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Very cool......I can almost smell it......reminds me of my best friends 42 Pontiac.....kinda dusty, moldy or something. I like it! .....a smell of...
A pretty hot item into late 50's....literally hot...........never heard of somebody stealing "wheel covers" at the time as I remember......56 were...
64 years ago, I didn't think so. Axles Axles Axles w/ 3/8-3/8 FH
If you like early 50's history, read up on the Culver City Screwdrivers Club. A few were my neighbors and pretty notable personalities in the mix....
Kinda cool reading all the history and resurrecting some old memories......I was born in the old Culver hospital and grew up a few blocks east of...
Heard the myth 50 years ago, never paid any attention. Just for perspective though a common production motor will develop 1000-1500 psi on the...
The modified roadster attachment 6281125 is Leland Kolb's probably late 57 or 58. I think that's Leland on the left in the clean white trousers. A...
That would be a lot of nitro for the little chevy, but car looks classed as B/FD....MeOH maybe?
"The motor starts and runs but under load it's sputtering out of the carburetor.".....383 stroker with a 471 blower??? That seems like an odd...
Just now connecting that the Millwinders 35 Coupe was the same Safeway Sandblasting (James) coupe that I use to see at the end of my block in the...
I presume dealer Installed?
Bought an unmolested 47K mile 65 Falcon 289 many years ago. Later modded for autocross w/ coil overs, 3 link rear, Watts link, subframe connector...
Traction Master had an "original" inherent flaw with the front pivot bolt in single shear. I experienced breakage on three different cars in the...
Your comments re: any mods seem to recognize that the value it has presently (as mostly OEM) will likely not appreciate very much. I've owned...
If its actually 20 micron, thats already only 0.0008".
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I'm sure somebody else can add the real details but Bill Coburn had a 34 (pic here in CompCoupe thread) that I remember in 50's had tried a dynaflow
I remember the boonies hill kinda like more recent sand traps. We lost a few header tubes there.
A long time ago soldering jet and redrilling was common
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Could be a good acquistion. It sounds like you are doing the necessary surveying before committing (metering block, pump, etc). No.1 for me would...
The Ansen shield for the SBC and BBC was two piece so that clutch maintenance could be made. In one picture you can see the tapped holes. I'm not...
GL4 by the way
Looks great in the pics (except for the wrong era tires). It was never drop dead gorgeous except for when Belmont took it from his dad's car lot....
A friend of my dad's....Todd Doc Rawleigh called it "double blown" and was selling the engine before going Chrysler, claiming 750Hp on MeOH. He...
Grist Bros coupe was unique in a lot of ways (MEL, chop) but what was impressive to me was the "BIG SOUND". I don't know how big the motor was, or...
Nitromethane is not miscible w/ gasoline, nitropropane is. Ran in the late 1950's along with tolulene per Don Francisco.
Waiting in the staging lanes, watching the competition........I remember being pretty normal in the era at least. Colton a good example.
Pipeline companies use pigs for separation of line residual
Bill was a friend of a friend.....sold him a 100 lb lead mid 60's that we'd molded to fit under our spare tire. Don't know if he went quicker or...
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