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Yes, they do like they are in great shape! Check the inside of the wheel near the valve stem hole too. Here is an example of that type that says...
I agree here. It's my understanding that the true 40' wheels are straight-straight in the rivet area as opposed to straight-angle. All my wheels...
High quality and attention to detail! Thanks for sharing
Top notch, refreshing to see. Thanks for the writeup!
Nice tech and fun too! Not to take away from your method but I thought I'd add to the compilation of methods listed above. Years ago, I...
I like how you detailed every case in your second paragraph! The previous handful of 59 blocks I have seen aound here were stuck solid. The...
Interesting. If that's the case, I guess my ~.020 thickness shift is a result of the machining.
Yes, I noticed my block has slight core shift in a few places. The cool thing about it was that it almost seemed predictable. I started seeing...
Thanks guys, I would like to go to a big bore because that's what I read about in The Rodders Journal and from builders like GoCat Speedshop. I...
I'll probably post there too in order to open up the sampling size. Thanks guys, any other experiences out there?
I have thought about this over and over. It takes so long (in the rustbelt) to find a good flathead...Do I really want to limit myself to only...
Yes! Yours was one of the two 1st hand accounts I found. You responded that not being able to big bore a 3-1/16 59 block was a crock and that you...
If documentation ever surfaces it will be a treasure and finally lay to rest the tons of posts about letter blocks!
I agree it will need to be sonic tested since there are so many spots I can't see or reach. I put the wall thickness numbers out there so others...
Flathead owners, I am looking for personal accounts of anyone who has successfully or unsuccessfully bored a 59L series block with a 3-1/16"...
I was thinking the 3.3125" bore just to leave some room if it ever needs to be freshened up again.... and then there is that caveat that is in the...
I have a 59AB block where the largest cylinder diameter measured 3.273" using an inside mic. I would like to bore it to 3.3125". I figure thats...
It is definitely an NP435. I have one in my Willys flatfender sandwiched between a 5.0 and a 4 to 1 geared Dana 300 tcase. It has a super low 6.78...
Wow great site! Ive been using the search function for a few weeks now after finding my barn find 29 Tudor. Ive been into metal fabrication,...
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