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I have a liqui car tilter for sale. Complete in storage container. We use this on my grandfather's 68 Riviera. Would be great for frame on...
This is pretty awesome,and a great cause , I'm in.
I have something very similar to that in my garage. My dad used it as a auxiliary air tank for filling a tire that had a slow leak. Left it in the...
I didnt know Don was sick, I know he was having a hard time after getting mugged. I stop by his shop in niles every September on our yearly trip...
I had bought a 68 Lemans, mom helped me buy it when I was 16. Built a 455/th400 12bolt. Ran low 13's drove it thru junior and senior year along...
there is a guy on eBay that's sells frame and suspension specs copied from an old shop manual of some sort, probably body shop because it gives...
just wrote it on the wifes calendar. Its like setting in stone to her. Hahaha.. Ok I will be there.
yea not happening Scott. okay so I didn't have time to post pictures today from work. So my frame rails measure 8 inches tall along the long...
well auction ended early. Went and took some measurements and pictures hard to crawl around ender the car currently. I may stick with remaking the...
Well just happens someone listed a 40 buick limited on ebay yesterday. currently at $200 but 5 days left. I will be watching it. Its a 5-6 hour...
i say that because it would be a ccca car and maybe not get so much attention. but as stated i dont was to hack anything up and i know with age i...
I can make my own disc brake upgrade. I can turn a new set of hubs to run say 12 in gm big car rotors impala etc but use my spindle. And make a...
ok I want to keep the original frame intact its has sat under the car for 73 years. with that said I don't want to butcher it up either. I could...
also what kind of value is a ccca make it. there was on Craigslist but a 90 series ,even bigger and he kept dropping the price. Think he got to 2k...
the value of the car is not of concern to me. I want to have my kids ride in it. Its to pass down as I already stated its a heirloom more then...
i appreciate the offer but i believe the Century is a 60 series? mine is a 80 and to the best of my knowledge everything got bigger. most parts...
i kinda wish it was a smaller model. to the best of my knowledge and research there is only 3000 or so of these. it is a really big car. the third...
i dont want to hack up the original stuff, i was going to built new upper and lower a-arms that mount in the stock location but use ball joints...
I'm not trying to be rude but I was mainly asking for pointers on building a frame for a large car. Lets pretend its a 49 Chrysler 4 door.
thats the thing i dont want to cut anything up. this is has been handed down 4 generations and when i give it to my son it will be five...
don't lift, those are awesome pictures. i an gonna study them but my frame is much larger then yours. the trailing arms on mine are large "I"...
here is the car. great grandfather bought it new. [IMG]
thank you shifter, i get and understand what you are saying. the car has been resting since 1956. i updated the original post with a diagram of...
I have seen plenty of threads about building from for smaller hot rods. long post please read if you have frame experience I will load a...
my great grandfather plumbed his 1940 Buick with copper fuel lines. Then polished it. Is well supported and rubber was used from chassis to pump....
man wish you were closer. I would take the left over 4 door in a heart beat once you swapped parts. I don't mind a 4 door with the family. good...
thank you Joe. Will be meeting youbsoon and appreciate this alot. I will find something I can pay forward with here soon ken
damn it. Missed it again...one day
someone here on the hamb had a build thread and put one under a tri5 Chevy gasser. I haven't seen the thread in like a year. See if I can find it....
my 455 in an OT 68 gto had 6x-8 heads(smogger 400 heads) xe274 cam by comp. Peroformer rpm intake edelbrock 800. Stock rods with arps. Forged...
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