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Thanks Wade, lots of little things to do but doing them in order of priority. The rear axle is all cleaned out, new fill plug welded in and ready...
Then pulled the rear axle so it can be pulled apart, fit a new fill plug , clean the inside and check and fit 1/2'' wheel studs. JW[IMG]
Got all ten louver panels glassed and bolted in with the help of Mrs W, now just need to blend them in with some bondo....oh yah!! JW [IMG]
Do you know how many doors that '55 has? :eek::eek: JW
All the best for the new year Dave and thanks for your great efforts on both Gas Station threads.:D JW
Thanks Glen nd i hope you can get a project together this year. Oh where are you moving to? You will be one of the first to get coverage of the...
As i write this i have just over an hour of 2025 left, SO i would like to wish you all a great and happy new year, good health and progress on...
Spent a great portion of the day working out the positioning of the lower louvers, i had two section left over so i put an extra one each side to...
Who knows now days. JW
Thank you for that and welcome aboard, its been a long trip but getting near the pointy end its getting exciting. Three months to go!! JW
When i did the first roll cage i cut the body for clearance but after i redid it two more times it was narrower, i have kept all the pieces i have...
Merry Christmas to those in the Northern end of the World and hope the Southerners hade a good day yesterday. More Tank progress very soon. JW
Looks like torsion bars. JW
Thanks Bob. JW
Bump. JW [IMG]
Looks like an Austin engine or MG. JW
My final piece of safety gear arrived today, the Stand 21 HANS unit.:cool::cool::cool::cool: Also filled the block with Evaporust and packed the...
Gave the block a rotary wire brushing to remove old paint etc and another sudsy water blast. will fill the water jackets with evaporust and let it...
Had a sight issue with all the parts used in the stub axle/hub and the fix was to trim the stub axles by 1/4'' and space the small bearing to lock...
^^ Looks French. JW
One would ask ''why''!! ?? JW
Made up an air scoop to help direct air to the intake in the front of the fairing, will be bolted to the roll cage. Got all the engine parts back...
Cool pic but should be in the Pre 65 thread, cheers. JW
Why repost this? ^^ JW
Had the pan TIGed ( thanks Todd) and just needs a fitting for the oil temp sender. All the engine's exterior will be painted in flat black stove...
That Wrecker's the cats meow!:cool::cool: JW
Correct, been there a few times. That pic makes it look better than it really is. JW
It can only be a Tub, although a short one at that. JW
I took a similar photo of that A Coupe at Hackberry, just west of Kingman AZ. JW
and in the closed position, has some pressure holding it down too when closed. JW [IMG]
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