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Should be under the hood on the drivers side firewall just to the left of the hood hinge. I can double check on mine but its out at the storage...
Cursed, Mean, Nasty, Uncooperative, whatever you call it - they are out there! I'm currently working on a small Formula S open wheel race car...
23 was the only year to have 2 different firewalls, this appears to be an early 23 or older. I had a 23 runabout and that point drove me nuts...
I'm putting them in my 33 Chevy 5 window, saw them all the time in So Cal in the early 60's, anyone that tuned their own car liked them a lot. You...
The 455 heads are "F" heads, the water pump is also coded for the Hurst package. Big Sky Bob
I'm building a 1933 Chevy 5 Window Coupe, I'll be running an old race motor I have had for years. A 1969 455 Hurst olds, I ran this mill in a...
From the front I can see this as a stylized gangster car all black, some kind of traditional type chrome grill, the headlights I could live with,...
You should post this over at Metal Meet, the guys would love it. Nice work, Great imagination! metalmeet.com Thanks, Bob V BigSkyBob
I would look up Skip White Performance, I just put together a 383 kit from them, great price and came already dino'd, so I didn't need to worry...
Ya ain't there yet! The rule of thumb is you have to have at least 2 more projects than you have space for - don't you know that - ;):D:D:D:D Now...
If you want to learn metal shaping go to www.metalmeet.com or www.allmetalshaping.com Enjoy, Bob
God he had a GREAT LIFE, especially in the last few years, he was everywhere, Auctions, TV, it was great to see him out there & in the news....
These things are always a mess, sorry about the accident. If you want to keep the car and fix it up and they total it, you can generally buy the...
Like everything else in the hobby: Too each his own! Whatever you like, really depends on the car. Bob BigSkyBob
I have a 2 post Bend Pack 9,000 lb, paid about $2400 a few years ago, can't live without it!!!!!!!!!!!! Make sure you look at Certified lifts,...
Count me in!!!! Bob BigSkyBob
I grew up with Ed Roth car models, now I'm buuilding my own real rods, I was just wondering if anyone built their rods with the coil front...
I have a Scat kit in a chevy 383 Stroker and it has a nice looking set of clearanced Rods and she runs like a Raped Ape. Very impressed with the...
I think all the photos of these clean floors are FAKE, I think they just pushed all the crap to one end of the garage and squeezed in from of the...
Just curious Weedburner - WHY?
Modle T's have regular right hand threads on the left side wheels and if you forget to put in the cotter pins the wheel nut unwinds itself and...
5 Window -- All the way!!!
It still amazes me to watch people trying to start a motor where the distributor has been out or a new motor, they crank away twisting the...
1st thing is to check the oil level, could be extra gas as above or if it is an automatic and over full, could be the Vacuum Modulator, I had one...
Just a quick story about Wild JJ. I was at the old Iwindale strip, must have been 1975 ish. They had the fire-up lane where they would push the...
Don't you ever worry about asking for a Hand-Up that is what H.A.M.B. Friends are all about, next time you can help out another fellow car guy in...
Recently did the same to my 1934 5 window, the square tubing works just fine. Best thing for it - up in smoke. Bob Vinton
Do a web search for Powder coating at Home, there is lots of info out there, here is one. http://homemetalshopclub.org/projects/powder.pdf Get...
The article mentioned above made the point that if the hole thru the fitting was larger than the brake line tubing you are using there was a...
Love them Oldsmobubbles, I have a 1969 455 Hurst Olds in my 33 Chevy 5 window and nothing sounds like it, and it really turns heads. BigSkyBob
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