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Only one good deal in 60 years. 1979 Nearby at the further edge of a field behind a house, there was what looked to be a Chevy roadster, going...
Porknbeaner.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Originally hot rodded in 1953 in Greensboro N. Carolina area with flathead, 283 installed in late 60s and brought to NH...
1/8th" toe in and 5-7 degrees caster has always worked for me on 32-4 Fords with dropped axle and F1 or F100 box and bias plys.
I had a vibration in the back. A very long story short, rear tires were the culprits, maybe just one, but replaced both for a match. Somebody...
That one is gone, but I have another vintage ad that adapts the 55-62 Cadillac engine directly to the Lasalle transmission.
I had a red 58 J5 back in the mid 80's Ran it at NE Dragway. Sold it to someone with an English accent. When he got into the driver's seat, his...
Pretty sharp. I wonder how a car made blatantly to appeal to women would go over today.
Perflueter?
You sure did and put 100,000 + miles on your first build! Model A coupe.
I built a 32 roadster body complete from all misstamped and incomplete Brookville panels. I think I still have pictures of the whole process if...
About 1978 -9, I was a bodyman at Claremont Ford, Claremont, NH. The owner, Steve Blake, called me into the office one day, told me he was going...
My avatar was originally hot rodded in 1951, 49 Cadillac engine, etc. It's pretty much the same now as then. I don't run much any more.
I was just telling someone about you building that whole car out in the barn with only very basic tools, hacksaw and chisels etc. I even have...
Going up that road, on the right there's a turn off they use to store gravel. About 30 ' into the woods there's a '35 Pierce Arrow rolled over on...
Somebody told me those early 49s had floated wristpins.
I'm running a scheifer flywheel for Olds on a '60 Cad engine. I had the flywheel balanced for the internally balanced Cad engine. Used hard in a...
I have the adapter from 55-62 Cadillac engine to the 49 -54 Cad bell housing, which the Lasalle trans bolts to. I've been running this same...
Kidney belts/ back supports in the day of hardtails. I wore one on long rides even with suspension. They work good. Generally people don't just...
If it's a customer's car, they get the very best work I can do. No "driver" quality jobs. Money can't be an issue. If I'm doing my own car, that's...
We're going up in July. '53 Studebaker coupe, Cadillac engine.
I think I might know where there is one of those transmissions adapted to a Ford torque tube. If you get back to me, I'll go look for it.
Bob's
I think Paul is right.
The one I have, that yoke just slides out.
It's nice to hear that worked out for you. Still some good people out there. I just went through the same search. Ended up using a common 16...
I don't know about '63. I've only used 49- 62 engines. I think a friend of mine used a 429 (64-67) manifold on a 58 365, but in a hot rod.
The exhaust manifolds exchange from one side to the other on the engine, don't know about in the car. All of my 49-62 Caddy engines in hot rods, I...
I had a 37 Ford pickup, stock except for big truck gas tank and the torque tube would hit the tank when I go over a bump in the road. Not enough...
We used Chevy rings on my '60 390 with stock pistons. Been severely road tested with no problems and they cost less.
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