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I've got several 8" rearends that I've bought over the last few years and I've given as much as a couple hundred for a five lug mavrick with a 3.0...
One of my favorite model A's is this 31 that we built out of a 31 slant windshield four door sedan front and sport coupe rear quarters. It was a...
If it doesn't burp out coolant, it's not hot. (Assuming it has coolant and the initial overfill is allowed to exit) Move your temperature sending...
Roadsters are a lot of fun on days that it's not too cold or hot or wet or the forcast is for a chance of rain. Coupes are a lot of fun the rest...
It looks like you may well be in the running to build a car and still have left over the car that you started with. Years ago, my father started...
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[ATTACH] I put a set of old real magnesium Halibrands on it and have been having fun playing with it. It does get a lot of attention.
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I think that it would be a good option for a 30/31 coupester. By cutting down the doors, it would help to hide the closed car duel body line and...
I've been collecting Desoto tail lights a piece at a time for awhile and I've got them on three of my cars so I thought I'd mount the others on a...
I've always been fascinated with the history that the old cars have had and frequently wished they could talk so I could know what they had...
I run 35 Ford wires on my flathead cars. That's really the only wires that I've ever cared for including the expensive bent spokes wheels. If...
My car sat out in the weather for a few years but it may have overshot the patina target a bit. [ATTACH]
Nope it just seemed like a good place to reinforce how good of an idea it is to use them.
It'll take time but I think my friend and the two people that were riding with him will eventually make a full recovery. I just posted this to...
I've never been a "seat belts guy" but about a month ago a good friend of mine was hit by a pickup truck head on while driving the 29 Roadster...
It's probably worth about half right now than if it were finished. Unless you can reach that number, you should finish it if any way possible.
Here's a couple pictures where My father and I have used the 56 Cadillac caps[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Motor out of a 1958 Chrysler new yorker. complete. Been sitting inside for years. Stuck but I've been...
30 years ago, I bought these old chrome garnish moldings to cut up and use parts of them for a set that I was making but I didn't have the heart...
1958 Chrysler 392 Hemi. block number 58N16110 It's been sitting for a long time and is stuck. I've put atf/acetone in the cylinders for...
I've got a pretty major hoard of cars and parts including 10 finished Ford rods from the early-mid 30's and a few newer plus 6 project model A's...
I agree on the $100 value if you can find someone who needs it. I've got an extra one if someone near SW Missouri is looking for one.
They make new ones for $1500 or so the last time I checked. Yours looks pretty rough so I wouldn't think that it would run much. It would be...
I have a trailer that my father built in 1973 that's about as traditional as they get. He built it out of steel that was put out for scrap at the...
I've had several build threads that went to a point and stopped. My reason is I start projects that I don't worry about ever finishing, As long...
I hung together some absolute junk to make a yard art 31 roadster and I've had guys see pictures of it in the background of other pictures and...
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