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For California, I found this guide on Ebay helpful:...
Quick question. How does PPG DP90LV compare to DP90LF?
I just did it on a 57 ford hollow shaft to solid 3/4" machined to Double D on the end. We chamfered and butt welded the shafts, trued on the lathe...
Gotcha. That makes sense too, Stimpy. Front and rear tires are the same size so that helps. And understood on the master cylinder reservoir size....
Thanks everyone, you all make a lot of sense. Stimpy, what you wrote about the rear port being plugged off tells me it's ok to use with my...
Hey guys, I'm building my wife her first "old car," a 1957 Ford wagon. We're converting over to discs on all four wheels and I have a question...
In L.A./Valley area I've used Zuniga's Auto Upholstery for about 15 years. I've given him bare seat frames and pictures of what I want and he's...
Nick, I'm also about 15 minutes away from the airport and would have totally jumped on the "free skilled labor" to help me seal up then wrestle...
And that rail museum at Griffith Park is only 2-3 miles from the Bob's Big Boy in Burbank (Friday night cruise in)
At those prices, I'd look around for a local shop to rebuild it for ya instead. My local place (in L.A.) charges me $80 to rebuild steering boxes....
Carved this one up yesterday. Oh yeah, and made a little 10 foot tall stand for it too. It's for the kids, ya know... Cheers, Art.
Maybe try another similarly sized key in your key drawer/jar? You'd be surprised how loose and worn old lock tumblers can be. I keep a jar of old...
Man, that blows! As a long time motorcyclist I say, DAMN OTHER DRIVERS! I'm really glad to hear you're alright and you can rebuild her! I'll keep...
Love those Caddys...
I'm with Iceberg 460 on this one, it's likely the ground cable. Since the cable is new, it might help to scuff the negative post and the terminal...
Hey Alden, I was ordering a rebuild kit from Cliff, in order for him to get me the right jets and rods, he wanted to know everything about my...
Hey Alden, I'm a recent convert to quadrajets, just replaced the edelbrock 600cfm on my '58 apache with one I rebuilt, didn't lose any power but...
That burnout in your garage video was pretty awesome. And I'm guessing that was your parents helping you out and holding the camera. Man, that's...
Thanks, everyone, for the welcomes. It's great to know we have cool people all around the U.S. One of the reasons for building the wagon for my...
Hey guys, I finally joined. I found you guys when my friends cherry original 60 Impala was stolen back in Jan 2005 and my buddy Tackett posted...
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