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Here's the story, I have a '37 Packard I want to bring into the modern world with an LS1. Fat Man made a front-end stub for this car that allowed...
I got mine for free from an auto parts shop moving/closing. Came with a lot of accessories, but I gave them away. I use it in my "side hustle" of...
If you are interested in an overdrive automatic, try this Speed Gems - Transmission Adapters They make a complete adapter kit, including...
All of these things sound like finding a use for something that is there, rather than explaining why it is there to begin with. Which raises the...
Seems to me that all cars into the early 50's had a hand throttle on the dash, along with a choke. Never understood the reason for a hand...
When considering OE procedures, remember they are working against a "design life". Typically 7-10 years, certainly not 50. I remember being at...
Since we see more, and more, adhesives in cars; I'm wondering about the good and bad of gluing in floor pans. I know the welding isn't that bad;...
I recently picked up a dual quad, tunnel ram, for a small black Ford. It came with two (old but unused) Holley R-23 center squirters, If I got it...
I'll look into that. Maybe not in the pictures, it did come with one Carter YH, seems to have Corvette numbers. It was in an estate sale from an...
I think I posted here about a Latham I picked up at auction. I am trying to figure its original application. Here is a thread I posted over at...
"I had never heard of the Latham-Chrysler match, or Cadillac-Latham" I recently bought a Latham at an antique auction. On the way home I stopped...
Looking through the web for carbs, I saw a note that the the Corvette and Corvair carbs are only "externally similar". Too bad they didn't go into...
Looking through Google pictures I did see one mounted on a small four cylinder. It was only about 4-5 sections, compared to mine which is 11....
The auctioneer, who is an "antiques guy" had listed it as a MG supercharger. I think he got that idea from all of the MG stuff in the estate....
I can remember from my earliest years a '58 Mercury convertible my father had. It had the 430 Super Marauder tri power. As you say, it was...
I just picked up a Latham, and a lot of pieces, at an antique auction. Here is a link to pictures:...
I just bought a Latham at auction yesterday here's a link to pictures on Photobucket: http://smg.photobucket.com/user/TWFaust/slideshow/LATHAM The...
RE: Devon (or Devin) That was a fiberglass kit car from the late 50's, 60's. Fairly common.
I have been looking to PM a member about Latham superchargers, but it doesn't seem to be possible anymore.
I saw a '58 Bonneville convertible a week, or three, ago. It had fuel injection. It was in a restoration shop for the finishing touches. I talked...
Digging through a box of Chevy stuff I just bought at an auction, I came across what looks like a new Zenith side draft. I chased what info is on...
Sorry, when I found out it was for a Hudson I knew I would never have any use for it. Good news for you. At about that time I looked on eBay,...
I appreciate all the responses. I thought I would toss in the video that I watched, you can skip to 4:40 to see the grinder used after the knife....
Thanks. They kept the abrasive pointed down so you couldn't see it and didn't mention anything. Sort of the way Norm Abrams tends to keep his hand...
An electric knife is what they used to rough cut it (and cut out the bad portion) before they glued the new foam in.Then they "sanded" it to a...
I have some Porsche seats I want to put in my coupe. The side bolsters are pretty tatty. I watched a YouTube video were they rough cut foam and...
I know this isn't the kind of car preferred here, but even Google shudders at the knowledge held by this board. I just found this in my local...
Reading the description on eBay it says "air horns were professionally milled off". Looking at mine (old and not dry stored) I think can detect...
Sorry, my camera isn't handy. These carbs do not have an air horn/choke stack. They look pretty much like this pair I just found on Ebay...
I recently bought a dual quad tunnel ram manifold for a small block Ford. It came with two Holley four barrels. The only numbers that look...
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