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I am starting to look around for a trim shop/person. It would be a full interior w/buckets and an exterior top on a 28 chev 3 window with all new...
Specifcally, AFB aluminum carb castings. I used to plastic media blast snowmobile clutches and they came out looking like new.This is an old,...
Passed today from a long battle with cancer.Founded Hagerty insurance in 1984. Our family Century Resorter 19 was insured with Frank and his wife...
Has anybody bought their disc brake conversion kits or had any experiences with them? They make a disc brake/5 lug kit for 56 chev c-10...
I am subframeing my 28 chevy with a 56 c-10 front 1/2. The car presently has an independent front in it with a cross steer gm box. With the c-10...
My '28 has an inside frame width of 28". The SBC fit just fine,but my plan is for a BBC.How much inside frame width is needed for a BBC? I had...
Has anyone used rigid motor mounts or mounting plates on the street?
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going from traverse city mi. area to toledo oh later this week.
I'm trying to get my ducks in a row for the 28 chevy build this winter.Does anyone have a reccomendation for a trim shop in the northern lower...
Have any of you ran a detroit locker on a driver? Can anyone relate any personal experiences with one of these? This is one of my choices for the...
Does any manufacturer make 8 lug slotted aluminum 15" wheels ? Ive been googleing and find steel but no aluminum.
I have 2 bbc core motors. I was told they are 454 truck motors,but I cant find the code or casting numbers in my limited library. On the left rear...
Need help with this please! This wheel measures 13 3/4" across the face and from the faint marks on the face had an 11" disc on it. Is this a 454...
What should I be paying for a 58-62 3.54 posi chevy pig? Assume good useable shape. I tried a search with no luck.I need it for my 28 chev...
Long story short,when I reproduced the 28 chev in glass,I did not move the id tag to the new body. Then after several moves in 50 some years the...
NIB 427 bbc pistons.One set is +0.060 12.5/1, pin bores cut for ff retainers at factory,they are 50 grams heavier than stock so it is reccomended...
I have 2 BB chev motors that I am trying to ID. The frist one has COF331056 stamped on the pad in front,at the left rear of the block the casting...
Has anybody used the acrylic lacquer products from Trinity1945 or TCP Global ? Trinity1945 seems to be more genaric in thier colors where as TCP...
Ive been reading the threads about one wire alt and how to wire a three wire alt and the question I keep asking myself is that if a HAMB friendly...
I cant post pics,after a few min I get "unable to upload" in the pic box. This is also happening over on Grage Journal. These are the only sites...
There are 2 motors and 1 trans on northern mi craigslist (car parts f/s)tonight with pics. I think he wants 500 for all if anyone is interested....
When did gm start useing the end bracket on the direct drive starters and did they all have them after a certain date or only the ones with the...
I'm sorting thru my parts and one of the bare blocks doesnt seem to exist in my code book. Its a 427,2 bolt main, oil cooler holes,std bore. The...
I was picking thru my bbc stuff for a cam to put in the wifes 425hp 427 vette motor that I'm putting back together and I pulled this one off the...
I'm wanting to use the motor out of my 60's drag boat in the glass 28 chev 3 window build. Its a blower motor and was all good stuff at the time...
Why is it that all I see used in rods anymore are automatic transmissions? Used to be that the t-10 or Muncie 4 spd was almost standard...
Is it still possible to buy ditzler duracryl ? The tints I used 20 yrs ago were all duracryl and when redoing my car , I want to keep the old...
I'm new here but have been on the garage journal for quite a while,aroung 1900 posts Have a 28 chev all fiberglass retro rod that I'm puttinh...
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