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And production.
Cab is probably positioned to cover the front frame rails, aesthetics be damned.
Don't encourage them.
One of my great talents, holding on to unvaluable stuff until it is really worth nothing.
That's bit me in the ass more than once.
My organizing talent is sorting things into boxes of like items to be delt with later.
Late 60's a guy in the Body Shop had a gallon can of asbestos paste that he used to control heat in the surrounding area when he was welding on a...
I wonder if she is related to my sister-in-law. When her office went out to lunch, she wasn't allowed to drive. The reason, they only had one hour.
I thought that was just part of the hot rodder DNA. Very few innovations come from the safety of inside the box.
And put in the time to learn the language.
I have two rules for when I'm running above the speed limit. (They actually work all the time.) Don't do anything that makes anyone else have to...
If you can't weld aluminum, you could do the prep work, jig it up and pay someone to weld it. The price should be within the range of the price of...
The aftermarket makes a pilot bushing with a flange on it that sticks it out 1/4". It's for use with a block plate when using a blow proof bell...
How about welding a couple of new ears on the trans, or a piece of bar stock down the side? If there is enough meat on the NP bearing retainer,...
I think spreading the back of the hood out to match the cowl would make all the difference in the world, but I'm not smokin' what he was.
There are times when the gap between educated and smart is quite large.
The fact that no one is tripping over themselves to produce one may be a silent comment on market size and ROI.
Professionals built the Titanic, an amateur built the Ark.
Dare to be different? 30/31 grill shell on a 32.
I'll bet each of us has done what others consider an inordinate amount of work to achieve our own personal aesthetic.
Knew a man with an HVAC company who bought safety glasses like that for his duct installers.
With a 2 post lift, I like an asymmetric lift. (short front arm/long rear arm) It makes getting in and out of the car easier.
It's amazing how much fun you can have when you don't know any better.
There was a magazine article (Hot Rod?) on how to adapt the Saginaw three speed overdrive unit to a Saginaw four speed.
Slip joint or channel lock plyers. Just had to get the angle right so it would punch the top and not the side. Also worked on beer and soda cans...
I wooden know.
Be glad the other strap didn't break instead and swing it your way.
Mine (metric and standard) are in the plastic pouches that Sears sold them in. The rest of the collection lays loose in the same drawer. That...
I remember those days. We ran at a 1/2 mile Friday night and a 3/8 mile Saturday night.
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