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dude, you are in TN. Call Joe Mondello. He's in your neck of the woods
YAY!!!!!!!!! bring on the Cackle Fest!!! WhoooooooBAAAAAAAA
Bruce Crandall IS still around. I have worked for him the past 13-14 years at Total Engine Service. We do LOTS of Mopars, Full race,...
Joe Mondello
APT times 3! They take care of your chit. And they do it the way YOU want it.
Do NOT use an oil too thick to fog the cylinders!!!!!!! This is only important if the engine has never been fired (rings broken in). If the...
Well I'll be damned! Just when you think you've seen it all :)
Never seen a tach with an odometer in it.......... Hehe!!! :)
I Know!!!! I already want the car back, but I DID keep one of the 2 steering wheels I had for the car with the 50'th anniversary logo.
quick side note. The red white and blue logo on the horn button, (and on the front bumper) mark Buicks 50'th anniversary. 1903-1953. Thus, a...
it IS a 53! But it is NOT a special! I just sold my 53 special (very reluctantly) and that is not a special. Specials don't have as exagerated...
It will "work", but exhaust gases don't like going around sharp 90 deg turns (at the transition between your manifold and your new exits). Would...
I went into a parts store to get parts for my 52 Studebaker. Kid behind counter says..........."Studebaker? Who makes that?" *Slap*
I had a shop in my town convert a MECHANICAL tach to a 6 volt positive ground tach for me. ANYTHING is possible. Don't give up on it. It would...
Man, that thing is BEGGING for wide-whites!!!!
If you don't like the glass bead look and are sick of stained aluminum. We have a guy here in town that runs intakes through a tumbler for us....
You are correct Special Ed! 55' 265 Besides, If it didn't fit, a RAT RODDER would bolt it on anyway! Hehe, sorry. I had to just this once :)
I agree with Wicked50coupe. 3.5" chop is pretty severe for this car. A subtle chop on these can look really nice. I have seen some chopped JUST...
If you are talking about buying the Pontiac but removing the rear "fins", then I would go look for a chevy. Why buy a Pontiac and then go to all...
To answer the question............... does a frog bump its ass when it hops? YES! Even my Stude flathead 6 when I bought it had a stock motor,...
P.S. Can you imagine a 52-53 buick stainless "swoop" on the sides? THAT would be cool!
It looks like it leaks oil from the pictures.........THAT, my friend, makes YOU "HAMBable" ;)
LOVE the Camshaft rear bumper Langy!!! Very cool!!!
APT Instruments in Bloomington MN. They do fantastic work. They do it all too. Electrical, mechanical, reprinting gauge faces, they can even...
Buick Guy is one of those "knowledgeable" guys on teambuick.com doing some really neat stuff. Good to see ya Buick Guy
I may be able to help you, Teambuick.com has a whole forum on performance straight 8's. LOTS of knowledgeable guys on there have done some...
I own a cylinder head porting shop. Everything from street/strip to full race. Heads, manifolds, anything!!!! Flow bench testing. There is...
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Flow benches are a priceless tool for a cylinder head porter!!!!! I port NHRA super stock heads (very difficult because you have to maintain...
The reason so many so called "pro" ported heads flow so badly is that they have no idea what is going on in the cylinder head. Bigger is not...
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