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I've used Rustoleum on a lot of small parts with good results. I just did the chassis and suspension on the banger powered Model A I'm building...
I'm impressed I thought the first picture was a fiberglass body, definitely has the old style race car look!
That's the same basic torque wrench I use to check the calibration on my click torque wrenches!
Years ago there were more than a few 49-51 Mercs done that way on Oldsmobile chassis and floor pans, I'm old and can't remember what Olds they...
My avatar had a V8 60 in it and it looked cool and ran good but with the 3:78 rearend it wouldn't get out of it's own way until it got over 2400...
I learned to drive in a 63 Tempest with a 194 and 3 speed, they used a Corvair trans axle it was fun to drive. My older brother ran an X/FD in 64...
I'd say the flathead but my avatar had a V8 60 and my 30 Sport Coupe has an 8BA so I'm a flathead fan. I've had quite a few, 50 Merc in 1966, 49...
On my 30 Sport Coupe I stepped the frame using the Tardel book and removed a couple of leaves out of the springs and had to add the leaves back...
I was going to do this on my 29 Roadster Pickup and heated and bent the stock left steering arm and couldn't get it where it didn't interfere when...
I thought about a build thread but decided that the time between postings would be too long, I'm old and slow and live where the weather gets cold...
I've had five Model A's, one stocker, two with flathead V8's, one with a hopped up B motor ( Winfield head, Ansen intake with a Holley 94, Mallory...
A friend of mine has TGA and when it hits him he goes home. Was at the Wichita meet a few years back and he disappeared so I called his cell phone...
No casting number on them and I measured them after I posted the picture and they only measure 20" from end to end. Guess that answers the...
[ATTACH] I found a picture of the bars, looks like I'm missing one top mount, I can get a measurement if it would help.
To stick with the period look I'm running an old Mallory dual point distributor, they were used in combines and industrial engines in my Roadster...
Those are candidates for the Darwin Awards, eliminating themselves from the gene pool!
I'm in my mid 70's and told my wife that my 30 Sport Coupe was my last build and got bored and bought a 29 Roadster Pickup to tinker with. Was a...
If they are the same from 28 to 32 I have a set off a 30 Sport Coupe that are in the swap meet box. I'm missing one of the lower mounting brackets...
I've had five Model A's but always wanted a Victoria, Ford only made the early Victorias from 1930 to 1934 and would be happy with any of them! As...
Great find, I'd put running boards back on it, change the taillights and wheels and make it drivable!
Hadn't seen this post before, I'm envious of the drive train. I'm working on a 29 RP with a mildly hopped up engine, basically a stocker with a...
I went through this on the Model A I'm working on and finally came to the conclusion that I wasn't able to make the left steering arm clear...
I've had Haggerty for years and one claim, was at a car show and a storm blew in and a piece of debris hit the back of the cab on my 30 pickup...
Really nice workmanship, would take a lot of time and talent to inset them and flare the top. I have seen the inset and the kits to do that but...
Packards make great looking customs!
The stock rear windows in a Model A Tudor didn't roll all the way down due to the wheel well, they kept the glass from going down much more than...
My idea would be the 6:70-15 rear and 5:60-15 front, would be about the right stagger. The 8:20-15 rear and 6:70-15 front would work too but quite...
A lot of the reading I've done says 6:1 compression for babbitted engines, I don't remember the compression on the Winfield I had on the B engine...
Snyder's has a 5.5 to 1 and a 6.0 to one head for less than $400 which is one of the biggest improvements you can make, added to the parts you...
I don't really see anything that looks dangerous, a little crude in places but agree with fix what needs to be fixed and leave the basics as they are.
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