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------------ I don't mean to be anal, but just set and keep the record straight for the' young 'uns' here...you don't have a "Rochester 4GC...
Just a few random pics.... Mart3406 =============
Just wondering if there were any more updates on researching the history of this thing?? Any news to report?? Mart3406 ============
Ever the showman and commensurate with everything else he did/ built/drove, even his transporters were a little bit 'over the top' - "TV...
One of my all time favourites..Dave Koffel grafted the back 2/3's of a Chevy or GMC Suburban to the front 9/10's of a long wheelbase 'Low Cab...
I think the wannabe "investor" is going to lose his shirt on this project ....as well as destroying a piece of history in the process . After...
------------- It's probably a bit too heavy for a U-Haul dolly, but... Something else to remember, if you tow a 'big truck' with a...
------------------ Mags were used....but so were distributors too. Remember that most gassers ran one - or sometimes even two - large truck...
Yep..not a straight 'remove one and replace it with the other' job but not a complicated or difficult swap either. Ma Mopar even did this...
Oh man...there's lots of restored 'Vettes out there. That one *NEEDS* to remain and be 'restored/rebuild/refurbished' to it's Gasser or...
Try contacting Tire Rack in South Bend Indiana (www.tirerack.com). I'll bet they can come up with some appropriately sized Z-speed-rated...
------------- I remember seeing a few of those roof-mounted "periscopes" on some old flatbed trucks, 'back in the day'. If you could find...
Ditto on EVERYTHING you said Don. I was around these cars 'back in the day' and yours is one of the best, most informative, simply said...
Damn right! 'Been there, done that too, - but just about 12 or 15 -years later than you, although with similarly aged at the time as your '38...
-------------- Yep....and particularly germane to the move, Edsels.(:eek:). Also practically any 'land-yacht-status' luxo barge And low-line...
Very cool build! I love how this is going and coming together using a lot of stock, boneyard available parts! "Thumbs up"! Mart3406...
The problem here is obvious! You're trying to run "duel" Rochesters and as the word "duel" implies, the carbs are fighting each other!!...
Are you planning on using a hood scoop??? If so. you might want to find a 'bolt on' hood scoop from a late-50's through mid-60's vintage Ford...
------------------ Not suggesting that you necessarily want to do this is this, particularly if you're going to drive the car on the street at...
-------------- 'Pie crusts' all around??!:eek: Huh?? More like 'pie-crust' slicks on the back and "normal sidewall" 155 or 165 X 15 bias-ply -...
-------------- Very cool pic of an early, experimental version of the Ford V8! This is probably - with a few minor changes - the Flathead V8...
---------------- Yeah..a COE Autocar. It's probably an ex-military version, that was sold surplus after WWII, because, going by the lug-style...
I found this on YouTube last night, Enjoy! :) Mart3406 ---------------------------------------- Video -1959 General Motors - Fisher Body...
I don't know how relevant this would be today, but 'back in the day', circa late-60's-early-70's, an old, local racer and race engine builder I...
:DAlternate Caption - "Fat fenders....and thighs to match!":eek::D Mart3406 ==============
Do tell us more!!!!! Mart3406 =================
That same "W&H" company made also made a model called a "W & H Ducoil" distributor that as the name implies didn't just run dual points,...
---------- I forgot about those. I thought maybe he meant "TF" as in "Top Fuel"!!!:eek::eek::D Mart306 ==============
I stand before you, suitably completely humbled and corrected!:D:D Mart3406 ---------- P.S I tried to send you some pics of those finned Delco...
Yep..it is. Here's a couple more pics of the same car Mart3406 =====================
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