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Just working now with what came with car. I'm mocking up a different adjusting arm that will allow the alternator to lay over to the valve cover...
Wow! Even after all these years on HAMB, I'm blown away with the assistance offered! I shouldn't be overwhelmed, because I've seen it in the...
Excellent info, thank you!
Thanks for the response & the photo, I appreciate it
It's the set-up that was on the car when I bought it. Don't care for it all that much, just trying to use what I have.
I'll give it a look - thank you!
I agree & thanks for your input.
Yes, I'll be using an original '36 radiator......I hope!
I was just assembling the pulleys & alternator and thought maybe the engagement of the belt in the water pump pulley doesn't look adequate. The...
I've amassed a lot of parts and wouldn't want to know, even if I could, how much money & time I've spent in the last 65+ years on my 'hobby',...
I had to cut a #2 welding cable last week. My son-in-law suggested using a hand-held pipe cutter, the one used for cutting copper pipe. Worked...
1/16" thick? Thinking that's body-to-frame welting. Body panel-to-body panel is different.
BTTT
Several decades ago, Consumer Reports magazine did a comparison test on several different brands of oil filters and Fram came out as being one of...
I went th Hershey 25+ years straight, but haven't been in 15 years or so. Just can't walk that much any more. Sure appreciate the pics - thank you!
My son & daughter are about to retire......'nuff said!
Built one around 1959 or '60 when I was 13. Had it until 2019 when we downsized & moved south. Still regret getting rid of it.
22 years on the HAMB and try to never miss a day. I'll be turning 80 a lot sooner than I care to admit and have been a hot rodder for as long as...
I consider myself a hot rodder, as I've never been able to NOT change something on one of my cars for looks, performance or just because. On the...
Sorry - my poor explanation, but you're correct. The light gage wire triggers the relay, which is really just a switch, which in turn, energizes...
I was always under the impression that a relay should be as close to a device as possible, so a light gage wire would be run from the switch to...
I had a NOS Chevrolet in-line, brake light switch from the late-1930's in my '37 Chevy coupe for over 30- years. I had installed it when I...
[ATTACH] For sale, ONE ONLY (NOT a pair), Guide 682C headlight, pictured above. Body & parking light housing are both solid - no extra holes or...
So Very sorry to hear that. Our prayers are with you.
At one time, 40+ years ago, I had about 3000 vintage license plates and decided to sell some to help finance my car addiction. I took out an ad...
I've had my fathers in-law's Fairbanks-Morris "hit & miss" engine since he died almost 40 years ago. I turn it over a couple of times and year,...
At one time, I had over 3000 license plates which I collected when I searched for a set of NYS plates for the 1937 Chevy coupe I had 40+ years...
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