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Can't answer that. But, do you necessarily want a really low roll centre at the rear? most rear wheel drive cars are set up with the static roll...
It's an Austin Seven Special. looks to have been built on a 'long wheelbase' 1932 onwards chassis. The bodywork looks like it's a piece of David...
Great to see these photos, thanks to all for posting. Did plan to visit the Carlisle and Hershey shows once again this year, but sadly...
Here's mine. It's an Adcock-Shipley Bridgeport. These were built by Adcock-Shipley ( a machine tool manufacturer) under license in England....
Being quite late, your Dana rear end should have 30 spline axles. There isn't as much difference in the size of the two versions as you might...
In my experience, Oilite machines quite nicely with a sharp HSS tool, not so well with carbide inserts which are usually moulded. It would...
You can buy Oilite round bar in a range of diameters, but it is quite expensive and you don't need all that diameter to be Oilite. Why not buy a...
You can use weld shrinkage to shrink the kingpin eyes. I have done this on a number of axles. Use either stick or MIG weld with plenty of current....
As G-son says, the coolant is pumped round the torch head to stop it overheating/burning out during high current welding. The coolant is delivered...
Home made TIG cooler Need to do some Ali welding on a thick transmission casting, so any of my Gas cooled torches would not be any good for a big...
Usually referred to as a "Birmingham Screwdriver" in one workshop I was employed at -just one example of the continuing banter between engineers...
I've done two conversions on otherwise stock 1920s/30s cars where a Kubota alternator has been driven by a belt off the driveshaft. The owners...
IFAIK, the JAP motors the 500cc F3 guys used/use were the ones JAP made specifically for speedway motorbikes, open valvegear on a loose cinder...
0.8mm (1/32") MIG wire works well for fine work with TIG. It's difficult to straighten, so I feed it through a short length of small diameter...
Called an 'Economiser' on this side of the pond, here's the one fitted on my O/A rig. [IMG] In this close up view you can see where the...
Couldn't find anything I liked as an air filter lid for my 1950 truck. Here's the wooden casting pattern I made. [IMG] needs to be smooth to...
[IMG] Funny you should say that, the car the axle is going on is the Austin Seven in the foreground of this photo which has a 1930s produced LMB...
Thanks so much for the useful update, If I can't find anyone here in the UK to drop My Anglia/Popular axle, I should have the option of shipping...
I have the same setup on my '50 Chevy truck. The threaded pins and bushes are also used on some Brit cars of the 30's I understand that the...
I still have my Oxy Acetylene kit even though I also have a MIG welder and an AC/DC TIG set. I wouldn't want to get rid of the O/A kit even though...
In relative terms tools seem to be way cheaper today than when I started work and also started serious tinkering with old cars. I think all tools...
Over here we would probably say Nickel Bronze welded joints. Done correctly they are incredibly strong. However, only the guy who did the work...
I've built lots of Rover V8 motors. For a V8 they are quite light. These days I wouldn't bother with the 3.5 Litre/215 CI version though. The...
I have a E93A (US Ford Anglia/UK Ford Popular) axle here in the UK which needs to be dropped 3" for a project I have. I would be interested in the...
well, it seems there's some appetite on here for more of my cylinder head ramblings. First of all I pulled out the pressed in tubes that the...
Imperial measurement era US made items with metric bearings was probably all about the relative price of metric vs. imperial bearings even back...
All, thanks for the kind words, I'll put up more photos and text as I press on. @Blackbob, I saw that Olds head down at Andy McCann's when I...
Been doing a bit more work on the head over the weekend.... The valve guides are almost 2 1/2" long overall and poke way up into the inlet port;...
Seem to have been busy with loads of non four banger workshop stuff recently, but I have finally got tired of tripping over the Head I bought at...
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