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Planning to be there with my 59 GMC, in the swap meet. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Number 7 was the last one that I attended. Drove my 59 BelAir. Tried to attend number 8 but could not get there. It was so packed that I-80 was...
Just ran across this video from the 2007 Pileup, on YouTube. Looks to be the outtake footage from when "My Classic Car" had an episode on the...
Thank you. Yes, the valve stems on both cheater slicks were replaced. The originals were from about 2013. By the way, your 56 wagon reminds...
Hi Doug. It was great seeing you at Tri-Five. Yes, the Fabcraft posi was in at the Tri-Five Nats. I installed it last June, right after the...
Since my attic is so small, it'd have to go back in the basement. That's where it's been since 2012... Until last month. I put it back on to run...
Well, the Cameo has been done for a few years. It now has it's longest tow to date, at about 10 hours, one way. A few weeks ago, I trailered my...
This is coming up in a few weeks.
Been here for 20 years. The Hunnert Car Pileup #2, in Sycamore ILL. that was put on by the Chrome Czars is what brought me here. Flame Thrower...
As far as the 55, Last year, I replaced the original 55 Chevy rear axle with a 59 Pontiac rear axle. Unfortunately, at this year's...
Sorry that we didn't talk at spring Havana. The fall Nostalgia meet at Havana is tomorrow. Unfortunately, I'll be missing it. I've got a 41...
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From last year, after "The Outa-Sight-Drags" at Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove Wis. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The drum looks like a 55 - 64 Chevy passenger car. As does the end of the axle shaft. Does the axle housing have a drain plug? If it does not,...
Here's a video from last February and some current engine photos. Johns GMC [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks for the info. Sounds like this will be a great time.
I'll see you there. Your new Fairlane is going to be very wicked.
This looks to be a great time. Has the criteria been figured out? Will this be for pre-WWII cars, etc. with only flatheads and early overheads?
Hi Norb. Hope to see you there with your 56. Here's a photo from the 2015 Meltdown. [ATTACH]
I'm still here and will be at Meltdown #10, along with the rest of Clothier Racing... Three brothers and one nephew. Larry, "Doc", (59 Impala),...
Clothier Racing will be there in 2026. Three brothers and one nephew. "Doc" Larry, (59 Impala), "Hot Rod" Bob, (57 BelAir Sport Sedan),...
All of the suspension and brakes have been replaced, with new springs, shocks, kingpins, shackles, bushings, and tie rod ends. Additionally, it...
BTTT.
The engine is a 326 Pontiac and has been bored .030, with new pistons, rings bearings. It has a new stock replacement cam, lifters, pushrods,...
The only bad spot on this truck when I bought it, was over the windshield. Like with many 55 - 59 Chevy / GMC trucks mice had made a nest in the...
59 GMC 100 Series 1/2-ton pickup. A solid rust-free west Texas / New Mexico truck. I bought it out of Dalhart Texas, about 40 miles east of New...
It sounds like the battery cables need to be replaced, no matter what. Start here and then see how it starts. As previously mentioned, 6-volt...
390 Cadillac engine out of a 1960 Caddy. Complete, (except carb), but disassembled. It was used as a display engine in a 1950's era dragster....
I'd first install a Hurst floor shift with the original three speed. The old Syncro-Locs were good shifters, as are the newer Mastershift...
I've considered both dog dish caps and chrome wheel bullets. I have a set of 54 Olds caps. Also have a set of chrome center bullets. The chrome...
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