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The car was also in the 1952-1953 movie "I Want You" starring Dana Andrews. In the begining of the movie Dana is covering up the car with sheets...
I lost 15 lbs as of today since Dec 2nd. Low fat diet and lot'd of exerice. Lot's of fruits and veggies. The first weeks was the hardest. I was a...
No, that was the Wally Booth Rat pack car.
I was refering to running it on the street without it coughing and sputtering going down the road at low rpm's regular cruising speeds.. More of a...
Lumpy cam's with TR on the street are not the best combo. You want a cam that produces the most vacuum you can find. Mild cam's work best for TR...
I heard the property has some car's on it called a 'Cuda or something like that. A friend looked them over and said something about a 426 himeeee...
5-6 years back a local guy bought an old building that was an old gas station at one time back in the late 60's/early 70's. Paid 60k for the...
Don't run the 600's. I had them on my car-they were too big for the street. I was more interested in show than go. I wanted an engine that...
Good points regarding car prices. They are going to go way lower. Wanted to make a couple points myself. Unemployment was both lowest under...
Traditional rod's being built today are not unlike the ISCA 3 season repeat show cars. You know the type. The ones where the car started out nice...
A local shop near me made fiberglass dune buggies, VW trikes etc for various companies back in the late 60's to late 70's. The shop near me was...
Nice. Why not just get enough money to fix his car right and pay any medical bills??? Your attitude is why companies are leaving sue happy USA...
My advice is to obtain a job in the non automotive area. I worked for 4 years for a large hi-performance automotive aftermarket company 16...
Jerry and 'ol Fred are catching up with with each other right now...
It is to the car next to you. Most hot rods have a great sound and some that are just plain obnoxious.
A close rodding buddy's wife had a major stroke and then he went blind-all within a few years. He had to sell his flathead '36 Ford 3 window coupe...
I would like to hear Dennis side of the story. The original poster made him out as the bad guy in this whole deal. I fid it extremely difficult to...
I agree. The other thing I hate just as much is dice valve stems on tires or used at air cleaners nut's etc. Then there is mooneye's decals....
Do a google search on Sears Roebuck in the late 80's/early 90's. Sears took that "Customer is always right" approach back then and it nearly put...
I always love these "rant" threads. I would love to hear Speedways version of the story. Not saying the poster is wrong or not giving out all...
Kirk Great comments. I can't believe what I'm reading from some of these guys. It's downright scary. There is a certain percentage of people...
I should have elaborated more. I stick by my comments this site is constantly moving in new directions and if it just stayed with the 50's stuff...
I think $20 bucks is dirt cheap for all day entertainment. Just went to see a movie the other day. $11.50 each for a 2 1/2 hour movie that sucked....
I now wear ear plugs when on the farm tractor. After 5-6 hours on the tractor with a baler behind me before the plugs my hearing was funky for...
The Hamb is also changing on a regular basis to attract new people. namely the gasser trend and the proliferation of 60's cars. Many 50's...
Shorten/Cut out 2 feet behind the front seat area and get rid of the rear seat and the car could have possibilites. Car is way too long.
I think the NSRA screwed up big time by having the nationals at the same location each year. Seems like you see the same cars every year at...
Wonder if the NSRA is going to regenerate the old "Street Machine-Van Division" LOL
Car would look way better without the front bumper. Maybe some small California Kid type nerf bars.
Those 34100 series distributors were Accel's "economy" line. As you found out cheaply made. They were for an oem replacment I would pick up...
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