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Wonder what happen to all the altered wheel base cars. Have not seen one in ages
That is a crazy story had me laughing. Glad you got stuff & all well
Stupid question. I thought shipped to NY to take home without duty $. Why not ship direct to you?
For bushings look up local “ Fleet Pride “ truck parts & explain size you want. Tons of choices
You wrote word “gout” & my toes starting hurting. Not rich food - check on line foods to avoid. Good luck, had in index finger once was killing me
You might remember my previous comments. I see your light reflecting floors, not a speck of dust or dirt. Clean towels under parts. New cooking...
& up here in the frozen north I got my 32 locked away. Another week until I head south. Oh, it’s freezing sleet how side now. Good times - not
I want to see video of you getting in & then getting out - please. Love your car. Next floor so feet don’t drag. & any paint planned?
Textured anything always can hold dirt which means hard to keep clean
Agree with “beanscoot” ^^^^. Seems block could still be used
Still thinking about that dam crack. No water near to cause long crack like that. I have decided car or just engine took hard shot into oil pan...
All this talk of color matching factory color makes my head hurt. I like local farm hardware store has selection farm tractor paints. Latest fav...
Love the car - even the long nose. The color: have to be careful with some shades of yellow have a green tint. And parked on grass “pick up”...
Wonder what causes sump rail to crack like that. Not a freeze crack. Almost like bolts to long to tight. Odd
Takes lot of Sherlock work to fine paint. See car for sale call ask vin # “ want to do CarFax “ on that vin. Looks like you ended up with a...
Those rings look like went a lot of miles
“Run without oil” to me that means spun bearings. At a minimum, polish crank maybe replace crank. Rods burned black when no oil & bearings went...
Pull flathead set aside for rebuild. Pop in cheap SBC & drive enjoy. Now rebuild flathead. Evan a old 305 or 307 2 barrel probably makes more...
Which style of build? Cries out for full fender cruiser - my vote. Key is: how do you intend to use it? Build & flip for most $. Cruise?...
The problem with black after all the work to have good body to receive black - keeping it looking good in the future.
Came in to check your progress & happened to read post #1 again. Wow, great job & coming together as you planned. Great build!
Wish u had pics of things to go with bills. Like that $400 aluminum sports car body
Set it up at GNRS just as you have it. I am sure you would blow minds get many positive “likes”
Screwed up post of my questions for bandit billy. Trust u see them. One other question: how many miles on it over what time period?
^^^. Love those pictures. Thanks for posting. Love the leather elbow guard on left
Seems funny to read that post ^^^^^. Years ago buddy’s car & My car both knew 3000 rpm was 60, 2500 was 50. Speedo always wrong. Gearing? Maybe...
Ok, I am going to jump in & comment again. U guys like a target - blast away. The OP has changed spec: not looking for a daily driver 90 miles a...
Waiting to hear miles driven in a week/month by flathead lovers
Understand your comments^^^^ similar to what I was saying. I drove old jeep pickup to work then manual ford truck ( 300=6 ) 8 miles their 8 home....
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