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Myself and @T&A Flathead are here. [ATTACH]
I love that John has continued to provide and improve products for my favorite engine!
Hopefully my 36 will be done next year so I can finally attend.
Drove from St. Louis to Minneapolis for Back to the 50s. Long drive with no AC and 3 females…
Myself and @T&A Flathead will be there. I'll have my red and white 56 Ford and he'll be in his black 32 5W
My mom was born in ‘43 but her dad had a late 30s Oldsmobile like in the movie when she was a kid. That line about his dad being an Oldsmobile man...
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I’ll be there with my 56... [ATTACH]
Thanks! I’ll see if I can make it!
Where and what times is this meet?
Here’s pics of my Y block in my 36 frame in process now. It’s being backed by a C4 using a Chassis Engineering C4 mounting kit with a Flat-O...
Part of why I didn’t tie the scaffolds together was if I tied them together up high I can’t open the doors where I keep parts inside and down low...
It actually rolls around pretty easily without connecting them together when they are bearing on the 4x4s. I typically push the body at the...
I have meant to share this contraption I’ve been using for the last few years for raising, lowering, and storing my 36 Ford body safely. The first...
@mctim64 might know some people in the area interested in doing that
My dad has a toggled electric pump on his 56 to prime the carbs and it certainly helps get it started faster. I don’t have one on my 56 but I...
Here’s a pic of mine at Back to the 50’s last year. My older daughter (14) wanted to go for a drive today. She’s really looking forward to driving...
A Lincoln Zephyr V12 Coupe... absolutely beautiful cars
Yes I do. A short drive turned into a couple hours...and we got in trouble with the significant others also.
I've been busy lately and just came across this thread. I'm a structural engineer and I've designed and verified load ratings of many monorails,...
I’m 43 now but I had my left hip replaced at 34 due to Perthes disease. Having it early in life means I’ll need the wear parts replaced every...
For those of you that run big and little's, what do you do for spares? Spare size the same as the rear, front, or an in between of the front and...
@mctim64 is your guy
I’ve never met Jessi but her passing has like most shocked and saddened me. I’m a father of two girls, 12 and 13. I’ve seen Jessi on various shows...
That’s an amazing amount of miles. Thanks for sharing the adventure.
Do you have a final total of miles you drove?
My 56 Ford had a 3 on the tree and when I went to redo the Y block I decided to go T5. I like it but after having my left hip replaced at 34 I was...
Don’t ya just love when a color paper flyer is on your seat and it got wet and the color bled onto your seat...
The last place I used was a bumper only place in south city. Probably need to search for a place that does a lot of motorcycle parts (small stuff)
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