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Damn you're right the grille looks like the Opel six and I know of one that needs a complete resto not far from where I live, but the Cad has a V8...
Not a swan paddle boat? People need to have been on the HAMB for a very long time to understand this.
That looks like a 1934 Cadillac.
You can use a good heat gun, I do that sometimes when I do lead work and have to do a touch up in a delicate place.
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I don't think it's trying to discourage him, it's that it's an expensive part that can most likely be resold for close to the same price as the...
That's a very long time I didn't see Zulu's car, is that a recent picture?
1950's Berliet GLR, ex French army according to the flag on the license plate.
'36 rear wishbone to set them inboard. I'd be more worried about the mechanical brakes.
Either I spray epoxy primer or if it's a part that will need modification or repair etching primer. I have a frame that I sprayed with etching...
Did your classmate had a mischievous little brother? The kind who would do something like this to his brother disassembled engine to see it blow...
Firstly glad everybody's ok, the rest is only sheet metal and plastic. As an ex collision repair guy, he's right, insurances like to play that...
On the other hand China and India are not far from him and they sell plenty of aluminum radiators epoxied together for hot rods that might not...
I don't think many realize that Jordan is in Australia and that shipping and import will at least double the cost of a radiator or any part...
Can't you make the header plate if you can't save the one from the radiator? It's "just" punched holes, so if you make a punch and die to the size...
In a shop I worked years ago a guy came to buy a restoration project : a 356 C. He was super excited, it was his dream car. The car had no floor...
I have a couple of questions. First one for the banjo experts : what do you think of this surface? [ATTACH] Is it too scarred to use? If so is...
I was very careful machining, it slips on without play, I need to wigle them out, I would think it's a tad too tight. I don't remember how many...
Thanks etwheels "note: minimum lug to engagement is 10 full turns on stud" That is an interesting fact I never knew about, I always wondered if...
Could be done relatively easy using a Simca/Fiat 500 roof.
I raise you the Moroccan 14 year "restauration" of the last survivor of this 1935 Renault Nerva Sport. [IMG] [IMG] Under the hood it's the same...
A rare 1947 or '48 Ford F472 rotting away in an abandonned castle, hard to tell if it's a very well done home made modification or a coachbuild...
So you're gonna shorten the hood in the end?
Sand blasting cabinet extension.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Or could be 1954, that grille was a 2 years deal. But 1954 15" wheels, 1955 14" wheels.
Correct if it's registered as a collector car. People used to cheat to register imported hot rods and custom cars as collector cars, but now they...
You don't want the French regulations : other than adding seat belts and changing body color, all modifications are illegal.
Very beautiful roadster. Each EU country is different so depending on the country people live in the rules are different. I wish we had the same...
I didn't get the chance to pull the camera to take a picture of a wild boar I crossed path with a customer car I just finished and was test...
On the thread of my full fender '28 RPU build about half way down this page there's what I did on the F1 front shock mount....
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