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with all these deals that seem to just drop in your lap remind me the next time I see you to give you some cash to get me a lotto ticket.
Yes sorry its a sunliner late night last night and had other things on the mind when I wrote this. Thanks for the info Steve that's what I'm...
Well with the way things are going I figure I need to get the wheels I want for the 63 ford galaxie skyliner. I've already got the leeds disc...
What Okie Pete said I've traveled both ways when the now wife lived over on the other side of Oklahoma gotta watch some small towns are considered...
I'd take it for 2k and you know how I feel about chevys
didn't I see a sign for buy one get one free?
If the engine that was in it is rebuildable that's what I'm going to use all I know right now that's it's an early FE the other engines mentioned...
I'm thinking the history of the car is that some kid or Motorhead had this car at one time. I found a secret compartment in the back seat with 2...
Ok the tag in the engine bay, 3G69Z?79998,the ? mark is either a 1 or I. Guess the car came originally with a 390. My engine guy has the engine...
Maybe I read the tag wrong what it shows is 76B M 88 25D 42 1 4 can anyone decode this?
Thanks for your reply's so far already called Stan he had one part I needed and still looking for more. I've done a lot of net searching even...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] A fellow Hamber turned me on to this and I picked this up a few weeks ago just now starting to see what she needs. Vin tag...
Unless you drain the tank for safety reasons try PRI-G gas treatment put some in an ot car I don't drive much. Finally drained it after sitting...
And yet another Okie here, also a retired aircraft mechanic. This place is great for info on just about anything auto related and then some.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My first Harley back from last century was the Sportster, on top, I built myself you couldn't roll a beer can under it...
1936 cord 810 1964 ford Fairlane thunderbolt 1959 Impala convertible, was brought home from the hospital in one after I was born
have to agree that's a nice car
Any good watch/clock repair should be able to fix it. Friend of mine does just that and has fixed several car clocks for me.
Thanks for the replies. Think I'll go Crazy Steves route, it would solve problems now and maybe on the road so if anyone needs some early starters...
Been trying to figure out which starter to use the one on the bottom, new, I put in and got the car started but it wouldn't disengage. The middle...
332 engine, it's becoming more confusing since I popped the trunk on the parts car and found another starter and it looks different. The parts car...
I've read that these starters have some kind of cam or lock that locks the start gear until a certain speed. The starter ,new, that I put in...
My mistake what I would call the Bendix, the part that engages the flywheel, for some reason it won't retract once the engine starts.
Put a new starter, old one was missing on my 59 Fairlane, 332 as far as I can tell, anyways got the engine running only the starter wouldn't...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] What's on the engine now pretty sure that's a 50 oz
Ok what decides the weight balance? With the four bolt crank should I use a 28oz flex since its a early block or a 50 oz? Do I need to check the...
did you try and putting some oil and let it soak, could just be rusted together or old lube turned to rock
Try to build up a 302 for my 59 ford, looking to get a shorty pump and pulleys and I thought early 302s had 3 bolts in the front yet this one has...
still making up my parts list and stripping parts off of a car I got. Still wondering if the stock radiator will hold up to a 302. I have a small...
Have the same problem with a 1951 3/4 ton I'm working on. The beds longer and wider than the 1/2 tons. Figure I'll just modify the aftermarket...
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