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Wow! I've only got a sissy one after reading all the above. Has to have been 30+ years ago, but genius kid decided to zap the under seat...
Wow, I don't have any dimensions but we used a '56 Chev sedan axle in the first "hot rod" that I ever built ... a '36 Chev pickup ... sometime...
I asked the fire inspector guy for a Halon extinguisher a couple of years ago to hang next to our computers ... he brought me a "Halotrol" unit....
Looks like a good time was had by all! I left DSM for Wichita on Thursday a.m. and returned this afternoon, got a great show on I-35 both ways....
Just over 176. '75 Camaro w/ a 427, TH350, Hone overdrive ~1977 on Hwy 30 just south of Ames around 2:30 AM. We'd spun a rod in the 350 and...
Thanks for the heads up! Mail is on its way, and I've passed along the link to some guys at the Brit Car Club too. KAA West Des Moines
Dark green 2 door '48 Chevy ... hmm, no wonder most of my cars have been green. Dang, wish I still had that one
We used 400 head gaskets in the 6-71 blown 350 ... drilled the holes to match the gasket in the deck (?) and heads and never had a problem ... of...
Booo, that thing's just horrid. Put it on a truck and send it south on I35 :) I got new flourescent fixtures for the garage!! WooHoo! KAA W...
A high school hot rod buddy of mine called me at college ~1978, he says "I just bought a '63 chevy with a 409!" I went home a few weeks later...
Ahh, something I can almost help out on :) a) Yes, the newest Jeep Rubi's have D44's front & rear. b) In the four weel drive world, they're...
Do you really need Buick bits?? 'Cause RPI engineering in the UK is waaaay closer for you. Granted, we use th D&D stuff here in the US for...
I was shocked when I walked into the local parts place ... asked the kid where the 7" round headlights were. He says, getting ready to type on...
Howdy! Here in DSM .. KAA
Grandad, "Never do business with anyone you can't walk down the street and punch in the nose."
A nice 15-20k rpm V10/V8 (depending on the year) will do that for you :) I still like the V12 whatever sound of the Matra that was at Ontario...
West Des Moines .... but I lived in Riverside, CA as a little kid :) We used to sneak under the fence and watch the races ... yeah, I'm old....
Greetings, I've managed to butt into a couple of threads so far without an intro, mea culpa :) I'm in the middle of an old Land Rover re-power...
New guy here ... Love the Falcon! Gram had a gray '65 - 289,C4 with red trim / interior that was supposed to be mine ... it was totaled when I...
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