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quality work! welds look like a stack of nickels.
I think its illegal to reproduce vin tags. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
damn, wish i knew about this. maybe next year
if i understand the shop manual for this trans, maximum fluid pressue is 16-22psi for this part of the system on my trans. high pressure lines...
As I said before, I got a small cooler from the local parts store. Last night I figured out a good way to attach it to the front of the radiator....
Great. Thanks for the help guys. I went down to the local parts store and they have one for $25 that comes with about 2 feet of line and some...
The car is a '54 sedan with it's original powerglide powered by the original six. Long story short, this is the second heat exchanger to rust out...
heres my paint [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] -j
i guess ill throw in a few words of my own here. im 24 now, got my '54 chevy 210 when i was 17 from my mother and have been driving it ever...
once you start your cut, you can turn off the acetylene (or gas) and cut (burn) with just the oxygen. the acetylene is just to get the flame...
more info on those throttles? home-made, or pre-fab? -j
i drive my 54 chevy every day to work and everywhere else i need to go within the county, just like it was meant to do. -j
why not make a shifter linkage to move it over to the right hand side of the cab? similar to transverse mounted fwd drive cars. -j
ive moved the battery to the truck on a few cars. i used 1/0 welding cable with SOLDERED on lugs. this is not a place you want to use crimp on...
damn, that is awesome! -j
i ordered the dual circuit brake kit and new lines from national chevy assoc., everything went in nice and easy. now its time to bleed the brakes....
not much rust, just a little sunburn. working on making it go and stop before i even think about making it pretty. this is her good side [IMG]
damn, and im just getting ready to head up to the east bay for the weekend... i want to see some pictures of all the cars lined up infront of...
can i get some more info on hardened exhaust valve seats? ill be asking the machinist about it next time i see him, different types or anything...
electronic spark would be nice, just read about that on the stovebolt site. ...something to add to the mile long list of things to do with this...
thanks for all of the info. i am planning on rebuilding a head for this motor as soon as time and funds permit. i will be doing a compression...
tires are inflated properly and front end is aligned. my exhaust is fine as far as i know, nothing is kinked. i put in a new muffler a year ago...
im driving a stock '54 chevy 210. ive replaced all of the usual ignition components but it was still dog ass slow and got horrible milage. i...
just to double check, theres 3 rubber lines. 2 in front and one in the rear, right? -j
thanks for all the replies! i never thought about checking the hard lines, out here in california we dont get much rust so it never occured to me....
thanks, ill be getting to it this weekend. -j
i drive a completely stock '54 chevy 210. ive had some brake problems starting to creep up in that last couple weeks. when coming to a stop, from...
for shits and grins, heres my 210. [IMG]
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looking to get some in the santa cruz area. i can drive out quite a ways, but local would be best. thanks -j
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