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Kinda off topic, but years ago my dad made a header for some guys that were racing a Buick straight-8 on some kind of round or oval track, think...
And somebody else gets a good deal on your used car when the lease is up.
Are the front fenders going to turn with the wheels?
What do you call it when there is a metal peg on the axle (horizontal, in line with the chassis centre) and it rides in a groove on the front of...
I have a 1936 edition of Dykes Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia and it has a part in it on making your Model T faster - for racing or...
Some of your photos are showing up postage-stamp size, hard to see for those who need glasses to read the fine print. Option two or three would be...
They may have been an aftermarket item for the twenties and thirties. I found some discussion of them...
My grandfather had one and I always thought it would have made a neat custom, and even tried drawing what a customized Valiant might look like,...
I asked the guy what it's like to drive the MGA at that speed and all he said was "Damned fast!" The team is Team MGA "EH", powered by a gm 6.2...
Our local show Aug. 25 had a guy from Peace River (Alberta) bring his Bonneville racer - a MGA powered by a GM 6.2. Said he had a top speed of...
If it was me, I would be looking for a way to put front brakes on it, maybe with an axle from a slightly newer Chev. The steering effort is mostly...
Born to be wild - Steppenwolf?
I bought a spare door for my O/T pickup (they don't make them any more!) because one door had a wrinkle in it - I still haven't changed it over,...
Maybe a poker run in the afternoon for car show participants, finish with a bbq?
or whining?
What are or were the specs on the Ak Miller 390?
Looks like a pretty good start!
So change of powerplant first thing on the agenda or is it wheels?
Have you looked at electrical power steering or would that be too untraditional?
My dad wasn't exactly a car guy either, but he could fix almost everything, a welder by trade and when something needed welding, if he could do it...
Not an expert, but I think you would be better to build a table that can hold the frame straight while you weld it.
[ATTACH] Painting of a friends hotrod - it doesn't look quite as rough in person
Is that a trip hammer or something else?
Brake parts may interchange with Fords of the same year, at least it did for my '57 IH. You might want to find a Hollander Exchange manual for...
Hyundai Veloster maybe?
Hot Rod and Street Rodder, Old Autos News, sometimes buy Canadian Hot Rods and a few others from the news stands along with Wooden Boats.
They also used an AMC 401 in some trucks. A friend of mine had one that he really enjoyed.
Looks like one of those built from instructions in Mechanics Illustrated or something like that in the fifties - I think they used a '32 sedan,...
Datsun used it on the 1000 (I believe it was called the Sunny in some countries). My sister had one and it drove okay, a little understeer on...
What is that based on? Looks like it could be a Deux Chevaux but too many pipes?
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