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Old gas in the tank possibly. That will pull all sorts of gum and crap into the carb and fuel filter. You could also be flooding it. Not uncommon...
68 but I still feel like 50 on a good day......I just don't have as many good days as I used to. :D
And then there was lace painting! In their finest hour I still wanted to shove a hot poker in my eyes.
My very first car was a 49 cosmo that I got from a funeral parlor. Every time I rolled the power windows up or down the inside of the car smelled...
I paid 1200. for a 53 cab on a 54 chassis with all other sheet metal being 54. Running 235, HD 4 speed, brakes, radiator. All I was looking for...
I'll be following this thread closely since my AD has little to no floor. I have access to a rotisserie for my cab but nothing to mount it...
68 here and getting gears back in my head since I started kids in the 70s -80s. I had a number of projects during that time but never completed...
Thanks guys! I'll be sure to pass this on.
Thanks CNC!
All original. This motor has no power in 3rd gear. 1st and 2nd are fine. What's been done to date Carb, fuel pump, points, timing, compression,...
What is so special about these head on the Chevy inline 6? My 54 AD w/235 has them.
I see these on here and at car shows. Are they hand built or does someone make them? TIA
Alton Drags was running till the early 70s. Holly's Speed Shop's Back up pickup. Chris Karamesine's controversial first to hit 200mph. The...
A section of the Packard rear quarter panel was cut off and grafted on to the receiving car. It was a common swap in the day. Loved it!
The Stone Woods and Cook Willys. Classic!
You could say the same thing about some folks still using flat head Fords for power. It's a "look" that is a huge part of car racing/hot rod...
Welcome from Hazelwood Mo!
Learned in 55 Chevy Carryall, 6 stick in '61. Took my test in a 58 Biscayne in 61. 6 Stick also.
In 1970 my wife and I found out we were going to have our first child and she wanted me to give up my bike (67 Triumph TR6C) She wanted a small...
67 yrs old and a car nut all my life but raising a family slowed it down a bit. I've done 50s style custom work in the 60s-70s. Engine swaps,...
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