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If you are going to run that grille, I'd have a custom radiator built that will use all of the available space. selecting a radiator based on the...
I never read that part. I'm trying to help a 20 year old kid and his grandfather probably knows more than I. Trust your family more than a...
Yes complicate it as much as you can to make it hard to trouble shoot. The more relays and switches that you can add the better you have to...
Does it come with a refundable deposit in case it is cracked too badly to rebuild? Don't spend a lot of money on a flathead core with out one. I...
[IMG] I made this one myself.
[IMG] I used a 56 F100 mast/column in my 32 Ford truck I wanted the 2 tube look of the old columns. [IMG] [IMG]
as a rule of thumb a shimmy that comes in at a specific speed and goes away at higher or lower speeds is usually a balance problem.
Damn I miss flea markets!
planned obsolecence Sp?
How bad is it hitting? I read here on the HAMB where a guy took a BFH and dented the canister until it did not hit anymore. It won't affect the...
early 70s with the T bucket craze. I did a couple for friends in the 70s One a 37 Chevy coupe that had been a hotrod for years!! Total...
[IMG] [IMG] both of these are early wheels I was told that the early round spokes were coveted by collectors. It's pure hearsay. both are 14"...
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Looks to me like it had a 55-57 Chevy engine in it at one time with the front motor mounts
[IMG] I never like to spend a lot of money on something I never plan to use. I have had descent luck with rebuilt vacuum wipers. I got caught in...
Not to me but I'm a tight wad and I have no interest in a 40 P/U What someone spent on a restoration is of no interest to me. Personally I think...
I spent 6 days on the floor of my bedroom before my hotrod buddies found me a little over a year ago. I was losing faith that I'd ever make it...
I'll give you a ride to the top. what is interesting to me is the wasted space below. I'd be tempted to modify the 2nd and 4th partitions to get...
make your own!!! nothing but 1/2" plate. Make a template and have someone cut them out for you if you don't have a torch or plasma cutter. It's a...
Looks like my 56 Ford sedan rear and U joint. If I can make a 32 Ford rear end live then this will probably work for me. I'm too cheap to buy a 9"...
You would be mortified if the new cars had temp gauges with numbers on them. There is a reason that they don't just hot and cold...no numbers 210...
I'm one of the haters.:D I've been building hot rods for almost 50 years and have never found a need for an aluminum radiator. Personally I think...
It looks like the choke heat tube is tapped into the exhaust but when new the tube goes all the way through the exhaust manifold so that fresh...
That would have to be riveted to my firewall! nothing like having official permission to travel!:D
[IMG] still sitting after a year of health problems. I'll hit the big 70 in a few months I'm beginning to question whether I can complete it or...
All my "brushes" spark a little where they rub the commutator. They will seat with time and the sparking will settle down. It's quite common to...
I'd get to the 2" size as quickly as possible. To me there is nothing more aggravating than a slow fill pipe due to reducers. A muffler shop can...
I'm sure it will out live me.... the rest of you will have to worry about it.:D
Gas coupe and sedan class back then. no roadsters.
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