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Sweet sweet sweet........Makes me want one........ Al in TN
In my case it was my Father's cars, he loved and owned eight 55 Chevy's when I was a youngin' and thus: My old football number - 55 My roundy...
If you're hellbent on a color change, fine, but overall if it were me I would just clean it up and enjoy it with maybe just a tire/wheel change....
Good on ya - Congrats! Al in TN
The main bearing cap nuts on a Keith Black Hemi are 11/16.......I went out to my garage and double checked just for this thread ;-) Al in TN
Go to HRE.com and buy Jim's fuel injection book. It's pretty informative and worth the small cost :-) Al in TN
So, the solution to the old argument of "I'm gonna fix it up some day" is to just buy the guy's house and have the car included? ;) :D Nice...
My motherhad a silver-blue 63 that looked just like that one; it was the first car I ever drove, back when I was 12 years old... Mine was a '66...
Now we know what really happened to Dominic Toretto's father ;-p Al in TN
Movie stuff and being an old thread aside.....I bought a 68 Mustang in 1975 for $125 (paper route money) when I was a HS Freshman, and a 66 Nova...
I missed this thread initially, glad it came back around to see - NICE work, impressive, kudos :-) Al in TN
Corvair Turbo Mufflers/Dual Exhaust System (that I bent up, worked at a muffler shop when I was a youngin'). Followed shortly afterwards by a...
FWIW -- A bodies were Chevelles (and the other GM variants) from 64-77; with the downsizing in 78 they became G bodies. Suspension-wise almost...
I used to have a 66 Nova back in the day that had 4.33's and a 26 1/2 inch tall (G-60 x 15) tire. I drove it pretty much every day and it kept...
You might be able to weld in some lower ball joint sleeves/bushings and shorten up the a-frames about an inch or so without too much trouble....
Welcome to the HAMB :-) Hang in there and ask away, you'll get the answers you need in the forums. Good and knowledgeable group there............
NHBandit -- I moved here to North Knoxville from central CT 3 years ago; Knoxville Dragway (Drag Strip) is 16 miles from my front door, an eighth...
A good old fashioned Walker "Turbo" Muffler should get you what you're looking for... Al in TN
^^^ x2 Al in TN
This one is about 3 miles from my house and is in the process of being restored: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1223 Al in TN
North Knoxville (Powell), moved here Jan 2, 2010 from central CT :-) Al (sitting in a vacant house in Dandridge as I post this) in TN
>>>what do you remember?..... >>> FM Converters. Jensen 6x9 coaxial speakers. Relining brake shoes in the 'Star" machine, then grinding...
Meee thinks that the $500+ iPhone to run the app on is a wee bit more expensive than string, a level and a tape measure, or an actual alignment...
In 1982 I bought a Cutlass 442 convertible from a co-worker for 50 bucks that had a wiring problem, stripped it of the sway bars, steering box,...
I've run a 30/30 a few different times (incl in some old oval track engines) and it's a perfectly fine cam for a warmed over street engine....
Great video - Gave me flashbacks to my dad showing me how to use a dolly when I was a kid. Excellent :-) Al in TN
Wowzers - Great pics! Thanks :-) Al in TN
I spent several years during that time trying to get a race with her :p ;) Al in TN
I recently did the "T-5 Fix" on a O/T Camaro where the clutch wouldn't disengage and it fixed it. Maybe this will help? -->...
Mink!!! I moved to TN a few months after I helped you with your old welder; been here almost 2 1/2 years now, though I was in CT the past week...
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