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I added the side panels but took the running boards off to hide the tube frame, which I thought it made it look more like a 32, which I warned it...
Mike, I bought that three two setup, shortly before I parked the car. I never did get it set up to run. I only drove it with a four barrel.
No, come to think, that other road you called the “Smolen” road was not the one all us guys used to have group drag races on. It was about five...
It was called C and G road, because it went North from State street road, past the C andG elevators on the West side. That was before all county...
We did used to go out as a group, and race on the Smolen road. We would post two guys with CB radios about two miles from the race area on each...
I sold this car to cactus1 and like to follow the progress and posts, but have to search each time through 30 or 40 pages to find each time. Is...
No, I think I bought those hubcaps at a place in Kansas City, called Carl’s,Speed shop. He sold all kinds of used, and new.(stolen, and...
Mike, If you ever need any blasting and painting done, I go to a place right down the street in KC Ks. West of Biekelmeirs meat shop. It is called...
These look great Mike. Are you going to run caps, or not?
I used to carry a pipe wrench with me in the Roadster. Not for protection, but a night, when I would go out of town West on a road we used for...
I a, trying to find a post named “I just bought a hot rod built in 1958”. I have scrolled through about fifty pages of posts, to no avail. Is...
So Ford never made a coupster, did they? It was just a Coupe with the top cut off, and made into a Roadster, Right?
Yes I rented from Charlie for many years. I had to move out because the son finally sold the place to,some developer with big plans. They tore the...
My three sons have enjoyed keeping up on this post, as they have families and no time to take on the project when I decided to sell. It was always...
An airman at Schilling Air Force Base in Salina helped me by building these headers. They were a problem getting on, so I made a screw jack, to...
The inside door handles was a project I never dealt with. In fact I lost two, and I believe there was only one, when you picked the car up Mike....
Mike, I assume YOM, means “year of make? On the liscense? That makes sense, because I had a 1968 Saline county tag on my 1968 Camaro. As to the...
I got the gauges from a friend, is all I know, and the switches were just bought from I think a place called J.C. Whitney car part catalog. My...
I was so disappointed when I picked up this transmission case from the plating company. For some stupid reason, I thought they would grind down...
Nice car Tuck! Looks like you have some of the same interests as me. I love the Olds engines. Not many people do anymore. I Gave Cactus1 a...
Tuck. You know, I had 1950 Tuck, You know, I had 1950 Pontiac tail lights in the Bachelors Button, and decided to switch to 1958 Chevy...
Tuck, Thanks for the compliment; but after all these years, I think the Bachelors Button is "sterile"!
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