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hello folks , quick question is a 1930 , 1931 model A coupe seat the same as a 1929 A coupe seat ? I was told the 30,31 was 2 inches wider I have...
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Sometimes if I have a curved surface I'll use a radiator hose wrapped with 400 wet .
When I was building my car trailer I had to run a lot of wire I found my stud welder to be handy to hang the harness on the side of the frame...
It would be hard to pull off and make it look right, .theirs nothing worst then a poorly done custom it would be better to have left it stock ....
Ya , I know it sounds nuts, but I cant get it out of my head. I want a 3 or a 5 window so bad I can see me building it in my sleep ,the other day...
WOW !! it sold for 500.00 I like it but not that much .
So would I be nuts to graft the rear half of a 30-34 coupe to my 46 truck cab no engine cover 32 grill high boy style 'sorry for the hijack'
these make my 1979 look new took it to sturgis this year worked great
cracked 409 block yak's . You can get a new block but its not cheep . I had a cracked 409 from freeze plug to freeze plug . tried cast arc rod ,...
FYI 409 is a W block . the first big block 1965 is a mark 4, a 409 is a mark 2 a 348 is a mark 1 what happened to the mark 3 ? oh ya the mystery...
Check your ser # if I remember right 409's start with a Q - QA QB QC and 65 was QJ all 348's start with a T
Dig it up, you never know, maybe jimmy hoffa is in their, then it would be worth a lot.---- is he ??? only the shadow knows. HA HA
I would not think it would be much good , remember that 57 Plymouth they buried. They tried to preserve it but it was a mess . see link...
Thank you sir !! hummm? that's not them ,.I ll keep looking.
ok I found the rules 12. Flathead v8 or inlines, pre-1962 inline engines with stock cylinder blocks only. No exotic aftermarket inline six...
Hummmm ? this could be fun !!! need to know more ,can I put a 540 bigblock in my angila 13:1 racing fuel can I run NOS ? bolwer turbo are their...
Yup, that sounds right, 307 was a torque motor ok, but I would not build one . I liked the 302 setup 327 block 283 crank but its hard to find a...
Another thing to look at is the car set up a heavy car with 3:08 gears 8:1 compression and a small cam stock converter will like the 3x2 setup a...
I am sure the 3 twos could be made to work better to maintain the right air fuel ratio with the right linkage and tuning, finding the right...
56 Packard executive
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I go with an offenhuser 2x4 lowrise with a pair of 450-500 cfm afb's easy to tune and still streetable and it wont brake the bank .
Hello I am from las vegas 54 years a mechanic by trade . I love old cars and bikes. My dads a mechanic , my brother a mechanic ,so what else...
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