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Saw Bruce Meyer last year, met Bluto here. Who's here this year?? Apart from me and the Chester hot rodders.
I have a 347 Pontiac engine in my 27T. Changed the oil today and I think I need a new sump plug because the threads are a bit buggered. I'm in...
Please delete this post if it's not allowed. My brother has decided he wants a fat Ford to celebrate his retirement. He is looking at a 48...
I have a BW T85 (non-overdrive). It is originally from a 1957 GMC pickup. It is now in my 1927 Ford Model T hot rod behind the original 347...
I've got a Carter fuel pump on my newly finished Pontiac powered 27T Modified. Nothing special, just a basic low pressure one for carbs. My...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Fitted my mudguards today. We have to have them here when it rains.... Which is very often. The stays are made from...
I need to fit a 3/8 or 10mm hose tail to this inlet. Anyone know the likely size of the internal thread. Looks very close to 5/8 UNC but...
Bought a beautiful Starret 122 Vernier caliper for pennies off eBay because I'm fed up of the digital caliper battery being dead when come to use...
I'm sorting out oil pressure gauge/switch fittings into a Transdapt remote oil filter like the one below. I need to know the thread for the oil...
Managed to get the seats, floors, rubber mats, harnesses and shifter installed over the past two weekends. Everything going on for the last time...
I hope this will help someone doing this common swap. I have F100 brakes on round back spindles. The axle is a 32. The bearings have been...
Did more brush painting today. Final coat on tub and first coat on the grille shell. I primed the dash - there’s a lot more switches and dials...
These small leather gaskets came with the roundback hubs and F1 brakes I bought from a stalled project. They are too small to go over the stub...
I have brought my 21 T Model Ford into the jet age by fitting those fancy Dan, new-fangled airplane shocks all round[ATTACH][ATTACH] Sent from my...
Electric cars done in a 1920's style. I'd drive one....[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] Sent from my moto g(6) play using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Is there a recommended torque setting for perch pin bolts going in to a 32 axle. It is set up Rolling Bones style - so the spring mountings have...
I had the reflectors in my T Modified resilvered at considerable expense and asked the guy to convert them to a modern bulb - like an H4 or...
Took the body off the Modified today, will remove the engine, gearbox and running gear next weekend and it will go for blasting and epoxy priming...
I’ve fitted leaf spring liner to the Model A Tudor spring I’m using on the back of my 27 Modified. It’s the type that curls around the edges of...
I want to go to Bonneville, maybe 2019, maybe 2020. Easy enough to do as a spectator from here in the UK, but I got to thinking maybe I should...
Nearly finished the reverse lockout for the home made dirt track levers on my Modified. Will finish today and post pictures of the spring loaded...
I had a hood rolled up in heavy gauge half hard aluminium by a local engineering company. Back end fits great but the front end is a half round...
I believe these are Speedway perch pins. They have a castle nut but no hole for a split pin or safety wiring. Does the castle nut act as a lock...
I’ve been making a template for the glazier to cut a windscreen. There has to be an easier way to do it that I have been doing it. I cut a rough...
I am using a Carter electric fuel pump in my 347 Pontiac powered Modified. I had planned to just remove the mechanical fuel pump and use a block...
Just 5 weeks until Retromobile Paris... I will be in the Cafe du Marche on the Rue Cler (off Avenue Bosquet near the Eiffel Tower/Ecole Militaire)...
Put all the parts of the Modified's headlight together yesterday; the resilvered reflectors, halogen bulb holders, new nickle surrounds and...
Any HAMBers going to this? 8th to 12th February 2017.... Well worth a look if you're over here. In fact, it's worth coming over for....
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