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Couldn't find what I wanted, made my own desert style water bag. (my first sewing job and art post ever)
I wouldn't drop one in the '55 Starchief, the '55 Chieftan...maybe, I got my eyes on an old coupe and it will need one! I don't want a manual...
Got rearended by a friend of mine. An old lady stopped on the on ramp in front of me. The guy smashed into a chieftan moredoor at 65 mph, he was...
I have a chance at something that will definitely need a floor shift for an old Pontiac Hydra-Matic. I just can't find one of those old B&M set...
Yep, they are still all over the place. Just avoid the rusty gulf coast.
Lots of yard mess, power back after four days, bills fell behind ....lucky, I had no damage.
Chrysler, so I read long ago....concept that didn't catch caught on till GM.
Not to be a post whore but... When I was a teenager I had decided to put on new tips on the exhuast. Cut those puppies off with a hack saw and...
Helped a buddy working on his new gas tank and had to enlarge a hole for an original fitting. Damned old drill press was hot wired (no switch)....
I found a three speed, it came out of a '53....$50 plus the shipping (yikes) or maybe buy the thing a bus ticket. PM me a phone number if you...
Nice find, man don't ever pass up those little multi dealer booth antique stores. Take a minute to walk in and thumb through the books and mags....
Right on, '55 and '56 GMC respectively had the 287 v8 and 317 v8 and the trucks often had a manual tranny. Never robbed parts from a GMC though.
I'll be damned, been by there several times but never stopped...that might be a good thing in retrospect.
No to steal away from the task at hand, but those bellhousings don't excatly grow on trees. Or do they?
Yes it does, and the movie: Magnum Force
I wouldn't change it but, I wouldn't keep it either!
[IMG] Wow... had to do a double take, that crank looks like driftwood.
Any pictures?
Odd, years and colors are just backwards of Texas plates from that era. Here '55 is yellow background, with letters and numbers black...maybe by...
You should have bought it, parked it in the driveway and made real good friends with the HOA.:D
I missed the correct era olds!:eek: Cool little game!
Also for better brake drums try AMES. http://www.amesperf.com/
Try the hamber rustynewyorker, he had a 56 factory cast iron intake last year. Don't know if he still has it or not. Or are you hunting an...
If it's power brakes, then the fluid resivoir is in front of the power brake booster unit. Look low on the firewall below the "black box" heater...
Man that's Autolite's big brother!
Here is two more: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=284574 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=284573
I was thumbing the classified for giggles and damn near fell over. :eek:
See this classified and others!!!:D http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=284567...
Nice motor and great set up! Sure beats a reinforced metal fifty gallon drum, salvage battery, and other other garbage. Do you sell measured...
Ha Ha, joke was on me....bad gas and a dry fuel line. She fired after buying new plugs and points...that are still sitting on the shelf! I am...
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