting tugs into luxury yachts. He...
Quick followup. Talked to my dad tonight and he remembers it about the same as I did. The car was campaigned for about two years. Other than solo...
Coopers Point Road, up on the west side of Olympia, WA in the 60's. About 5 miles of nice, new, straight blacktop linking the golf course area to...
Just about ready to fire it up, need to run the fuel line and a couple other little things. For some reason I mounted the elec. pump on the left...
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My dad was the manager of Dick Lewis Pontiac in Olympia, WA for about 20 years. The history that I remember was that Dick Lewis hired a...
As with all things that I am not particularly good at, I have visions of something coming out great - but of course it never does :( Don't want...
Thanks for all the advice. Looks like 10 gauge might be just fine.
Without all the one wire opinions please :), but what gauge wire would you use on a one wire 75 amp alternator? 4 gauge? 8 gauge? Something...
Thanks guys. I guess I was hoping for something a little more exotic. Figure I'll take the spotlight and call it a day.
Can someone help me ID this truck? Can't find a manufactuer marking on it! Thanks
OK, let's add another sbc, '62 327sj :)
So if I am starting with an empty engine bay, how would I know if I needed ballast resistor or not?
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