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I m building a 46 Chevy pickup for a guy. He has a new blueprint 383 (435hp)with sniper fuel injection and a 700r4. Looking at getting a new 9”...
I have a friend that knows I have hotrods and always bugs me to build one for him. I told him I do it for fun and not a job. Well he finally broke...
Building a 46 Chevy pickup for a buddy of mine. Truck will have a blueprint 383/auto. I see there are tons of different brands out there but...
I took on this ole 46 Chevy for a guy that I do a bunch of carpentry work for. He’s bugged me for years to build him a hot rod and I told him that...
So the screws in this Chevy pickup are an elongated special machine screw. Not a slot and not a Phillips. What are they called and where do you...
My pops and I have the roadster set up for this weekends Counts of the cobblestone 25 annual indoor show in Rapid City South Dakota....
Down the road I’m going to build a 28 model A woodie. I want to keep the floor flat so using a model A transverse spring is out of the question...
All loaded up for the grand national. We are leaving the black hills of South Dakota Monday morning to make the trek to Pomona. We will be in the...
So I’m just a hobbyist hotrod builder with half dozen plus builds under my belt and a full time trim carpenter. So a guy I’ve done a shitload of...
Kicking around a model a project. My pops said he knows of a turbo coupe that was wrecked and might be a cheap car, the owner is mid 70s and is...
So I have a 68 327 that was rebuilt and I had it in my 32 sedan eight or nine years ago. I had gotten the car running in the spring and worked out...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] my pop’s has had this 28 fordor for sometime and nothing will ever be done with it. I would really like to...
my pops and I are Putting our T roadster in the suede palace this coming January/February. Coming out from South Dakota and want to hit some shops...
Last week John Whaley a hot rodder from Pierre South Dakota that I got to know over the years died while driving his model A sports coupe to my...
If my pops and I get our T roadster done and accepted to the GNRS how do you find out where the open houses are? We came out several years ago...
I have a 4 position so cal headlight switch off,park,low, high beam. And a so cal keyless ignition switch any one have a diagram for these? I’m...
My wife inherited her dads 55 bel air, she wants to keep it as her dad had it but I would like to do some things to make it hers(ours). I would...
I need to get the headlight rings chromed for a set of 28/9 model A. Have had our name in on a set but it sounds like one company makes them and...
Need to install the cowl lace on my roadster. I have the stock lace with the rivets, looks like the rivet comes in from the underside of the cowl...
So I have a 26 T roadster that I’m building with my dad as a father son build. It’s in the paint stage at the moment and hopefully be done before...
My wife inherited her late dads 55 but sometime after he passed the trunk key has come up missing. Can I take the glovebox tumbler out and get a...
I’m surprising my wife this afternoon bringing her new hotrod home but it’s bittersweet. When my wife was a teenager her mom surprised her dad...
Selling for my uncle. He switched to a single four barrel and no longer needs this manifold. New cast manifolds without the endura shine are going...
In a few weeks I’m taking my frame to the painter. My question is what do you guys use to sand in tight places? I built the frame using a mig...
I have two sets of wheels for my 32 sedan, red powder coated steel wheels with 42 caps and a set of Halibrand look alikes. Both running bfg...
I’m thinking about ordering a rubber mat from snyders ford parts for the t roadster project but was wondering if anyone out there has found...
So the T roadster I’m build as a father son build is getting close to the paint stage. It’s a bare bones roadster with no top. I want to use...
When I was 20 years old I bought my first hotrod project a 47 Ford coupe. Growing up I was pretty handy but building the 47 left me scratching my...
So I know batteries come in all sizes shapes and forms but what the consequences on a size for a nostalgic flathead powered roadster with no bells...
Need to figure out a latch on the T roadster. I would like something small and run a cable somewhere hidden. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
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