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"Hey Chucky, what you doin'?" "I don't know, but I'm not goin' to let it stop me."
Newsprint will work the same.
Easy, my Model A was a coupe until I got hold of a sawsall. [ATTACH]
Just print the dollars, then the rest will take care of its self.
Maybe looking at the wheel bearing numbers might give you a clue as to what steering knuckle was used. Although all it took was a reamer to make...
Sounds about right.
Reminds me of an old joke. The Admiral is in the hospital, grumpy and raising hell with everyone. He wants his temperature taken. The nurse...
The cheapest and most beautiful cars I've ever built.
[IMG] I like.
My rolling inspection ticket of a DD from 50 years ago. B60-13's on Vega 6" wheels. Fun when it was dry. In the rain I was holding up traffic in...
No, just a piece of 1/2" rod, a vice, heat and a BFH.
Folding arms for a horizontal ladder rack on the side of my shelf on wheels. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Big block ski boat, "Ride Embarrass" Yellow '51 Jeepster in the 60's, after a popular song of the time, "Mellow Yellow" Black primer stock car in...
[IMG] Supplied material for many a mouse nest.
Also bolt circle and stud count.
For safety you really need enough pushrod travel to bottom out the master cylinder and that needs to happen before the brake pedal hits the...
Sometimes 2 pedals is all that is necessary. :D [IMG]
There is a difference between busy and rag-tag.
If the current ratio is 4:1 and the length from the pivot to the push rod hole is 3", that means the straight line length from the pivot point to...
It is called cove cutting. You can usually go wider and deeper than with a router. Width is controlled by the angle of the fence board to the...
Still in progress for the coupster. Bead roller and a hammer form for the basic shape. Home made dies for the beads around the gauges and...
You've got the thermostat in right. I think you have a blockage of coolant flow at the thermostat area. Almost impossible to have a temp of 210*...
Hose temps are backward. Hot water enters the radiator from the top hose and is cooled as it passes through to the lower hose to be recirculated....
You're welcome. I consider myself as being underfunded, not an overachiever.
They will go away, it just depends on what will go with them.
I can only attest to this working on the set of Mopar 15x7 wheels I am using using on the back of my coupster. The wheels I had on it were a set...
My thoughts to do this would be to start with the El Camino shell and bolt the front sheet metal on. For the doors either bolt on the Buick doors...
Been there, done that. Tightening a pinion nut on a PU on jack stands. One notch at a time on a 12 point socket.
Student brought in a friend's mother's station wagon. With time before school started meant a trip to Mickey-D's was necessary. They came back...
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