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Speedway also has kits that use the '70's bigger calipers. Gary
[ATTACH] Superior 4 hole metalflake blue steering wheel for $5 at a flea market. Gary
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1412655742142266&id=100001935620449&set=o.171703502866635&locale=is_IS check this out, if you're on...
I think he means Permatex #2, the non-hardening kind. Gary
https://www.walmart.com/ip/NEW-SBC-BBC-CHEVY-3HP-HIGH-TORQUE-MINI-STARTER-FOR-327-350-400-FITS-153-TOOTH-FLYWHEEL/151318452 This is mine from...
If it's hourglass shaped it's a clutch head. Gary
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I don't know if really needed, but I made an adapter bracket for mine. Gary
^^^^^I already had the flare nut on the end of the tubing so my home made bender would start the bend as close to the nut as possible. I just had...
I tried to make a really tight 3/8" bender for a gas line off of a sbc fuel pump once. Of course, the line flattened out badly. For the heck of...
I used a Sorenson brand switch from a parts store that was going out of business. It worked good 'til the circuit breaker deciced to trip when I...
Isn't an early Fairlane a very narrow housing? Gary
It does'nt look too hard to fabricate from steel plate, then have it shot blasted to give the texture of cast or forged. Gary
I got to go for a ride in A roadster in the later sixties. As I remember, it had a 318 poly, 3 speed stick, welded spider gears in the rear end...
283, 3 speed Saginaw with overdrive into my daily driver LUV pickup. Gary
If I remember right, aftermarket kits that were wider than stock came with rack extenders to keep the pivot points of the rack in the same...
I don't have room for even a dorm-sized fridge. Gary
Must be on an S-10 frame with those deep dish fron wheels. Gary
So, when's the open house? Gary
My very similar 327 likes 12* initial but it also likes 91 octane, which I can't always get. I compromise at 10* and can get by with 87 octane. Gary
We have all of our vehicles and our home insured with West Bend. I had my 2 old rides with just liability and my agent called and told me I could...
I'm just a backyard builder. I bought a mostly complete reamer set for cheap so I could ream my own kingpins. Gary
Night Prowlers used to have stuff like that. I don't think they're in business anymore, are they? Gary
My Performer RPM has the pad for an oil fill tube so I put one in it for my 327. I started the hole with a 1 1/4" hole saw. It cut enough oversize...
What engine has a 4 bolt rod cap?
The only one I've done had gussets to weld to the outside of the frame rails up to the spring hat. A Fatman kit, if I remember right. Gary
When they 1st came out in new cars, I think they were only available in leather seats. True? Is it still an issue? Gary
[ATTACH] A pic or the ugly frontend on the cover of Gasser Wars Magazine. It appears that it may be chromed ripple pipe. Gary
I make plywood patterns for some stuff. I built my brake pedal assembly myself and made the arm out of plywood a couple of times to make sure it...
[ATTACH] My '36 doesn't look like much, by HAMB standards, but the end of the driving season this year I turned 47K mostly trouble free miles. I...
I wasn't driving yet, but I remember 18.9. Gary
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