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It was about 1981 when a couple of us were demonstrating a piece of equipment at a GM foundry in Pontiac, MI (as I recall). While involved in the...
Please try not to include the Screwer's name in your posts, so he can continue to screw others. Including the Butt-F'ers name only serves to alert...
Well now that you guys bring it all to my attention, its a good question. Why would I consider this? The answer is, I don't know. And, as you...
Keep us posted on your project. I like the windscreen idea and have kicked around that style myself. There was a helicopter oil tank on ebay...
I've boasted about having the ugliest trailer around but I'm begining to think I may not be alone out here.
What about the guy who used to be in Brookfield and moved futher west... Schlieper's?
For some years, I've wondered about using hydrostatic steering in a rod -- the kind that's used on some construction equipment. Today I saw a...
Very smooth, looks like you're going drag racing. Can we another shot or two of the car?
Maybe Sears got tired of handing out new tools to guys who found Craftsman tools at yard sales for fifty cents. Maybe Sears got tired of...
I think most of us have seen ads wherein the advertiser uses the Trademarks of various manufacturers and then at the bottom of the ad the...
I sent 3 bucks for a MAS catalog and got garbage. A rip-off. I got a twenty year old catalog with the original shop name crossed out and a note...
Some years ago I bought several books on aircraft/maintenance from the Government Printing Office local store. Try http://bookstore.gpo.gov/
My wife and I call it The 5 O'Clock Club as we will gather after work (usually after 6PM ??) over a glass... or two of wine and just chat. On...
I'm Impressed! Well done! I like the turn signal knob that matches the wheel. By the way, does Kamloops still have a refinery on one end of town...
If I recall, proper Ackerman means lines are drawn from the king pins through the tie rod ends to the center of the rear axle creating a "V" shape...
Is it a scam?.... What ligitmate buyer would send a causal fifty percent extra just for the honor of having you send it back? ....Well, I'll take...
A car at a show may have Year-Plates, but it doesn't mean the car is actually registered under those plates... it's a show
I haven't been to the super market in almost four years because I don't want my car to look like my wife's car. Also, I carry my digital camera...
Since my cusory look through the July Street Rodder, I've become interested in the V-12 thing. I think it is Ryan Falconer who designed and built...
I'd like to see anti-freeze banned by drag strips, well maybe.... But then, I'd like to see Mariah Carey locked in my hotel room. So, what is...
Automatics built prior to (as I recall) 1961 had a rear pump that allowed the trans to couple to the engine and therefore could be push started....
My helicopter has a starter/generator. It is gear driven, (key phrase = gear driven) - it bolts onto the turbine engine gear case and has a relay...
Many harware stores carry the SmartTool, about $110.00.... a digital level that reads in tenths of a degree. I got mine years ago and use it...
I think the poly tank would hold up better in an accident than the aluminum, but only if the poly is thicker than the aluminum. I'd run a metal...
Can I use '35 Ford King Pins it I cut off the brake-linkage-cup-things at the top of the pins?
I stumbled across a guy who's building a Model A Coupe with a Caddy in it. He gave me his original rear spring and front axle.... hell of a deal....
Mine is a Victor HPF 2425 which as I recall was the cheaper of a couple of choices and was around $125.00 ten years ago. I look at it as shielding...
Opinion No. 132: I'm aiming for the Olds Quad 4 as stated by several before me. I like the idea of the exhaust on the passenger side so it doesn't...
And, I use a stainless steel brush to clean the parts to be welded. Voices in my head have told me that any other type of brush will contaminate...
I use an gas lens collet body. That may not be the correct name, but it's the type of collect holder that has a mesh screen around the tungston...
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