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Sold 2 the very first of last year and am glad I did. At today's prices, i'd probably still have 2.
I'm a firm believer in less is more. Nothing less than 12 ga. wire anywhere in the stock circuit, solid terminal connections (good solder joints...
Huge and stranded is best.
10 zillion opinions so i'll add mine. Had essentially the same thing, used med. springs, about 35 degrees total all in. Be sure you KNOW...
Was at that point quite a while back-sold two cars, did two swap meets (both expensive to enter and still brought a bunch home) and as we talk...
I've seen some absolutely teeny ones on show car types-operational or not??? Keep Looking.
Love that most of these rides have something I truly like---called "paint".
Guess its all in the perception. For me, I'm just flattered that someone would take a moment or two to comment--right, wrong, dumb, whatever....
Yeah, the old r12 factory systems in good shape are the best. I've installed several under dash units, not vintage airs, just truck types and made...
First, i have no experience with this brand. Second, IF you've spent big or decent bucks on prep and base coat(s), you're willing to gamble with...
"80 mph running at 7000-8000" Hell with the trans, what's the engine?????
That old Mark unit you have, if set up right, will freeze the balls off a brass monkey. Here in South Texas we wouldn't give a rat's how it...
just a thought, have you tried a long gravity bleed for the entire system?
The piece/pre bent stuff is o.k. if you can do some form of exhaust welding. I bought a set off craigslist and used it on one side of a coupe....
Had hell bleeding mine, basically the same setup except in a 55 chevy. IF, the MC is higher than the WC's, do a gravity feed bleed--just open the...
Right, I had a 55 265 that had an external filter at the front of the engine--on a bracket that looked like a piece of old 3/8" steel bent into a...
Those 8"are well know for noise. I had one in a coupe, 3:55 I think, it had only about 30-40K on it and howled on descent. I figured the gear,...
Fastest thing I ever owned-62 chevy 2 with 327/Muncie. Bare bones body and would rev over the moon. Loved Vettes at stoplights.
Maybe one of those "dealer "installed frames.
He was at a big rod show in Houston. Had my 8-9 year old daughter with me and we stopped at his booth, she got a big kick out of Rat Fink (so...
agree--can't be April 1 yet! Question: what exactly do you think you're going to gain in the swap?
Its a cycle. In my dino days the big thing was red oxide primer for the average dude, full paint for the well off. Then it went to black...
Had a 40 chevy coupe with the same problem-out about 1/2" or more. I tried a lot of "fixes" but at a car show an "experienced" fella walked up,...
I used to use an 8V bat. on a 235 6cyl. pickup--really could tell the difference in starting (even all the lights were brighter, some didn't last...
No reason, but I'm def. old school---choice between two identical cranks, one laying flat on concrete or the other one standing straight up on the...
IMO do not use the 3 finger type plate or disc. I've used the diaphragm type and the 3 finger many times, the 3 is always hard for street/town...
Just can't imagine what it must be like in those canyons. Like a venturi effect when those winds hit and then just multiply. Imagine when the...
feel for you guys, nothing you can do. Spent lot of time in SoCal and I understand the hills, brush, and winds. Saw a dozer on the net clearing...
Had a pro upholstery shop do my bench seat on an elco--glad i did. It needed the wires, etc. and they actually used some form of steel support in...
Have a 1951 Ferguson tractor with the original Continental 4 cyl. engine-never had the pan or valve cover removed! This thing has more sludge...
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