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As the title states, looking for some thoughts. Quite a while ago, I bought these nice finned valve covers from right here in the H.A.M.B....
GONE.
So, my pop and I spent the day wandering around Cal Expo, here's what we saw: [ATTACH]
Ok. I THOUGHT I was getting ahead, but as usual, I'm ending up working backwards to go forwards. I've got a 1951 Ford Club Coupe sitting out in...
I've recently been taken in by the 51 Mercury steering wheel. Thinking I might like to put one into the grandpa car. Does anyone know if the...
Let's just say, when someone tells you to check ALL your bulbs, check ALL of them. History: I am the owner of my late grandfather's 51 Ford Club...
Hey all, I hope somebody can help with my wheel/hubcap issue. I've got a '51 Ford Club Coupe that used to belong to my grandfather. My dad and...
Ok. I bought some "frenching" rings from a HAMBER - Thanks FunnyCar65 - and am playing around in the garage some. I'm a little undecided about...
Hi folks, I would REALLY like to get the rear of my '51 Ford lower. I have the stock springs and shocks, and grandpa already put in 4"(I...
Hey everyone, I've not been very active lately - real life, don't 'cha know - but I have some really cool news relating to the Grandpa Car. If...
Hello All, I've not had anything to post in a while, but now I've got a question. For those of you that remember (yeah, right), my pop's and I...
Anybody got the skinny on http://www.rodncustom.com? website is unavailable and every time I call it's a busy signal. Fess' up. They had a lot...
Here's the pics from my digital camera - took mostly film shots this year.... http://gallery.me.com/davidvillajr Hope the link works. I'm also...
Hey folks, It's getting closer to the street.... Running under its own power, but, a snag.... The powerglide needs a tranny cooler. Its got...
HUGE day today in Central Cali. The grandpa car actually runs!! I don't post much, so I don't expect anyone to remember me or my project,...
This is the Grandpa' Car. Not the best pic, but you get the idea.... The car is going to have a 2-tone paintjob, the upper body above the...
I have a Stewart Warner half-sweep electric tachometer measuring rpm in hundreds, with just two leads coming from the back. They are marked: K...
Am trying to figure out the turnsignal switch wiring on my grandpa's 51 ford club coupe. The switch was not connected, and I cannot decipher the...
I tell ya', yesterday and today have seen the most progress on grandpa's 51 in a long, long time. For my birthday '06, my folks gifted me a Ron...
I am having an epiphany!..... I want to use pearl celluloid pickguard material to replace the perforated lower dash portion of the 51 ford....
When I was growing up, grandpa al always had a project or two to work on, mostly the 59 el camino, 63 t-bird, and the 54 f-100. The 59 and the 54...
So here's the deal, the bolt holes in exhaust manifolds I have for my engine are ever so slightly off from where the holes in heads are. Just...
Here's grandpa's 51 in the sun, not under it's own power yet, but getting closer. That's ma steering and pa pushing ( I NEVER do my own heavy...
I've searched, but not found what I am looking for, so..... My grandfather's 51 ford coupe needs exhaust manifolds/headers. Here's the booger,...
Can you help me identify the year and model this trim came from? I only have the three pieces and need the fourth for a cool addition to the...
To those of you who've used lowering blocks on the front suspension of your shoebox fords, what size drill and or bit did you use to drill out the...
I have been searching and searching, but I can't find (today) a website, or a magazine ad for rear lowering blocks. I'd like to get a set of 4",...
hey y'all, if you've got pics of 49-51 fords you've seen or built, please post them, I need some more inspiration for mine.... thanks :D dave
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