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[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Pattern for an Offy Midget engine, it came from Dale Drake’s estate. Around 1935 Fred Offenhauser had draftsman Leo Goossen...
Here’s one of the SF area cars that was sectioned, the coupe in North Carolina doesn’t appear to be sectioned to me, only the reveal lines at the...
The Borg & Beck division of Borg-Warner stopped manufacturing pressure plates decades ago, the rights to the name were sold to a British firm and...
JMO, but my take on it is “Sports Rod “, the theme is kinda confused to my eye. And what’s up with the cowl, was more room needed for the battery?...
As @Wanderlust suggested you want to adjust your clutch for proper air gap, for a three finger B&B you want .050.
[ATTACH] Optional for ‘55, I bet they didn’t have many cars ordered with those. [ATTACH] More my style^
Sometimes the stars align just right, that was a great score! But as long as I’ve been around this stuff I never heard the term ghost mains. I see...
Northern Illinois drag racer Palmer Lazarus, he was always competitive and a favorite at Great Lakes Dragway.
I think it’s been twenty months since @31Vicky with a hemi has visited here, no other information has been offered. Apparently the project died...
As the crow flies we’re about twenty miles from Chicago and mine arrived on Dec. 18th.
I had already ordered the new Annual but you have put a whole new perspective on things Ryan. And that wisdom applies to The Rodder’s Journal as...
Yes to big trucks^
I’ve got a set of Moog’s for ‘42-‘48 Ford, p/n 8350B, they came with .005 and .010 shims. I bought them decades ago, the box is marked $9.15!
Two 32’s, but one is a Chevy. Although the Chevy could be a ‘31, can’t see the headlight bar clearly enough.
Jess Van Deventer in his Modified Roadster at Pomona, he was class champion at the Winternationals in 1961 and 1963.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/who-rebuilds-scot-blowers.1275356/#post-14626009 This thread may be of some use to you^ I think a SCoT...
[ATTACH] Dale Creasy Sr. had one also, there was a third but IDK who ran it.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/drag-cars-in-motion-picture-thread.228509/page-1961#post-13473708 The above link will be helpful,...
Actually the mailing house that handles the bulk mailing is not in Maryland, that is only the return address. Steve would be responsible to get a...
I think I have to side with @NoelC , I’d expect better. Think about how many early Ford beam axles were produced, has anyone ever seen one that bad?
I found a new Accel advance canister that also provided 2* retard per pound of boost at a swap meet when I was building my 350 with a 6-71. The...
Andy, I only remember a Goodyear drag slick marketed as the Blue Streak, it had a 1/4”(?) wide blue stripe on the sidewall. Could that be what you...
I think there may be a wrong impression as to how blocks (and many other items in industry) are machined. Transfer lines are used, a block casting...
Here's a new one on me, I've been reading about this stuff for 65 of my 76 years and never saw these until yesterday. Anybody ever heard of the...
In looking for info on the 1913 Mercer Type 45 I had read that they used Continental engines with the W-S carburetors, but there was no...
@Dubonet Garage appears to be correct, that is a 1913 Mercer, Type 45. I believe it had a 450 cu. in. Continental engine with a Wheeler-Schebler...
That was tried by Mickey Thompson, among others, instead of a GMC blower compressed air was metered into the engine. Some benefits were the air...
1st. photo- DOHC Indy effort from Ford Engineering, it’s genesis was the Windsor SBF, Hilborn injected 2nd. -Meyer-Drake Offenhauser, Hilborn...
I'm going with Jimmy Pflueger's '32 Phaeton, simple in it's looks but it packed a punch with a SCoT blown Merc. Jimmy was a hot rodder for decades...
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