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I decided to dig into the issue of the grille surround and see how hard this was going to be to come up with. I regularly visit with the guys in...
I decided to work a bit on the headlight hood fabrication details and came up with some custom formed pieces that would do the job.[ATTACH]...
I cruised around looking at various magazine and car sites for ideas of what/how to deal with the various components that were no longer available...
After about 4 months of searching through hundreds of listings on various sites I found the listing by mrkling on the HAMB site and asked a work...
One of the things that always bothered me about the end of the two tone area was the masked off line down the fender bead into the bumper pan....
I had worked for my dad for a couple years at a local construction company as a grease ball (he was master mechanic) and we were allowed to paint...
I had no experience with 'leading' and decided to do all the work with chicken wire, sheet [ATTACH] [ATTACH] metal screws, and fiberglass sheet...
So, here goes the 'rest of the story' as Paul Harvey used to say. When I was 14 (1954), I bought a 50 Ford 4 dr. Custom with money I made...
Understand. I will keep this one focused on the car from the original custom I did in 1954 - 1956 to the attempt to duplicate it after...
Highlights of this multi year project are being assembled and will be posted here. The car is now, for all practical purposes, finished and I...
Wow, looks like a poor man's limo! Wonder if it was custom made or factory produced?
The original tread has been locked from further comments. I will be monitoring this one for any follow on questions or comments and will post any...
I currently cannot find this tread previous posts. Did it get moved?
New regulator arrived (Standard brand) and it was exact to spec. Installed and got fuel pressure adjusted to 45 max and showing 38 at high...
Ever have one of those "One thing leads to another" episodes? I (hope) am at the end of a long string that started with the fuel pump...
thanks for the pointer. I will check that out as soon as I get the car back on the ground. On blocks now to change out a noisy fuel pump before...
It is hard for me to explain how nice it is to finally be able to 'see' what the engine is doing![ATTACH]
Took a break to change out the hardware and wiring for the switch from Accel to Holley and now have found some time to finish the puzzle. Here...
Son and Daughter in law figured out a way to help me break the depression from not being able to do much with the car this year. What a great...
Thank you, appreciate your input. I believe it is related to the anti-freeze as I do not see anything similar in other areas of the car. Hope...
At the top of this page there is a picture showing a wire attached to the translator panel (12 v to 6 v active regulator) that is disconnected....
The wife and I have been talking about one addition to Flashback when we take on the muffler change. Pin stripes - have talked about several...
Still have these parts if interested. $250 plus shipping expense will do the job.
And I use Duck Duck Go for lots of searches so that no traces are left behind.
Paul. due to the extra length of the 700R4 the crossover would have to be after the frame crossmember which also means there would be no tunnel...
Thanks for the feedback Paul. I did consider a crossover but there are some logistics that I don't like with doing a cross over so I am going to...
Finally found enough sound prints to determine that the Borla parts would have done the job, but the Thrush Turbo's would do it even better for a...
Guess the years are catching up with me. The Hushpower II mufflers are sounding louder and louder as the seasons move on. I have been...
Stopped over to see what new projects the Kings were working on today and decided to take a picture of a roof they were repairing for another...
Paul. The mystery is that there are no joints, it is one continuous piece of wire from voltage reducer panel to instrument cluster. Came off a...
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