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I think it needs raised white lettering on the tires, or some silver trim on the raised edges of the wheels...
Princess Auto just had the adjustable wrenches on sale for $3 so I cheated and ordered a couple in...
I weld a big nut on the input shaft so I can spin them up and down with the impact. Go easy putting any pressure on them though....
Oh well.... looks like someone else already invented it.... but I might make one anyway.... https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DXQ793DN/?tag=atomicindus04-20
Hmmmm..... you know how all your grinders take a different size pin wrench? You may have just inspired me to make a "one size fits all".
Nobody has tackled the Chevy pickup in post #76 yet...
You made me think of all those guys that tried to make Ranchero style pickups out of 4 door cars.... or the "shorty" version of the Tri-five...
I was going to suggest more lean in the windshield.... it looks like your unfinished project already did that.... I don't even see Bentley's...
LOL.... maybe that's why I remember that car after all these years...
[IMG] Now you got me headed down memory lane with Chauvin Emmon's Indy inspired T-bucket from the early 70's... maybe that open engine concept is...
I'd smoke the tires off that.... pretty sweet...
Those trucks had an orange/white option that didn't look half bad on them, but if it was mine I'd go gloss black with dark mint green side panels...
35 to 37" from axle center line to bulkhead still sounds really tight to me for a vintage V-12. I'm assuming that puts the rad and an electric fan...
One of the high perf. power trains like the Mustang got wouldn't have hurt either.
In the pre-war cars, the 25 Rolls would be a good inspiration, but it seems to me that going rear engine loses some of the class and starts to...
Sick puppies.... I thought about a 40 Ford kit on one of those old hunchback Volvo's.... I still remember those cheesy Rolls Royce and early Ford...
Only met him once at World of Wheels in Winnipeg.... great guy. RIP Gene....[MEDIA]
They really should have built that car...
I always had a strange attraction for the bustleback Sevilles they sold from 80 to 85, but of course I wanted a 2 dr hardtop and they only made...
I should know better than to question Moose's eye, but that's still a little wide for a 1" whitewall isn't it? Hmmm... maybe I'm splitting hairs,...
They can enter the color of the cap into their photoshop program, but that doesn't always reflect an accurate depiction of the paint. You really...
I know you want it cool, and it's a cool thought... but for the work of making a 300 work, it would be a lot easier to install a 302 HO with a lot...
LOL... I wish... unfortunately, time, shipping and exchange adds about 30% to 40% to the cost, even though your price is very reasonable for your...
All that work building one of my dream cars and now you're gonna sell it. Could make a grown man cry...
I wish you luck with the external hard drives. I had one set up with automatic updates to store all my pictures and large files in a "safe" place...
I recently bought a mag drill and annular cutters to drill a bunch of holes in a snow blade (original blades were an older style and new cutting...
RIP Jeff Beck.... [MEDIA]
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