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Just when i thought the old man had lost it and would stroll off into small block land.......he found his senses and decided to put back together...
I was pointing out that that a 49 fleetline is a heavy car ~3700 lb! This is balanced with a very floaty and expensive to service front...
AHHHHHHH just be careful, a little bit of shirking equates to a whole lot of stretching...... The tuck method works great if you take your time...
you will also need to replace the transmission, rear end, springs drive shaft, radiator...and in the process you will make your 1949 Chevrolet...
Awesome.........50 years from now someone will be posting pictures of a pinwheel that you stick in your intake to get better gas mileage.
Cool is that plane designed by the same guy who made the Heath Parasol?
Glad this isnt a Toyota thread............On a more serious note check out an MG midget, they keep the Hyd Clutch and Brake master in this tidy...
Thanks alot Mike and Quiet Gentleman........and everybody else that had some ideas....now i need to figure out if i wanna sell this thing or use...
it does there just internally threaded older AC mags were that way.... the 0-290G would make sense.....the only thing that's a little funny is...
Thanks for the insight, I did an internet search, called a few old A&P mechs i knew, even asked some folks at the EAA.... No luck yet
Neat Airplane looks like a Bowers Fly Baby with struts instead of cables....Nice work I guess a Bowers Fly Baby actually looks like it....since...
Thanks for all the comments
it looks like the 664 mag here, but its only 4 cyl and has that two ear mounting base like the Eiseman below it...
I agree, when i looked at some of my old manuals the A-40 was the only thing that had a mount and poles that looked like this one......Case made a...
no real reason, just the manufacturer i associated with AC mags. It may be from a tractor....I really have no idea Case magnetos was spun off to...
Good comment, yep most AC engines are only good for about 3500 RPM. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it.....I can't even really sell the...
Bought a few things at a flea market the other day, I thought this was an aircraft magneto but i cannot find any reference to it on the internet....
Keep the Caddy!
In my opinion an ME or AE degree is still a good idea, even in this global economy...among the things we have learned in my field over the past 6...
I second the nod for Catia....although the job market for aerospace is pretty limited for a Cad Tech. it's rare we hire non Engineering Degreed...
Just tune it up, go thru the brakes and drive it! Awesome Car by the way
My vote would be to keep it as a custom and do what you like, with no particular history its just a great head start on a wild one of a kind. Take...
There was a time until the mid 80s that every 327 that hit the junkyard had the heads removed and sold to some hot rodder or drag racer. It's more...
webrodder has a great series of articles on a 261 build, id recommend reading them as in typical fashion, they go thru every detail of selecting...
I never hated the bare look when it was a really trick rod that was all steel and had spectacular metal work.....always thought it was kinda old...
What ever you might read Dizzyearth did not suggest that the simple process in the following link could be used to create a DMV indistinguishable...
Legality is in the details, There are no convictions unless you get caught....... As a hotrodder it's better to work on not getting caught than...
I am probably already wanted for removal of the catalytic converter on something or another.....whats another 10 years for creativity with an...
In Texas it wouldn't matter, they would be Aliens. They treat all Aliens the same....put em on a bus and ship em back! An experienced Troll...
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