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[QUOTE="evintho, post: 9455600, member: 33735"].... I bought a pair of $3 shock buttons from Speedway .... [/QUOTE] Hi there I noticed your reply...
Does it have to be a T5? Over here early Toyota (yes, I said it:eek:) pick-up's and vans had a cable operated column shift five speed that is good...
My all time favourite car! I followed your truck build for a while, looking forward to this one.
Yeah - he is a highly skilled wood worker so that helps I guess, but I'm still stoked that I had a hand in getting him started (he wanted a visor...
What Blazingangel (and others) said - get as much shape information as you can before any blasting or cutting. And if you are not an accomplished...
I seem to recall a photoshop/sketch study of this idea a couple of years back - I think it was by Chris Piscatelli - looked good but it would have...
This has just gone live - worth a look (or six) www.ioniahotrods.com
Has anyone tried epoxying a couple of rare earth magnets on the hubcap?
Here's another one I did, still needs finishing and I may reshape the track nose. Also busy on a scratchbuilt '34 Coupe body (and chassis) - I'll...
I used Evercoat Maxim Plastic Repair 'semi-rigid' epoxy when I used an old Jaguar rim to build this one for my old '41 truck. Sands and feathers...
Your idea sounds about the easiest, maybe with some way of locking the dowels to stop them moving. Thin wall tubing/ aluminum extrusion with nuts...
Fixed your numbers for ya! Heaven forbid, it couldn't be surely.........;) Fact is this guy seems to be able to talk the talk to the...
Agreed - more heat may allow you to work more quickly, but there's times when you don't want that. The key is to be able to heat a localized area...
Not sure why this one came back up, but here is a little more info: Jacques (OpenRoad) moved to Perth about a year ago - no idea what happened...
Kalahari Speedweek 2013 in South Africa ....... just another reason why I'll be there again this year! <a href="<iframe width=" 420"=""...
I have one of those too and a bigger AC/DC machine (I added a foot pedal and water cooled torch) from the same manufacturer. Both have served me...
Hey Steve, at Hakskeenpan - a dry lake in the Kalahari Desert. It's the same place that they're going to shoot for 1000mph with Bloodhound SSC...
Thanks for posting Steve - has me salivating for our own LSR event here in South Africa in September!
Dustyrustee's advice in the link above is spot on. You could probably skip the pre-heat though if your weld runs the full circumference of the...
Sawing that tree into planks for the bed would be fitting.......;)
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