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That's great, Jon. It was nice to see you at the Greybeard show. I'll need to visit you sometime to check out the 356 and the Austin. Hank
Yep, that's our old house! It was built in '34 and we were the 3rd owners. We lived there for 6 years before we moved to CO in 2000. It was a neat...
Yep, that sounds like it, Chuck. Very close to the road, on the right side, right on the curve of the road, with a small open field on the north...
Yep, small world! We lived just down the hill from Spring Hill, just up from the tractor dealer at Clover Mill Road. The beavers dammed the brook...
Neat! We lived on Storrs Road about 3 miles south of UConn. I miss that place. Eastern CT is a beautiful area. Does anyone remember the Treasure...
I used to love driving those roads a few years ago when I lived in Mansfield Center. You're bringing back great memories of CT! Hank
Here's a little tech inspection lore: There is/was a racer up here at Bandimere who made a shortened '57 and brought it through tech. After...
Thanks! The wheelbase is 225".
Hey, gang. I wanted to share some pictures of a project that we're working on for a customer. This is a chrom-moly rear-engine dragster from 1982;...
Hi, everyone. This is a really neat car. The front portion of the exhaust is finished, and we have begun mandrel-bending the tailpipes. After...
Right on; that's the way to do it. Way cleaner. We don't need no stinkin' starter tubes!
Scott, the 1.75" tube will stretch pretty easily to fit the 2.31" long side of the port. Fit the tube into the port and TIG-tack the tube in...
Thank you! :)
Yep, the MB-350 with the 3" OD, 4.5" centerline radius die. The tooling supplier made a special bend die for us with a removeable clamp grip, to...
Ahhh...I forgot you changed to the Volvo box. Do you still need help on the header? If so, pm me.
Here's a stainless steel '55 Chevy exhaust that we custom mandrel-bent and TIG-welded. While most of our exhausts have several bends on a long...
Hey, thanks for the feedback on the motor mounts. Can you post pics of the headers too? Thanks! Hank
Hi, Shane! :) Despite our name, we actually don't build hot rods or cars. We specialize in custom mandrel tube bending and fabrication....
I have two little ladies of drag racing in my family. :) My middle daughter will race in the 8.90 (1/8th mile) class this year.
That's a sweet-looking car. It should be a nice cruiser with mod motor power. You can't beat the reliability and driveability of the factory fuel...
Down south (Littleton/Highlands Ranch), Black Widow Cams does more than custom-grind cams. They also do block and head machine work....
I like their thin little metal 6" rulers. That's about it.
Here is a cage that we built in a customer's '33 Ford. He wanted an old-style look but also wanted to be able to get in and out easily, so we...
I also vote for stainless. Chrome can pit, and will eventually rust.
We don't have many issues with our flanges; we only use 3/8" or thicker and we plane them on a large surface sander a little as necessary after...
LOl Deuce! Remember when Dave Marcus was still racing in his 60s? I always liked to hear his interviews. He knew he wasn't competitive but was so...
And this is probably my favorite one that I've done recently. It's a '37 Packard powered by a modern Hemi and uses a Corvette rear end. The...
We finished custom-mandrel-bending this exhaust yesterday. It's made with MIG-welded 2.5" aluminized tube and uses stainless steel Magnaflow 4"...
I also have not had any issues bending 1.625"x.083" CM on our non-mandrel bender with a 6" centerline radius. I prefer to use our mandrel bender...
We're an alliance vendor and make headers (mild steel or stainless steel) for the Dodge and Plymouth flat 6s. The web page is acting up but here...
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