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Built to drive and continue driving. Mild enough to go to work in, wild enough to blow out your senses on a good weekend.
1953 F100 Hot Rod Pickup Mild 327 Corvette motor Mustang II front end with adjustable coil overs Cloth bench seat Blue metal-flake with purple...
Dodgem Bumper car. Thinning out my collection before my wife thins me out. In storage for 20 years. Very good gold metal flake paint. Needs a new...
Thinning out some of my things. Original , or as original as it can be, bumper car. Original gold metal flake paint, not repainted, but in very...
You could do it but nitro needs volume. Most people quickly realized that injection was the soloution. Nitro will destroy the internals on a carb...
6" is a pretty healthy kick up. I was going to block up the bed on dimensional lumber ( 3/8" incriments) so I could whittle build the kick up...
Thanks. I love a good feeling steering wheel. It is just big enough to feel the turn. A smaller wheel would just be out of place. The holidays...
Looks like you are going without running boards. I would like to do away with them and run side pipes in there place. I see you raised the bed...
So slowly.... I am getting to this. A few inspirational pcs for the build. [IMG] Original M/T 392 valve covers. They will get simple cleaning,...
I had a 350 in my 53 f100. It was nice, goid amount of cheap power, but not what i wanted. So i ran it until ready for a new motor. Took me 6...
Back on point, as I tend to ramble on. You have a nice build goung and it has personality. If you want competition quality, perhaps you can take...
Looks good. I like the fact it won't have a chevy in it. 350's are easy, and thats ok for most, but I think thats what holds some people back. A...
No insults, you read it wrong.. The guy that built that car spent 20 years on it and was still unfinished, until someone Socal, bought it. Up...
How about a few pics of that effie in the background.?
Pretty sweet, those AMBR cars are like 500k and so mutch attention to detail, but not all are made by bug name shops. Everything must be perfect,...
Donate them to a trade schools for future car guys or try calling an antique/vintage only specialty yard. You cant take it all with you but you...
You can buy clear resin from Smooth Cast. Make a shape from plasticine ( oil based modeling clay), make a 2 part box mold and cast. It may take...
I put a had a cheap micro fibre cover that tore which is between the the wrap and the body. This is my first time wrapping my truck but use it...
It is heavy marine shrink wrap. There are two vents which have flaps over them to keep water and crap out. Also a bucket of charcoal to absorb...
No room left in the garage, so I opted for the ultimate car cover.. Bring on the snow.
Great, I guess that means I better get my act together. Thanks for the heads up.
Anybody having problems with the Meltdown site? I was trying to pull it up but only about half the pages load. Looking to preregister an FED.
Nice job. The extra effort to keep the subject and story advancing cleanly is appreciated. Should be a reminder to those that forgot what working...
Nothing wrong with beans, but they look better with an agressive stance. Try a bigger rear tire or take some height of the front. Classic hot rod...
Decent original blocks can be found for $600- $800, decent heads for half that and a nice crank for $800. With mild machining you will be ahead...
I saw an image of a late 50's chrysler passenger car bumper that was split and drilled on a chopped mid fifties truck. It was perfect. If I ever...
You are right about the stress on the axle, but that's why I am looking to see if has been done. Chrome wont really be for this truck, not that I...
So I convinced myself that it needs to happen and away we go. I will post some pics in the near future as I get in the swing of it. Here are the...
Thanks for the nudge. Have to figure out how to do a few things, but once the learning curve settles, I will try to get more on this forum. Have...
I must say not only am I new to this site, but to sweeten the pot ,this is my first foray into the social end of the electronic life, and it makes...
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