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Hey man thats not traditional.
The only place you meet more dickheads than HAMB tech week is at a boat ramp. Fuck off.
What about suspension - I assume stiffer is better up to a point... and difference front vs rear?
I'm specifically interested in full fendered pre-war style cars, mid-30's to late 40's... 1948 chevy is my specific project
Does anyone have examples of an effective air dam on a classic not looking like shit?
Every car has that speed where it starts to float and feel like she going to become airborne. The older the car, the lower the speed this seems...
Okay, its the first of the year, has anyone heard anything?
I would certainly like to know more, I can't quite picture how to do this...
Exactly... also the crank shafts in the 68-75 big cube caddy motors are nodular cast iron and supposedly there has never been a documented failure...
This is a recent article in the Australian street rodder mag. In Australia they are much stricter about what they allow people to sell, it would...
I am familiar with all three brands. The quality is really good on all of them. IMHO the american shifter brand has a better design and is...
Anyone know the guy at PIR who has the dozens and dozens of intakes laid out on the pavement towered the end of the drag strip?
i searched "reverse flow cadillac muffler" and found this old book on google, 2 or three links down the first page.... If space wasnt an issue I...
The Cadillac ones specifically were popular in the 60's, guys would run 4 of them.... according to old hot rod mags anyways images or preferred...
I've heard mention of these on the HAMB and have read about them in hot rod magazines from the 60's, but I can't find any good info under...
I freakin love the hamb
...can someone do me a solid and go measure the width of your stock 47-53 chevy truck grill, horizontal wise, fas as I know they're all the same...
Yeah the interior will have to do for now, a bit surprisingly there's no odor, really in good shape, i'll get it shampooed and be good to go for a...
CB radio is definitely a must But I think I've got the velvet part down pat...
Anyone here remember 1975? ...I just got this 48 chevy that appears to have been customized in the 70's, and I would kind of like to keep it that...
What is lokars set up based on? what about the chrysler drive line brakes, are those better?
Say you're hauling ass down the freeway in you 3500 lb custom, and your brakes fail, completely, no pedal at all And it's somewhere bad, like...
Well put
I disagree. Thread has been: "BG out of business" "Who cares BG sucked" "Saying BG sucked is baaaaaad they'll shut down :(" Seems to me that...
Yea sure there's been some crazy sbc's over the years but for the modern consumer unless you start with an old bowtie block a sbc is all based on...
"best" 500 caddy is the fastest, strongest production engine ever built. There can be no argument, none, not any, that it is the greatest...
Sometimes I think this idea was started by the guy who invented the proportioning valve...
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I have what appears to be a hydrovac remote booster that came with this cadillac 500 motor. From reading the threads it sounds to me like this...
Does anyone know when the first classic flamed paint job showed up? I'm just curious how far back this goes... I wonder who the first person to...
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