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Hello all. I'm currently putting together a 63 galaxie box top drag car. Aiming for a 1960s vibe, similar to what the SEGA guys are doing....
Through a series of trades with my buddy eric, I ended up with these old dragster headers. Anyone seen these before? They're rippled and...
Bought this at a swap meet. Think i paid $100 for it. It was still taped shut. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Im in the process of rewiring a 53' mercury. Switching over to 12 neg ground. Which post on the back of the gauges do i give power to? I have a...
Im working on putting together the rear suspension together on my 46 mercury project, and im having trouble with the rear track bar. Best i can...
So this all started back about a year ago when some friends from California came up to visit. Short story long, we were hung over sitting around...
I havent posted on this site in a long time, but that doesnt mean i havent been playing around with a few projects here and there. This is a quick...
So iv been putting this 46 mercury coupe rearend back together, and one of the rear drums was destroyed beyond use. I dug through my stash and...
So i just drug this home. Guys brother started building it in the late 50s. He finished it around 1974. Parked on his porch to rebuild the car,...
I just bought an old t bucket frame and this was under it. I thought it was maybe olds, but im not sure. Anyone know what it...
City: Bonneylake State: Washington Price: $550 USD Date code is for nov 1962. Factory tripower for 1963 pontiac Cast intake for 389 pontiac....
Brand new weiand bbc intake. Fits standard deck 396-502 bbc. Rectangle port. Pruned 6-71 Detroit case. Stripped and soda blasted. Rotors, gears,...
Neighbor kid like to throw really obscure "name this car" challenges at me, and I think he actually got me on this one. I have no clue. Here's the...
So I'm assembling a motor for a friend of mine, and have ram into a curious problem. Crank is turned .030/.020 with all new bearings and a set of...
Short story long 3 guys broke into our house. Took about 7k worth of stuff and no homeowners. My ma came home in the middle of it, and they took...
So I'm putting together a 59a style flathead for a friend. .030, turned crank yada yada yada. Went to drop the rods on the crank and they don't...
So I know we're all sick of parallel leafs on the front, so lets see the "wrong" way to do it! Post up some pictures and insight Sent via my...
So this is actually the tale of 3 cars. A few years back I got a 28 Rpu body, bed, and frame. Built the frame and ended up trading the body for a...
So I ponied up some dough and got some good tread under the old girl. Man what a difference the rolling stock can make! Before [ATTACH] After...
so iv been gathering parts to go a new direction with my old Nash coupe. Mainly to upgrade the old chassis thats under it with some better...
So this story starts out this past summer when I bought an 82 Yamaha. Xs650 to build a chopper outta. I hard tailed it, and that's about when I...
So I'm getting a 4bbl 394 olds with hydramatic outta a 61' Oldsmobile this weekend with a car I'm trading. It's in a 56' 88 sedan right now, but...
Anyone have pics of how you guys channeled your truck cabs? I have a B cab with perfect sub rails and I'm use to cars missing everything and using...
So I got my model t up and driving, then this popped up for sale on craigslist. Kinda a dream car of mine for a while, so it's now mine. 1956...
Anybody ever install the dual Valve spring kit from Isky into a ford flathead? I'm having trouble on mine since you don't just pry them in like a...
So after driving this 27 t around, Iv noticed something that bothers me. The radiator flexes side to side quite a bit. Almost like a shake. I have...
So I did some searching and could not find a T coupe only thread, so here we go! Mine [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Posted using the Full Custom...
I'm all for traditional cars, hell I own a model t that's all pre 50. This new format sucks though. I liked this place because of the main board...
Was workin on my flathead in my t coupe tinkering with the carbs when this happened... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Bad key switch kept power going to the...
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