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1) Cost 2) Availability 3) Adaptability
What do you consider an "old guy" from the "early days"?
This is why you look at properties that have the space to build a garage.
No. Panel Deliveries always look squashed when chopped.
I don't think the option wound up being factory orderable. IIRC that wagon was used by a racing team.
You will want the bar's pivots to be parallel to each other and parallel to the roll axis. Between them the bar can be angled. If you're using...
The butyl type stuff needs to be adhered to the surface in order to work since it adds mass to the panel to dampen its vibrations.. You don't...
For those of you who will be coming in from the east on University Avenue today (Thursday), turn south at Williams Street after you go down...
I don't think the fairgrounds had a choice about the Thursday situation. That decision came from above and was very late developing (as in last...
I have this Butternut coffee can full of Ardun lifters. Different blend, of course.
You need a tapered boss. Either via a shouldered insert that fits into that straight boss - which sandwiches the straight boss between the...
We're simply correcting mistakes in your claims regarding cable diameters and that welding cable has better ampacity than battery cable. Refer to...
A cable's gauge is measured by total cross-sectional area (CSA) of its conductors. A 2/0 welding cable has the same CSA as a 2/0 battery cable -...
"Continuous" would typically be a duration of >90 seconds. The current drawn when cranking the starter would be considered "intermittent". For...
Welding cable will have typically have an EPDM insulation, which assists its greater flexibility. However, EPDM has unsatisfactory resistance to...
The self-energizing "guts" will not fit a OE backing plate. The top half where the wheel cylinder and the lower halve where the adjuster are...
Market for a vintage drag race '59 Corvette is pretty small, and being on Thursday probably didn't help. There was a '62 that went for $38.5k on...
That is a common method of mounting the rear joints of a 4-bar linkage.
A Grade 5 bolt will reach its ultimate tensile strength (120ksi) and fail before a Grade 8 bolt even reaches its yield strength (130ksi) and...
Not arguing that, but the point was that running saddle tanks isn't really a hinderance to range any more than a stock Model A or '32 tank would...
A stock cowl top Model A tank is only 10 gallons. A stock '32 tank is only 11 gallons. 5+5=10. Not much different in the end.
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Did you try a Google search for "Arizona vehicle dipping" or similar terms? This company is one of the first results it gives me. YMMV....
Just make a new mount that bolts to the crossmember with the proper size fastener holes and spacing. If you ever have to replace this master...
I scored my B1 and B3 for $190 together. They each need stands, though.
Gary's statement about "roundy round" racing and street driving being a different world are not incorrect. Steering ratio, caster, camber, king...
HUH? Electrical engineer here. We use adhesive-lined shrink tube on terminals such as rings and spades. It helps to reduce migration of water...
We wash our jeans, but we don't re-dye them once they've faded.
Are my eyes deceiving me or does that car have a '33 door on one side?
[IMG] Would all the "paint it" folks also re-do the interior? Fresh paint with a splotchy and faded interior would be silly. Then since it's...
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