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I know its been over 2 years... won't try to make excuses. The new honey is keeping me busy with all sorts of stuff... But here's an update on the...
Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw your Fiat "Walt's Puffer" altered! I saw this car in person at the drags in Toledo, Ohio at the old municipal...
Thanks Bob for the info! I'll start scrounging this stuff... also need to come up with a T85 tranny but I guess they're not extremely hard to...
Absolutely agree, unless its a hydraulic slave cylinder operating the clutch fork (externally)!
Just checked my Stude manuals & slid underneath with a flashlight & a helper. I do indeed have a Dana 44. Its a one-wheeler, ration is about 4.89!...
I've been gone from here a long time... long story, divorced & remarried last year plus a lot of other stuff going on. Anyway I've managed to make...
Planned to run either an early Nailhead or a Packard V8 in my "new" '51 Stude 1/2-ton pickup. Came across a running 322 out of a '56 Buick Super...
30FordNerd, very impressive lineup! What scale are those models? Lets see more close-ups! Also envy your weather!!! Too cold & too much snow here...
Got real lucky & scored a 322 Nailhead (called them Nail-valve motors back in the day), out of a '56 Super hardtop that was being parted out....
I love a lot of the '30s cars & trucks, esp. '33 - '34 Ford 3-window coupes chopped & fenderless... also late '30s coupes... But my favorite...
Have had a lot of small parts powdercoated. It is available in a wide variety of gloss levels, including flat. Also (almost) zillions of colors.
If I wanted a 292, I'd run a 1/16th-over 283.
the 292 is not a V6, its a straight 6. "The 292 cu in engine was only used in Chevrolet and GMC trucks; the block deck is taller (than the...
Stillrunners, yes, that's the factory rear bumper. Have a good front one too, also a NOS gravel pan. Prob. need to replace the grill, its bent up...
Like I said, I want to keep this totally 'old school' as if it was put together around '60. Today the Mrs. & I were at a large antique mall, I...
Here's a couple of pics while it was still on the trailer. Minor glitch with the Calif. title but nothing that can't be dealt with. Anxious to get...
FWIW, I had an '86 S-10 that I bought new, it definitely had the Iron Duke 151" 4, and a 5-speed which I am almost certain was a T-5.
'55 - '57 Chevy has the same wheelbase. But you have to use the late-model floorpan. Lots of cutting & welding. But it has been done. And all the...
Thanks guys! Picking it up tomorrow. Will get some decent pics outside before I put it away. Rust-free (or almost rust-free) vehicles this old do...
Finally found an "almost" rust-free '51 Stude 1/2-ton pickup, right here in Ohio. It was brought here from Cal. in '75 & has been sitting in a...
Looks like a '54 to me too. Mohr is correct about the grille bars, that's the easiest way to tell a '53 from a '54. Check out the Studebaker...
I need to replace the drivers side manifold on my '96 GM 6.5 turbo diesel (Detroit Diesel) & already have a used replacement manifold in the shop....
Does anyone have the straight poop on 283 cyl. wall thickness? I know all the early 283s could safely be bored to 4" to make a 301. But I have...
Man, that is a clean & solid-lookin' Buford! Nice find!
Awesome, I had a '52 Stude pickup back in the '70s - '80s. Dropped a '56 322 Buick Nailhead in it, a very easy install, but sold the thing before...
rusty1, if that Hubley 32 Chevy coupe was 1/18th scale, I would buy it right now. Everything I have is 1/18th and I'm always looking for unusual...
Brewsterg6, what scale is that Hubley '32 Chevy? I wanted to pick up one of those old Hubley metal model kits I saw at an antique mall in southern...
Another 1/18 diecast Willys I chopped up... a phantom Sedan Delivery. Got rid of the straight axle, running modern A-arm front suspension, a 400"...
Here's a 1/18 diecast Willys I reworked about 8 years ago. Tried to build it as a hot street car as it would have been in the early '60s....
The plan for the '54 Stude is a restoration to how it was in '61 (an NHRA c/gas car). When I got it in '68 the drive train was missing, except for...
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