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Looks like a modified TH 425 set up with an upside down Dana 60. Definetly Olds powered.
Was the shifter ever removed from the trans?
3D printed. [ATTACH]
Cant cut a buff your way out of a bad satin job.
[ATTACH] I like it.
Nice. Header building is fun.
He's got the AI fingers.
[IMG] Lol, not really.
Yep, you had to get out and find the action. Cell phones and text messaging had a big effect. Friday and saturday nights were pretty busy. Go...
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Hey, I like that thing. Other than the wheels.
I use a cheapo harbor fright one at work to rattle the rust off of brake rotors before mounting them on the brake lathe.
I wouldn't sand it at all. I'd buff it off with some finer steel wool and give it a wipe of boiled linseed oil once every couple of years. IIRC,...
It's a spring powered motor for an old time phonograph. Before electricity was common you had to wind up the spring to play your records.
Sonora Phonograph motor, spring driven.
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Bumpside, dentside, bullnose, bricknose, OBS. All different nicknames for different generations of Ford pickups.
Imagine the torque rolls it could do with a corncob under the hood.
My uncle used to tow bar his 60 Chevy dirt track car 12 miles to the local track back in the early 70s. Worked fine, just as long as the car...
That's really not as big a deal as it seems. There is one floating around out there with the starter inside the bellhousing, in other words, pull...
Sensors. No problem. The suck is the 20 different modules that all have to be friends in order for the car to do car things. And using...
We see lots of trailer tires like that. Good tread, but the tire life is just plain timed out.
The cab mounts are cut down urethane skateboard wheels. [ATTACH]
If you've ever been to Ishpeming MI......... [ATTACH] But to be fair, it's just yard art.
Man that sucks. I had a fire in the garage last fall. I was lucky I didn't lose the whole works. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] This is what's under mine. No plans other than an idea of how I wanted it to look, and then doing exactly what Anthony posted above....
Remember it's the Ford museum, not a museum of Fords. We were there a few years back. Their steam power collection is awesome.
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EGR valve spacer missing?
It can be saved. Dump the Yamaha keyboard stand spoiler and put a new front clip on it.
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