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I have Hagerty on my '54 and also a AAA card. Save the $70 from the Drivers Club and apply that to the $99 per year for a AAA card. All you'll...
Rat rod engineering. Oh no......the R word!
Throw on a couple of mexican blankets and everyone will stop whining! Good cheap solution. They fit well and look pretty comfortable for long...
My '54 is insured through Hagerty with a stated value. I pay $103 per year for full coverage. According to the policy I'm only allowed to drive...
Nice save!!!
Here's a quick tip for cleaning threaded bolt holes. Use a thread chaser. O'Reilly's and AutoZone will lend you thread chaser kits for free...
That's what I'm talkin' about!! Beautiful job! Tell me there's a build thread showing all the gory details!
Picked 'em up at Harbor Freight. Here's a tech article I wrote on building it...........
I did just that on my well maintained 95k mile 5.0. No hot tank. Dingle ball honed followed by 220 grit sandpaper taped to a length of PVC pipe...
This on my '54 and should be in the same area on your '56. Top of the frame rail, passenger side, right in the corner where the pass inner fender...
We're actually all over the place now! Click on 'Off topic hot rods and customs' and scroll to the bottom of the page. Click on 'thread display...
True vintage tin! Out here in Cali, tin like that was prevalent in the '70s and even into the '80s. Fast forward to today.......pretty much...
AutoZone and O'Reilly's.........fuggetaboutit! Any NAPA store should have a large selection of hoses in back and counter clerks older than 12...
Lots of potential there! I hope you have the all the front sheetmetal and rear fenders as they could be a bear to locate. Also, what's that...
Just buy another 10' x 17' portable garage. They're only $200. Mine housed the roadster for 6 years before I tossed it. I built a wooden...
The HAMB strikes again!
Pretty good first shot!!
Here's a cheap version of the above cable cutters. If you only need to use them a couple of times, $10 and you're done! They worked great for...
My '69 Dart from 1995.......... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Factory frame lightening........awesome! [ATTACH]
Home Depot. They have plastic sheet from 1 mil thick (paper thin) to 6 or 7 mil (which is much thicker). Plus, you'll have enough to do a half...
Looks like this got posted in the OT section as well as the '52-'59 Ford social forums. I thought it just went to the social forums. Ryan went...
Here's a link to my homemade engine rotator. It definitely saved my back when spinning the motor! My cheap homemade engine stand rotator
Yeah, it works!
Great pic! That's the original spot where that scene was filmed in the movie! Empty lot adjacent to the Mystic Theater in downtown Petaluma.
Yeah.............but still, pretty cool!
Grabbed this off of FB. These were apparently seen yesterday in Tennessee. Pretty cool! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I'd just go with all new 1/0 ga. batt cables. Can't say enough about these guys.........
Thanks Moriarity! That must've been a ton of work! Unfortunately, most of the HAMB links pull an 'error' message but, at this point, we'll take...
Outstanding! Thank you sir! I noticed Corncob started a thread in 'Off Topic' entitled '52-'59 Ford Owners Group. That would be a perfect place...
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