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He was running his roadster at Bonneville this month. I knew his dad Ken back when I was in a car club in Waco with him and Bass's parents in the...
I'd be asking Rusty at Dirty's speed shop. Home - Dirty's Speed Shop They build parts for the area circle track cars and should know who is the...
I'd have to dig out an old motor manual and go to a tune up page as they show initial timing and advance at X rpm for STOCK engines that are...
In that same plant that I worked in we had a guy from a fire extinguisher company that came in every month and checked every fire extinguisher in...
Dang, sorry to hear that this morning.
Most of the time in any state it is what the state you are buying the car from uses for proof of ownership that is the issue in the state you live...
White Front Garage in Yakima Still makes springs or modifies leaf springs but they only do springs one day a week in the summer time because it...
I've never been a fan of yellow cars but wouldn't say no to the right one. Funny thing is that one that checks a lot of boxes and is eye blinding...
That is one nice batch of rides and even the off topic ones we can see in the background are nice for a change. Not a usec car lot car in the...
He is in Ashford CT and it looks like it was house fire rather than being caught in a wildfire. I really enjoyed that magazine.
Great stuff. I'm a bit partial to those 442 and Cutlass in that era. This one was taken 56-1/2 yeas ago and the gal in the photo and I just...
That's a mixed bag of rides with some pretty interesting ones in the mix. That red 62 Pontiac looks like one I drooled over a bit at the Pontiac...
As the state patrolman here told me, as long as nothing on the chassis catches the pavement with 4 flat tires and I can push it off the road you...
In Washington state about 13 miles east oF I-5. They haven't had much rain over there all summer until the past few days. In fact last week...
"Early Monte Carlo" could mean 70/72 that takes a different rotor than 73/77. 70/72 having the caliper brackets that bolt to the spindle while...
If you are going to run the rear as underslung, yes you will. I wouldn't be investing a lot of money in wheels and tires until I figured out...
Usually the issue with a delco solenoid (in this case) is the heat causes just enough swelling that the plunger in the solenoid sticks just enough...
They were Thee tire to have on your top level custom in the mid 60's. They weren't inexpensive by Mid 60's standards though.
There has been a crap ton written about it over the past 55 or so years that the turbo 35o has been around and before that in the late 60's...
A simple thing on battery cable size. Amperage flow in a cable has often been compared and rightfully so to water flow in a pipe or hose when it...
Very honestly we can accomplish the same thing with a relay that is operated by the purple wire that controls a #8 wire from the battery to the...
Ideally sitting static any tube shock should be right at the middl of it's travel. Then you have to figure out how much travel you have without a...
I fougt hot start issues on the 454 in my 77 C30 1 ton for several years. I did the Ford solenoid trick and that helped a bit as did the heat...
I'm wondering if it isn't Marvelous parts that rebuilds water pumps for The Filling Station the Chevy parts outfit that is about 15 miles from them.
You don't want someone's foot on the pedal unless you like gettng brake fluid in your eyes. you do not want pressure on the system when you change...
3/8 course X 1-1/4 or 1- 1/2 is what I think goes in there. measure the thick ness of the spots the bolts go through the bellhousing and add 1/2...
Remebering that my dad could look at any Washington plate back in the day and tell you what county the car was from that is pretty cool. I knew...
I should have had my 48 done and driving and have already done a road trip to the Lone Star Round up in it while letting my wife get her Texas...
Compared to a lot of other models or brands not a lot of them survived at least in this area. Pretty much rode hard and put away wet or run into...
That takes some assembly required to a new level.
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