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I still have a bottle of Eagle 1 tire cleaner. Best for me for years. Is it still made? Unlike Armor All, won't take the lamp black out of the...
64 SS wheel covers? Pix from eBay.[ATTACH]
In addition to rubber cement, brush paintable liquid masks are sold in home improvement stores and hobby shops. They are a little easier to paint...
Just FYI, large Navy ships like aircraft carriers often carried staff cars for their high ranking officials, like the Carrier Strike Group...
Nice. Thanks
I had some 4 spoke Daisy wheels on a Fiat in college but don't recall the ribbing outlining the spokes on the back edge of the spokes. Were there...
I've tried to get at least a 3 inch gap between my axles and the snubbers, more if I can. And I've hit them quite a few times. It's a lot, lot...
A perfectly good idea. I've even seen modified stock car oval racers that used them back in the 1960s. Your other space saving option would be...
Speedway motors used to sell a fiberglass 32-34-ish Ford pickup body that was an extended cab. They even offered a full kit for the vehicle with...
Lots of pre-EFI I-6 engines ran triple carbs, Jags, Healeys, Datsun Z cars, perhaps even BMWs, etc. They just have to be the right size and...
Looks like something “frames” might have built.
Probably a long shot… but RJ Race Cars / Quartermax is based in Galesburg. Rick Jones (now retired) and his son Rickie have been building and...
Again?
Thanks. I get a post card from Jake every year so I did have the current info. Just a little brain fade.
Great idea.
I plan to attend but not with my truck like before. I haven't been in a while and I'm looking forward to it.
This might help... years ago I refurbished a 9" Versailles diff with parts I got from a Canadian firm. Saw their advert in a car magazine....
I seem to remember a fellow from Southern Illinois or perhaps the St Louis area that made them. I wonder if anyone on the large scale modeling...
Forty is the accepted way to spell “fourty”. On the other hand, Ford called their four door cars Fordors. LOL
Have you removed the set screws in the knock-offs? Just had to ask in case you were unaware of them. Regardless of what the correct installation...
By any stretch of the imagination this isn’t a hot rod or a sports car.
Indeed.
fantastic !!!!!
My 27 closed cab pickup body was made by them. It has an angle chop and is stretched. Custom curved back side similar to a sedan body, not flat....
A few years back I joked on a post that Coker should repop these in a more modern rubber. I’d prefer black walls, but wide whites would do...
A popular tire for road racers and sports rods post WWII. You might want to repost this on the “specials” thread.
Buy some spray bomb radiator paint at the auto parts store. It gives a thin coat to aid cooling.
WOW. Did your car win that race? Back in my college days I was a gopher mech for a team from Libertyville that built the infamous DeKon Monzas...
If you live there or down wind be sure mask up. The particles from fires are so small they can get deep in your lungs. CPOD deep. I was in...
Custom upholstery shops (boat, car, etc.) use a lot of products like this on interiors. I had some arm rest bases and seat trim parts sprayed at...
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