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Plans for exhaust ? Parallel 4 bar + panhard allows good room for mufflers and tail pipes over the axle and out the back. Tri-angulated 4 allows...
I don't get why the need to rotate the crank....? The rear main bearing has a grove in it to feed the cam and lifter galleys...?
It surprises me that more folks don't go with the internal hydraulic throw out bearing. I had to have the trans in and out a couple of times to...
31 Vicky Project | The H.A.M.B. Has none and needs no patch panels. Available...
I like the hood top, without the leather straps. I would do dzus fasteners.
My avatar has a Granada master cylinder, GM A body disk calipers, 9" drum rear and a proportioning valve. It stops great. I would abandon the...
Could be yours...
Factory Vicky bodies have a floor entirely of wood, likely the difference in price you are seeing. 2 door sedan steel floor is a option I am...
TKX
Carb technology really is not that bad. What makes it bad is that modern fuels are not designed to function at atmospheric pressure like you find...
Moon Eyes EFI 3x2 and a Mega Squirt ECM should get it done... [ATTACH]
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Thanks manyolcars, I very much agree on this point and currently have no plan to use any tubing.
The37Kid, thanks for the input. I do have the Miss Vicky build in my watch list and have reviewed all his posts. D-Russ did do top notch work on...
I have a 31 steel back Vicky body. Purchased with a crappy workmanship steel floor and steel structure, no wood in the body now. A steel ribbed...
If you had a 31 coupe windshield on the bench and beside it a 31 Vic, what characteristics of the windshields would tell them apart ?
lol, not really the answer, Victoria, briggs 4 door and at least one other body style are all slant windshields
what is the difference between the 1930/31 closed car windshields? Snyders lists A-4510-A (coupe/sedan/pickup) and A-4510-B (slant windshield)
Those big pipe plugged holes on either side of the cam were to allow the sand casing core (water jacket space) to float within the sand casting...
My hat is off to you Austin!! A great car build out of a garage with character. Dirt floors , limited lighting can be a challenge. Drafty walls to...
Air flow restriction ? Rags / gaskets blocking intake runners? Mouse nest blocking exhaust / mufflers ?
'63/4 are the best full size Chevy's !! Like a lot have said, 283 is going to like the higher RPMs. Build it 9.5 ish compression ratio (pump gas),...
In my case I did not do the bonding for title process in Colorado to get a assigned VIN. But I have reviewed the process and was prepared to do it...
Boyd Coddington (rest in peace) would have conniptions about using that frame. Personally, I think the look is very cool, but man there is a...
When I first converted my coupe to M/T I was set on and did find the pretty rare NP440 from early '80's GM pickups. The gear ratios were only OK...
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Tremec TKX 5 sp! Best upgrade on my car to date. Real hot rods have 3 pedals.
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Anyone interested in just the fenders/running boards/irons ?
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