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The mag reminds me of how unsafe most of those old gassers really were... I can remember racing my "gasser" 66 Nova (back in the day) that had the...
Headed to Topeka also, weather permitting. Spend most all of my time wandering the pits.
Was at lunch yesterday and saw some guys hauling two trailer loads of parts to the scrap yard down the street. One trailer had a cherry looking...
My experience with the cheapo die cast chinese housings is that they tend to corrode through and start leaking. If they ever seal at all.
Being a country boy from Oklahoma, I can almost guarantee you San Antonio is not small town! Guess its all relative....
Glad you spoke up! I live near OKC and have been trying to figure out just where this picture could have been taken. Nothing seems to ring a bell...
I have faced 6-71 blowers on a BP, but always used a much smaller flycutter (3") and just profiled around by hand.
Lot 57 at the same auction appears to be flathead with Aluminum heads...Maybe the intended motor for the 32??
Yes, and this issue does not have a rice burning mini pickup.
Back in the day, I wore one of his Isky T Shirts to school all the time.
Not trying to be funny at all, but just how heavy are you? That could be part of the ride issue.
Thats way too much work for you....Sell it to me and let me save you the trouble!!
Maybe you should leave the old, possibly weaker, suspect springs in to break the engine in, and then replace them later on?
How long has Yellow Belly been a dragstrip? I used to go by there all the time in the early 70's, and it looked well used then! Was it built and...
Unless you change out a lot of rear ends, it seems this would not be a bargain, even at $100. It would take up a lot of real estate in a shop.
These are some light hearted attempts at humor.....
Come on guys, if we stop paying the big name shops double to triple what their items are worth how will the owners be able to afford their rides?
Yes, and to think the cam has only turned half that many revolutions..... To calculate how far the pistons have moved in this same time...
Are all small block chevys out of a Corvette??!!
"Back in the day" I used to at stuff large put rubber balls in the injector stacks between rounds. Forget they were there, push started the...
Do cars, similar to this one ,that are almost completely rusty through and through worth anything even at a scrap yard?
RIP Grump. Last time I BJ he was standing next to me in the staging lanes at Green Valley Raceway in Texas. (BTW: It was "back in the day",...
Nice work! Will attempt to duplicate this on my 40 also......
I sincerely hope no hamber trys this method.
The truck falls into the same category as the jeep and assorted rat rods in the same issue....Something to create controversy and sell a few...
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Google "metal spinners" and you will probably find something close. For example: http://ggmetalspinners.com/
Bad part of all this is that many of these creations are out on the road or track, and someone is going to get hurt or killed.
Done... Dont worry about all those who commented about it being "flawed". It is a an educational experience, and I think you did fine.
I will pray for God's healing hand to touch you and Pat.
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