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I am in the process of replacing the bed wood in my RPU. The bed planks are pretty straight forward but the bed to frame sill pieces are totally...
When I bought the RPU ,I bought a rebuilt flathead to go with it. The engine is 125 over and never run. It was rebuilt 10 plus years ago so I am...
Been thinking about this for a while. I want to use the original gauge cluster but want more gauges too. Made the pattern out of MDF and hardwood...
I found a great deal on these Coker whitewalls. I'm going to put the blackwalls on the RPU. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I was initially going to try and reverse the eyes on a model A rear spring. After doing the front spring I no longer had the strength or will to...
So , my plan is to use 16 inch wires on my RPU . I picked up 6 from a friend of mine and they looked pretty good , no major damage just a few edge...
I want to rebuild the fuel gauge on my 28 RPU. I checked the tank for leaks and the only place that weeped a bit was the bezel on the fuel gauge....
I'm at the part gathering stage of my RPU build. I picked up a transmission for mockup. The guy I got it from thought that it was no good,...
So , I have this new to me 28 RPU that I want to build in the Bishop / Tardel style AV8 . I have the book and it's getting dog eared from reading...
I just bought a 1928 roadster pickup. It was delivered this morning. I am still buzzing , maybe too much coffee but still buzzing! The plan is...
I have an oil leak on the cover of my quickchange. I expect its a porosity issue with my casting. I know you can use Glyptol on cast iron to seal...
I know the boss likes old cameras , not sure how many will find this interesting but here goes. My friend Lance who I go to Bonneville with bought...
So I've been waiting for the fuel line fittings for my carbs. They came in the mail yesterday and I put them on. They fit good , look good, the...
I was looking for some kind of toolbox to put in the trunk of my modelA. I wanted something old looking and thought I found the perfect thing , a...
I've been working on this off and on since last spring. I finally got the General on the road and to me the carbs are too high to put any kind of...
So I had to take one of the exhaust manifolds off to fix a stud. On the GMC 6 the intake and exhaust gaskets are connected but I thought I would...
It was a beautiful day so I thought I'd take a video of the General going for a sortie (beer run) Anyway , the camera work is sketchy , the sound...
While I was doing a bit of reading about some early 50's GMC racing engines , magnetos seemed to be the hot ticket. They mentioned Vertex and...
I'll be ready to spray the coupe in the next few weeks and while going over things I noticed that I am going to have to get up under the visor. In...
At the bodywork stage and have been priming , filling , sanding the doors , trunk , removable panels from the coupe. I have been using Shop Line...
I'm starting to do the bodywork on the coupe . I want to clean up the door jamb area where the nail heads along the edge are. I don't really want...
The metal casting that I've been doing has made me think what it was like back in the 40's and 50's when guys were looking for ways to "soup up"...
I have the new top for the 3 carb intake I made for the 302 Jimmy. I am presently using 3 Rochester one barrel carbs. I like the look of...
So , it was time for todays adventure. My wife likes to do some rock hounding and my dog likes to well just be a [ATTACH] hound. We went to...
Yeah , I've been here 20 years now. Actually there was a previous HAMB before this one where I joined to find info about an old Edelbrock intake...
Let me start by saying that there is no way I should be casting hot metal in July. It's normally way too hot and I have summer things to...
I'd love to have a CAD program attached to a 3D printer just to make things that I have in my head. I use "Hillbilly CAD" (Cardboard Aided Design)...
I haven't poured any hot metal for a while so I thought I'd try to cast a pair of pedals. I had these original pedals in pretty good shape , but...
So, Im doing a spring behind front end on the coupe and was wondering what an undropped axle looks like and which stock axle would be the lowest....
So I've had this 30 Coupe for a while and have flip flopped on how I was going to build it. After going to Speedweek and seeing all the cool...
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