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Interesting note; racers usually started in LO instead of first gear. Since the Hydro has a torus and no torque converter, GM engineered the LO...
You valve body has the B&M 1st gear hold valve that fits into the front governor feed tube. Stock trannys only had 'LO' position which was...
@ Harbor Freight. Bin next to the left-handed pipe wrenches.
Important safety tip; be careful installing sealed ball bearings. NEVER ding the shield, even a tiny bit. If you do, toss the bearing and get a...
Got you beat. 60 years, same car! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
what do you need done?
Don't know what 'up to I25' means but if you travel east half of I80, you go near Stahl's museum in Chesterfield MI. not only a top class auto...
I use spray catalyzed automotive clear coat. Rock hard, beautiful plastic coated look, great gloss. [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Still hard to do!!!!!!!!!! Would love to see how the factory did it in mass production. Wonder why the floor manager didn't demand that the...
Probably due to early auto companies having every marque building their own engine designs. One tranny for Chevy, Caddy, Buick, Olds, & Pontiac...
I'm a hemi guy so ignorant of Blue Oval tricks!!
The most frustrating part of your build will be stabbing the distributor on that stinking hex shaft!!
51-53 had the small round ports. [ATTACH] in '54 when they went short bell, they went big oval ports. [ATTACH]
Thanx for the kind comment!!
Ain't hot roddin' fun?!!!!!!
You must let the traction bar move fore and aft freely while preventing it from moving up and down to prevent spring wrap. I do it two ways. One...
Built my Willys to be a gasser cartoon, HAD to have 'mags'. Got it on the road in '68 with 8.5" rear and 6" front Appliance. I put American...
Don't think most people know that Ed did this scallop around Mysterion gas cap. [ATTACH]
Absolutely! Mickey's outcast cousin.
Never had that problem. Never bought a set of headers, only build my own.
The establishment never understood Ed. Kids did and Ed knew it. He fastidiously kept his 'act' squeeky kleen, but respectfully rebellious in...
Good reason. Parts are pretty much a thing of the past. I went to a junk yard last year looking for a rear end for a rod I was building. Life...
Love those blankets for lots of uses. Can get them on sale often for $5! I use them for paint drop cloths in place of the expensive canvas ones....
I paid $8,000 extra for the upgraded lenses.
This is what they look like. Normal cataract lenses look like a smooth curved lens. They clear up the fogged natural lens but don't focus so you...
I did one better. Eye doctor said I had pretty bad cataracts so recommended I get them fixed. I wasn't aware of that but was wearing many...
Posted elsewhere but here it is again. Equal length 180deg 4bbl intake I cast for the 230/260 series Chevy 6. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Basic conservation of energy. Can calculate the static pressure at any depth in water. At density of water, pressure is 0.434psi/ft of depth....
Ain't no sech thang az too much chrome!!!!!! [ATTACH]
My problem is the '42 Plymouth I am building needs 44" shoulder/lab retracting belts but the longest aftermarket ones I can find are way too short.
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