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Going to be there Saterday afternoon. Buddy's driving his just finished '40 Pontiac coupe over from Concord.
Cooker started making the 285-70R-15 again since BFG quit making them about 4-5 years ago. Never heard of a 16 " in that size, though.
Taking the drivers quarter window wood out of my '29 coupe and found a book of matches with one match left. There from Jerry's Snack Bar,...
Thats an anti-theft tree.
Texasspeed- you hit the nail on the head. Between my half-ass spelling and rough discription, a picture tomorrow would make this alot easier.
That might work, just as long as you dont mess up the lower panel to bad. I might try an air hamer with a notched hammer bit.
Neither, just want to clean up the metal and get some primer on it
The body I have has a lot of serface rust at the interior joint of the roof to the body sides. Also on the outside of that joint(where the belt...
If you could lay the windshield back a little, it would look killer. In the side shot, the curve of the grill as it heads for the hood needs...
Brucer- how about using a valve spring mounted to give the brake jaw a little lift up and fabing an oversize wing nut on each side so you slide...
I think you are better off having the disconect switch on the positive lead. And the easier it is to get to the switch, the more you'll use it. If...
Tumbleweeds- in the side view of your car, looking at the spring eyes, it looks like you have some caster, maby not enough??
Might be an opertune time to put in about fifty louvers!!
If the split ring is as pristeen as the rims, I/E not bent or rotted away at the area where it sits in the rim , why not just use them??? If you...
Had the same scenerio with a busted rear axle stud on a class 8 truck rearend, busted drill bit and all. Heated the exposed stud red hot with...
The Fabulous Furry Freek Brothers!! What some artists from "Cartoons" comic mag morphed into in late '60's-'70's. Fat Freddy's cat was smarter...
What Pork&Beaner said!! Didn't like the fit of a Flaming River pitman arm, called P&J, talked to Jerry for a good amount of time. Went out of his...
Try Morse out of Canton, Ohio www.mkmorse.com A bi-metal blade with a variable pitch(4/6 or 6/10) cuts like Hell. Don't jam the work into the...
I have a set like realkustom showed and the point holder can be switched out with a holder that takes lead from mechanical pencils.
Tonight(Friday) on "Fresh Air" on NPR they are rebroadcasting an interview with Johnny Otis from the early '90's.Hope they play his "Wedding...
Try the Crawford car museum in Cleveland, Ohio. If the company was in Ohio, they should have info on it.
Thanks Larry T, I edited my Mortec link. Internet Archives to the rescue again!! I go there for their live concert archives all the time. Wher...
I don't know if the Model A actually set any "standards" as far as all the other auto's produced at that time if you took in cosideration the...
With all the work everybody is doing to figure out the casting numbers, I tried to go on the Mortec site, but it won't open. Must of dissapered in...
There's a ton of used machinery out there right now and I'm sure if you look around you can come up with a smaller industrial used unit thats...
For future refrence, High Quality Tools, Inc wwwhqtinc.com has every thing to fix or referbish Bridgeport mills. They own the rites to the...
Try this for drill drive You Tube bead roller http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqErTwU1rSE&feature=related
Just saw this on You Tube yesterday. Guy made his own bead roller and powered it with a 1/2 in. drill frome HF. The drill was belted to what...
What Dons hot rod said!! If you look at say the Comp. Eng. after market petals, frome the pivit to where the petal pad goes, it's 14 in. From the...
Found a couple of pic's of cars northern Ohio's Ronny Potter ran in the late '60's- early '70's. First his A/FD car. This car and all...
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