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i was looking for those!!
rick, this thread just saved the life of another 55 chevy!
dont care for the chrome... steelies got "the look" drive it and enjoy it!
be very careful what you do next!!! had the same thing happen to me, by my town zoning office. so i applied for a fence permit and i was told...
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damn!! nice work! makes me feel better about fixing mine... just scored a set of fenders for free!!
thanks guys i have the frame narrowed with a 4 link setup and 9" ford just the tinwork i'm undecided about
ok this is on a back half car... sorry... i know this is the wrong forum for that type of car but you guys have helped me before on my other...
this thread is awsome i want to try and fab up new eyebrows for my 55 fenders!
thanks screaming metal thats the EXACT answer i was looking for i couldnt remember the minimum clearance... saving to my note pad!!! i found a set...
lucky for me!! the right guy was on the job!! fab32 you've been a big help! your technical knowledge overwhelms me! never would i have thought of,...
thats the reply i was lookin for thanks brandon i'll take a look at speedway... i'll give a little more on the total build its a large journal...
correct me if i'm wrong but i think its not really even .525 lift after you take valve lash .022 into consideration its .503... add in a little...
old school cheapo pinned studs...
comp cams calls for an installed height of 1.750 @ 132pds and an open height of 1.250 @ 293pds (.500 lift) and are supposedly good to 8k rpm
thanks.... but comp cams wants you to go to a double spring and machine the guides and thats what i dont want to do... it was supposed to be a...
anyone know of a valve spring for stock pocket/ guide, good for .525 lift & 6500rpm?? theyre old #370 over the counter "turbo" style sbc heads...
progress report...if anyones interested a series of disasters kept me from working on the car... power outage caused freeze ups in the house......
thanks guys i figure stationary quarter windows will be fine no back seat and the roll bar it would be a pain to get back there anyways, and for...
anyone know how they held the quarter windows in the 55-57 chevy "business coupes" with non operating quarter windows?? i will be using plexy or...
awsome thread i need to do a floor in my 55 chevy not channeled but still works for me!
i'm planning on running fenderwells if i find a set cheap enough, or build my own from a couple of junk sets of chassis headers...right now its...
sorry for the highjack but... thats the setup i want to use in my 55 no regulators in the doors now, so might as well... also want to do a...
also i've been looking at the 30/30 duntov it has a really late closing point for the intake and drops my dynamic compression considerably
got some #'s this weekend last 3 of the head casting # are 370... had trouble finding them in my casting # book... anyone know what they are???...
i got one no pics at the moment though, sorry... i paid $250 with 2 afb's and 2 4 hole enderle styl scoops back in the early-mid 90's sucks to see...
autoweld in pa has a nice set of a-pillar bars check em out its under "57 pro tour build"
dad says he'll do my bodywork for me but we'll see about that, i think its staying primer... he says he doesnt like coming to my house cause it...
i think the "if you beat be you can eat me" one is an urban legend also, just cause theres stories i've heard passed down to me from dad and his...
i have one of the late model ones 6 ring input shaft 3.42 1st, that i swapped into a cast iron case. i've never had a problem with it... but then...
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