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It is definitely 30's vintage GM. Had a '36 Pontiac with a similar one. Don't remember what the ratchet end looked like. My guess is that is...
I won't tell you about the brake swing arm mounted to my plywood firewall on my Willys, made from the stamped sheet metal running board bracket...
This is one way to get modern brakes and axles. Cut the ends off the banjo tubes and graft on ends from a 9" axle. Machine the differential gear...
I'd question the engineering of the company that sold that steering arm that interfered wit the factory zerk location.
Hmm . . . better not look too closely at my car!!
I have a friend with a shop truck w/ SBC. He has had 3 mechanical pumps from 'O Reilly's fail in about a 6 month period.
Just finished building a '40 Plymouth for an older gentleman ( he might be younger than me?!!) and he wanted '54 331 his granddad owned rebuilt...
Taco Bell channeling the hemi in their enchirito? [IMG]
Remember an episode of Monster Garage where they built a 'bike' using a diesel engine as the chassis....
My dad has a picture of him sitting on a Model A chassis, engine, rear, end, and seat. That's it. First rat rod?!!!
Yep. A lot more satisfying than following directions!! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I've put them in; '59 El Camino behind a 305 V8, '53 Chevy pickup behind a 235 six, '40 Plymouth behind a 331 hemi. I'd make it fit!
Had mine since 1964, finished since 1995. Fun to go to rod runs and have a car that isn’t a bellybutton Ford!!
I had a couple of those and a coupe partial kits sitting around my parts bin so decided to build a '39 sedan out of them.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
here is a kit for a vehicle that I am pretty sure was never built. Pretty sure no civilian cars, even Willys were built in 1943. [ATTACH]
Was Sarah Palin a gearhead? [ATTACH]
I bought a large 6hp, 10CFM vertical tank HF permanent compressor. I solve the portability problem by stationing 100' rolls of HF hose around my...
Your comment emphasizes a pet peeve of mine concerning ads for air compressors; They always cite the volume of the pressure tank, and usually the...
That's my problem; I have 3 layers of tools in every drawer!!
I considered that but the Plymouth boards have dips stamped in them and full of factory holes to anchor their rubber coating. Would take a lot of...
I looked everywhere for running board rubber for the '40 Plymouth I just finished. In the past I found reasonably priced repro rubber for a '36...
I see an opportunity for an creative entrepreneur!
Those work great but I am such a sloppy worker, I leave them on the floor and step on the lugs and ruin them. I tried the plastic ones but they...
I too am frustrated by missing socket sizes. Bought a set of metric sockets, went to the junk yard to get a late model Mustang rear end, Found...
This is where I put the PCV valve in my Mysterion reproduction, in a drilled tapped hole in an intake runner on the underside of the '60s vintage...
Not near as sickening as that video of the clean '59 Chevy being demolished in a crash test with some late model whatever....
Yes the old Pittsburg, Chicago Pneumatic, Central, etc., tools were sketchy. But in the past several years they have upgraded. I would put their...
Smells like raw rubber!!
Never got a set with a skipped size!! Haven't gotten Quinn tools but do have several 'modern' HF socket sets and am very happy with them. I...
Not a parts supplier but a greatly overlooked performance option for the '51-'53 Chrysler hemis is 354 truck heads. They are a great option for...
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