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I didn't see this info in the "sticky" so I thought I would offer it. If you want to add self-adjusters to your 11-inch drum brakes during your...
So I tripped up on a really cool purchase yesterday, and it will directly affect the '56... Back in the '80's friend of mine used to street race...
I wouldn't dream of driving that turd. Granadas were awful cars, and a Lincoln version does not excite me, kind of like the Cavalier and Caddilac...
I just roached a 76 Ranchero and Subaru station wagon using such tactics... I will investigate more thoroughly this weekend.
I highly doubt it.
Actually, the '55-'56 cars require reaming on the granada spindle, but the Versailles does not... And then there's the 9" disc brake rear end......
It's literally an old lady's car... If it were $800 I wouldn't have paused to ask. I was just doing some mental math.
Is a running 100,000 mile Lincoln Versailles worth $1500... I.E. Is the four wheel disc brake set up and a 351w/c4 worth the asking price?
I have a set of the 99-04 "Bullet" wheels for a fox body thunderbird project. I tried to fit on the rear of my '56 and I had leaf spring interference.
I thought the 3100 lbs seemed fishy. The car looks like it ought to weigh about what a late '70s Fairlane weighed... Around 3500 lbs.
It reads that both would... A also allows for a roots blower while B is all motor.
I suppose I read wrong... I read B-Gas as allowing a 50's/'60s style car with less emphasis on the high nose and/or solid axle conversion. But as...
The rules read that they have divided the class to A-Gas and B-Gas. "A" being the high-nose and/or altered Wheel base cars and "B" is for "pre-68"...
Has Anyone actually ran their car across the scales, specifically the '55-'56 cars? What do they actually weigh? My title says the '56 weighs in...
That's a pretty cool start.
Has anyone else seen this class addition to Hot Rod's Drag Week? "B-Gas" for pre-'68 styled and powered cars. I see it as an awesome place for...
I pm'd you... But I already have a T5.
I haven't started building my 410 FE yet and was debating the 312 with a cam... Just to try the Y block route and low and behold I found your...
By northeastern, you mean towards Greenville? And have you listed it in the Hamb classifieds?
I believes a batch of Micky Thompson 427 Ford hemi engines would do the trick...
I have an upgraded T5 lurking under a work bench... I figured it would back up the FE. I also snagged a Craigslist 9" out of a '58 Ford today. Now...
So that's where the Mustang concept came from!
I'm debating between sticking a 390 in my '56 Tudor Mainline or going with a 351w. The Windsor shouldn't be a big deal, but has anyone done an FE...
Sorry to be having an existential crisis in the middle of the thread. But, if you are building something to be "period correct" wouldn't you be...
I have a love for the Ford "Total Performance" era, which was at its height in the mid-60's, as I understand it, and '60's NASCAR as well. That...
So, then it is the parts that makes a "traditonal hot rod". I had thought a traditonal hot rod would be primarily based on the car and...
I have been wondering about what constitutes "traditional" as in the style of 1965 and earlier? Is it the intention behind the build, or the...
If you live near the Tri-Cities TN area they have a showroom and retail sale store. I live in South West VA and had originally found Skip White...
I bought one of his cheapie HEI type distributors... It works good and they were very courteous and helpful. Posted using the Full Custom...
I dig it dude... My '56 is needing the front end tear down treatment as well and I need to figure out what I'm doing under the hood. I just don't...
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