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I'll be there. This is my big outing for the year. I'm driving down from Brighton. I've made a few improvements since my last trip so I hope it...
I mounted mine on the firewall in the stock Model A position. The coil lead is a bit long but it seems to work well.
Here's mine. I cut the fuel gauge out of my 29 roadster tank and mounted this straight 5 panel in it's place. [IMG]
They're beautiful! I wish I knew how to use tools like that. I've got a fair selection that I have bought at garage sales but am next to...
I can't believe how different it looks! It looks fast just sitting there. Nice job! Now for the V8...
I read one when I was a kid in the sixties about a kid who builds a hot rod, takes it out on the street, gets chased by the cops and is caught...
I think you need to add a steer arm to the passenger side and then a drag link over to the pitman arm. You should be able to figure out a way to...
Here's how I plumbed my roadster fuel lines. I soldered the Tee in rather than use compression fittings. Since there is no relative movement...
I used it once on a wheel bearing race that had spun in the hub. It seemed to work, as long as the bore is not worn excessively oversize. If it...
Yup, It's a Dunn from the Dunn Tool Co. Detroit. I have one in the 40 Merc motor that's in my 29 Roadster. Here's a cut and paste from my post...
I'll be out cruising Woodward in my roadster tomorrow evening. Give me a yell if you're out there. I'll try to shoot some picks. Dan
Nice rake! Are you taking it out to cruise Woodward this year?
Love that exhaust header!
Very handy. Thanks!
Looking very cool, by the way. How about some hub caps?
It would have run just as well on kerosene...
Notice how the instrument panel wraps into the door trim panel. That's a very modern touch that was way ahead of it's time. Dan
Was there with my roadster. Had a great time. I love that location because of the shade and interesting layout. This was my cars first trip of...
Thanks Captain Scarlet. You just made my day! Dan
I'll be there with my "can't decide what it wants to be, rat rod or late 40's or mid 50's hotrod" 29 roadster. Please stop by and introduce...
The Corvette spring is fiberglass and is made by a company called Liteflex. Although it is also a transverse leaf, like an early Ford, it is not...
As I said in the other thread, if your spring breaks in the middle, between the Ubolts, it wasn't clamped properly. The center section of a...
You don't really want to do any "smoothing up" of a leaf spring (or any spring). The surface of good springs is shot peened to induce a residual...
Yup. It's got the 99 stamped on the machined surface of the block just outboard of the intake manifold on the frt left side. The intake manifold...
Patrick, What I hear you describing is what we call a "tramp resonance" where I work. Tramp is the one-wheel-up-other-wheel-down position of a...
Guys. Thanks for commenting. Should the "99" be be visible with the intake on? You said "between the intake and the block" which sounds like...
I have a flathead that I took out of a scrap 40 merc. Naturally, I've always assumed it was a 40 merc block, but would like to know for sure. Can...
That's right. Factory springs break all the time. But you don't shoot across the lane and hit a guard rail because the main leaf doesn't break....
Ever notice that OEMs don't use mono leaf springs unless they are composite like the Corvette? A leaf spring had two jobs. It is a spring and...
That looks neat and clean. I have a set of F1 studs around, if I can just remember where I put them! How close does the shock tube come to the...
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