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I think the adaptor to move the starter to the opposite side of the engine might provide some support. I sold My olds stuff about a dozen years...
Are you using the Lasalle bell housing ? You probably need the next to impossible to find Olds stick bell housing. My 37 floor shift Lasalle did...
dodge pickup ones fit but the grounding wiring is different
Old ford transmissions were not very srong. My brother used an old Buick top shifter in his 36 ford hemi powered lakes coupe used the ball...
how is the spring installed to lift the short arm that presses the dies down. I bought an out of box HF -parts missing ( only the little screw...
Excellent info. I need to build doors for 2 roadsters I found off in the brush. I have had My modified Harbor freight bead rollers for about 8...
extra manifold holes. I think there are couple blind 1/2 Nc bolt holes in the truck manifold that had eye rings when they left the engine plant,...
Exhaust manifold to heads bolt have usually broke when I tried to remove them. If they don't leak now leave them alone. If you have to relpace the...
White ranchero ? ? I saw a white 57 or 58 chop top ranchero in a carport south of Gilroy a few years ago . The owner said it was in the movie. We...
I have an old Airco AC DC HI freq from the college when the instructor retired and they shut down the program. It's good for heavy tig work, and I...
AIR FLOW I used to keep an old blanket rolled up and stuffed under the seat toblock the air from whipping around, have some one Use short piece...
easy hammer. Take a rubber hammer and tap the shoes to seat the half round cut out on the top of the shoes to the round mounting anchor. and a...
check out this mid size Gm rack swap. you could move the pivot points to match where they were on your stock suspension to advoid bump steer...
I bought my 48 jeepster in 65, VW bugs would pass it going up hill . First swap. : 57 buick nailhead, ford wagon T 85 od and 9 in rear,ford wagon...
Junk forklift tower. I have parts off a high stack forklift. made from 2 pieces It is made from heavy stuff, a lot of 1 inch thick bracing., main...
23 T touring wood blue prints A while ago I said I had some prints that I used for doing the wood in my original restoration an a T touring. The...
A buddy said he used pontiac brakes. larger and 5 on 5 wheels , said it was an easy swap.
Good info. I need to build new doors for the 29 nash roadster. I drilled and tapped the bead roller "bearing " blocks on My HF roller to add...
start hammering. here's the one chris davenport built when he was a student at uvsc street rod program now it's UVU...
MY 29 Nash Roadster project started as a rolled over Coupe body I found in the desert in Nevada, I cut off the mangled top and threw away what was...
get the back of thecar up on jackstands. put a jack from the axle to the frame,pump it down but dont break the shock or brake hose. put a bar in...
When you have tha carb apart use some fine sand paper on a dowel to smoothe out the casting line missmatch most of them have down the bores.
more od info http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/General_Motors_transmissions#How_overdrive_works
welding aluminum. You need to get a new liner, any steel residue will contaminate the weld. the aluminum needs to be super clean, and I use Argon.
The story I heard was they kept blowin the bottom end out of flat heads and finally were trading scrap iron for all the flat heads a junk dealer...
Precision auto, salt lake city, I knew a couple of the guys that ran a 27 T then a dragster in Nothern Utah, I think Anderson finally got a phd in...
Packard transmission were the heaviest old transmissions, they HAD a synchro on first gear, were short and some came with the electric shift...
What is the year of the engine ? early 58 352's had milled combustion chambers, higher compression factory solid lifters. but the early heads...
I am past 70, When I was a kid REAL HOT RODS were channeled, I used to stop every time I was in town to check out 2 model A coupes both chopped...
Get them interested. If you have grandkids in school bring your car to the school for a share day. 30 years ago I took my 22 ford speedster to my...
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