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Instead of tearing up the hood, why didn't you get a cheap Chinese aluminum cross flow radiator?
The car in reply #361 appears to be the same as the orange Cheetah. They are hot, and twitchy. Never lived up to their believed potential.
I once got a race car door with a tire mark on it. A real door prize.
If you don't open the hood, go electric. It's the only one that doesn't cost power and mileage.
So what ever happened to the Surfers and why didn't they become rich like a lot of their competition?
Boy, did you luck out. There's plenty of thread left on those tires. [IMG]
The latest and current MG record holder is HAMB member Chris Conrad, aka Milwaukee Midget, in his I/GT MG Midget.[ATTACH] We are installing a...
[IMG] I am intrigued by these flames. Any more pixs of this car or this style flame?
In '68 or 9 Ford actually made carbs like that and used both one and two 4-throat carbs on a cross ram manifold. They called it a Cross Boss. You...
Another way of looking at it is what kind of driving do you do. I will only run up to 60mph at a stop light grand prix, and I only want to shift...
Bum wire is my guess.
Thanks for that, but the one I'm looking for was much briefer, and I think, older than that.
I'm looking for a thread, yes I've searched, that had pixs of a very old drag racing rule book. Something like the first NHRA. I think it, the...
Can't be too hard. Many lead characters on TV and in the movies drive classic and vintage cars as daily drivers. Nothing to it.
Thanks porknbeaner, that I understand. All I could think of was maintaining, by rule, a specific or minimum wheelbase.
I was viewing the most recent pixs in the Drag cars in motion. thread and must be having a senior moment. Why were the the front wheels moved...
Got that right. Today's cars carry several hundred ponds of safety equipment that wasn't mandatory 20 or 30 years ago.
That Birmingham rear suspension reminds me of the 1914 Cornelian, with the four struts replacing the third leaf spring. I think the Cornelian is...
His V-12 T 1G Eagle is one of the most beautiful race cars ever, but he was the first to do the victory champagne spray.
I worked a million different jobs at a large parts and frame manufacturer for over 30 years. Saw a million shocking things, but this surprised...
I like mine...Has a checkered past. I also have used...A good friend will bail you out of jail...your best friend will be sitting next to you...
Back in the 60's I painted my '54 Dodge to look like a Shelby GT 350, green with whit stripes, with a vacuum cleaner spray attachment, in the...
Wait for the uproar when 50(mph) is 50 or 25. And what a field day we will have when pedestrians, teenagers, and dogs relize they can just step in...
Any liquid will work since there is no heat or cold involved. Water is the most benign and can be colored if necessary. Oils may be hard to clean...
There was only one of Finch's Phoenix made and Intermeccanica made it in Turin, Italy.
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Does a half a century old count as traditional? How old does it have to be?
Amazingly similar but not mine.
Take any '58-'80 Austin Healey Sprite or '62-'80 MG Midget and add a fiberglass Arkley SS kit. Kit consists of a one piece flip front end and a...
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