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A Hydramatic has a super low first gear so you can comfortably run a 3.08 rear. No overdrive needed.
Looking good. I have that same Ansen decal. Sent from my A0001 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Believe me, the 58-60 bellhousing was my first choice. More transmission options can never be a bad thing. But I haven't seen them for sale under...
Retrying photos ... please read driveshaft update above [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
More summer & fall photos coming soon. Since then I've really just been driving & enjoying it.
Thank you! I am still working on eliminating the electric fan. Then I will be happy with my engine compartment.
Ford truck gauges had 6V internals for decades after the 12V changeover. The whole gauge cluster was fed with a voltage reducer. Sent from my...
Factory 4bbl intakes are not especially hard to find ... especially the early small-base ones. New aluminum 4bbl intakes are being made now as well.
So the problem goes just a little deeper than driveshaft length. The driveshaft shop shortened the shaft 1" at my request. I got under the car,...
Selling this clutch fork for $15+s&h because I can't identify it. I received it with some 1957 Pontiac clutch parts, it looks more like a Buick or...
Sending coolant to the heads first without the gusher tubes may not cool the way it's supposed to. You may want to consider using a 1960-up front...
"One" more GM brand had a V8 coming? What about Pontiac?
Where can I get parts for a Carter WGD carburetor, like metering rods and low speed jet tubes? Are they shared with any 4-barrels of the period,...
Unless you have air or steam bubbles in the system, the coolant has no choice but to stay in contact.
I can't weigh in with hard evidence, but moving too fast through the engine to pick up heat would also be a bad thing.
This gear may not fit your transmission. I can say with certainty that Pontiac used a very different-looking gear in the 50s.
I'm planning on making the day trip Saturday.
Obviously I'm still in the shakedown stage ... Should have shortened the driveshaft when I switched from the Hydramatic to 3 speed. I thought the...
So the generator is now working beautifully, after I swapped in an NOS Delco-Remy armature. With an overheating problem this severe, I knew the...
That is exactly what that is. If you look at the clip the fuse holder is in, there were originally 2 fuse holders of this type clipped to the...
The nose went back on, and I made quick work of the last BS details that make a car driveable and legal. Test drives around town felt pretty good....
Also got this old water-slide decal ... :D [ATTACH]
Put the floor panel back in place ... looks good with 3 pedals. Then, on to wiring. I've never wired a complete car before. It was a little...
Put together the clutch linkage yesterday. The cross shaft sits to the rear, so there is a 1/2" push rod to the pedal, and a 3/8" pull rod to the...
Shucked it back in. [ATTACH] I love having this much room at the rear. The view is nicer this time ... clutch linkage and shift linkages will...
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