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I am running the shorter 53 331 crank in my NE56 354. You are correct at approx .200 shorter. I measured .213 on mine. Take some Aluminum round...
Impressive photos of work.
Looking for a quality upholstery shop in Texas for my project. Any suggestions?
Looking very good Don. These old cars require allot of fabricating to replace the rot and get them straight. You have done much and it all looks...
A Update on my Hemi Powered 11953 Plymouth Coupe. My grandson Paul and I have been working on it for the past six years and we hope to complete it...
I like this. I wanted to chop my 53 top but I was not sure I could pull it off. Like the windows. Makes the car look longer.
Scroll Down toward the bottom for UPDATE AS OF May, 31 ,2015 UPDATE AS OF May, 31 ,2015 It has been my grandsons classroom for Old School Hot...
The color on an Org. bottom side of a 1953 Plymouth Cranbrook. What color was on the bottom of a 53 Plymouth? The same color the car was or...
Ago The engine is already buttoned up so I can't give you a dome height. The deck to piston was .012. I had extra valve clearence cut into the...
This piston is a .060 (thousands) oversize in a 1956 354 block that was engineered by Ross Pistons to make 10.5 to one compression with the 1955 -...
If you will look at (Blue) Antique Jugs the wipers are below the windshield. I don't think those are even willys wipers, and they didn't work and...
Gran-Ma actually had a body update after the film was made. The car hauler in your photo did not belong to the Parker Bros. They were running 3...
1940 Willys Coupe Pro / Super Gas "Antique Jugs II" owned and raced by Ray Anderson of Ballinger, Texas in the 70s. AKA as A/G Gran-Ma in the...
I think your right on the Firedome, been way too many years since I've seen a Desoto Hemi'd car.
"powerflite" Is a Desoto Engine not a Chrysler 300. Chrysler Hemi's have "FirePower" on them. .
Vacuum gauge is a good test for information. I'd want at least 18 but should be 21 like they said. Good suggestion. General rule is 70 plus psi...
Crank it over without spark and using a compression gauge. See what kind of compression you have on each Cly at cranking speed, maybe you have a...
Your right, I even called and they don't have one. Sorry, I was mis-informed. :confused: To bad, I aways thought the Wet intake was a much...
You wrote: "I just want to keep the cost down as much as possible." I know that feeling. I was bound and determined to build a strong running...
Those are good heads, most folks didn't use them because they didn't have water ports on the end of the heads. I understand, Hot Heads makes a...
Check those Industrial Heads Casting Number----- Are they # 1556157-1 ? (have three 5's in the casting number.) If they are they are the...
Dragster: "Old Bear" 1964 - Category: GASDRAG, Type: MN, Class: AA/D, Div: 4 Does anyone have a photo of the small block Chevy dragster name Old...
I'm pretty sure the very first was the 1959 NHRA Nationals at Detorit Mich. and it set a record for it's class and run almost right on what the...
The 57 Chevy and 40 Willys were the Parker Brothers of Odessa Texas. 40 Willys Coupe was named Gran Ma and appears in the movie by Hot Rod...
Sand is ok for floor pans and door jams and supported areas. It does pit and sometimes hardens the metal. But never ever use high pressure sand...
>you posted this link: http://www.extremeautomatics.com/transmissions/clutchturbo400.html I can see that the slip/lockup clutch concept...
The Fairbanks kit used the standard Lakewood steel scattershield for a 4 speed Chevy car. 11" borg and beck. That was another negative to this...
I built a couple of Clutch turbos in the late 70s. I used the Fairbanks kit and B&M's 3-in-1 master TH4000 overhaul kit. Building the 400s to the...
I'm 63 now, when I was in High Schoo,l in year one, a A/Stock or Super Stock Plymouth probably 62-63 came through town, late one night, headed...
Never seen a solid lifter industrial either. But all industrial valve covers have had dimples. Wish they had of been adjustable rockers though,...
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