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Well, it was definitely used in Model T-based dirt-track cars, at a time when (legend has it) there wasn't much preventing you from driving it to...
Longer is better but...the Panhard establishes the roll-center height for the suspension, it may or may not matter for your application but it's...
See if there's anything useful in this thread, one of my favorite cars on the site: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=720607
Fap fap fap fap fap... Shhh, I won't tell anyone if you don't but that GT40 setup is - oh God, how do I say it - *electronic*.
Double-shear is of course better...but...single shear CAN work, given the right selection of materials and fasteners. Of course, IMO that'd mean...
Great feature, but given what she's doing with that torque wrench I think I'd give her the kind that goes 'click' if you don't mind.
Please feel free to point me to alternate sources if you know of them, but... If one were looking at bolting a non-flat head up to a flathead...
They really did build 'em that low back then. Rollbars? What's that? 1950...back when Uncle Sam was still scrapping all those P-38s and P-51s...
Might be, depending on which single-rail box you're talking about: http://www.morganownersclub.com.au/gearbox_conversion.htm
I'm sure there's old-skool ways of dealing with this, but man, it's a really obvious waterjet application if you can find somebody or have access...
sometimes I really do want to give the little guy a place where he can show his ideas and his offerings Support that 120%.
You mean like these? http://www.unisteer.com/power-steering-pumps-accessories/18mm-banjo-fitting.html Seriously, any decent steel AN/JIC...
Wise guy, eh? ;) Think the suggestion was whether it's easier to raise the bridge or lower the river, if 5x5 in front isn't practical then 4.75...
My experiences with it have been good, better on average than commercial penetrants, with the caveat that it can be messy and stinky as anything...
Anybody got a Chrondek in their living room this year? We planted a redwood in the back yard when my daughter was three. They were about the...
Was it Phil Remington who said of the postwar years - 'There were just a lot of guys who knew how to do stuff'.
There were various forms of mechanical fuel injection in use on Otto-motors during the war years, the Germans probably went further with it than...
I was going to suggest that someone forgot to slip some motorcycle wheels onto a southbound C-130, but then it's debatable whether their 'strip'...
Still comes down to the same basic consideration - what's the overall condition of the castings, will they hold pressure?
How do they LOOK? Worried about casting flaws? Are they worth the time to make a couple plates to block off the water-jacket ports on the deck...
For what I've done with it - battery cables, sleeves and ferrules on steel cable, putting knobs on the ends of parking-brake cables once - it's...
The following is personal opinion, of course. I will occasionally solder a connection if it's something weird that really seems to need it, but I...
That Logan lathe pic reminds me I need to find some new front apron parts for mine.
If what you want is an indash something that's an original-looking replacement...dunno. If you've got room to hide a DIN-sized box somewhere...
Even amongst the builder community very few people could ever finish a project without buying something from someone, and if no one could make...
So I assume Coker's gonna be selling those engines... If they're actually usable/durable for street use - like 3000-mile-oil-changes and...
A well-done hydraulic clutch is nicer to drive and less exhaust clearance and etc hassles than a cable or linkage.
Why in this day and age would someone contemplate a 3-speed automatic in a street car that wasn't an original/period resto?
Sorry for the delay: [img] Measuring-tape-grade measurements (within 1/8in) as follows: Gear case diameter: 5 inches Width between the insides...
I can see the merit in the OP's idea, but I can also think of some cheap 3-caster garage follies and a few 4x8s of plywood, or making some spacers...
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