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Just drive it and enjoy it. You said you drive it two days a week in southern CA. Under those conditions you might get another 20 years out of...
Is that chunk of missing rubber a problem? It came back from the builder that way, I assumed they reconditioned it or whatever.
Okay cool, thanks. Last question, I painted the manifolds also yesterday with VHT paint. At what point do you guys bake them to cure? As soon as...
Next question- painting the crank pulley… Can you paint the whole thing, or do you need to tape off the shaft or mask any parts of it? Is it okay...
Ended up just spraying it down with Brakleen and then wiping it with a rag and acetone. I didn’t realize it at the time but the rag was leaving a...
How was it? We didn’t make it up, spent the day painting the new engine. Will mark my calendar for next year for sure!
Here is what I’m working with, it’s a bare long block, and I feel like whatever cleaning/prep method I use, I need to protect the internals and...
Okay so brakleen is a perfectly acceptable paint prep?
There is no rust, it came back from the rebuilder completely clean.
Can you go into a little more detail? How does one “use” naval jelly?
Picked up a fresh engine from the rebuilder last week. Gonna prime and paint it before assembly, but it’s covered in a coat of oily residue. What...
Thanks for the heads up! Will definitely try to get up there for this.
Got it on the new stand, looks much better as far as I’m concerned. You could say I basically traded one HF piece of shit for another HF piece of...
Thanks guys, yeah I just ran out and bought a new stand. Ended up getting a similar style from Harbor Freight, but this model has the tube sleeve...
I’m not so much worried about it tipping, more like breaking
[ATTACH] Threw the new ford 6 on an engine stand, and not loving the way it leans so far down in the front. It’s a 2 ton stand that I’ve never...
Yeah I don’t need head bolts or rod or main bolts, I just need a bolt kit for the outer stuff, oil pan, valve cover, exhaust and intake manifold,...
I’m in the market for a complete engine bolt kit. Does anyone have any experience or used a kit from AlloyBoltz? Good or bad? Or definitely open...
Any time I’ve taken my 40 to a show there are footprints on my running boards when I get back from wandering around looking at other peoples junk....
My wife owns, drives and does all the work on a 66 F100 (I call it a 65 when talking about it on the HAMB, but don’t tell anybody). Every single...
Just curious, does anyone have any first hand stories, memories or photos of Langhorne Speedway or Langhorne Speed Shop? I grew up in that area,...
Keep us posted on how things go with the insurance company. All the years I’ve been driving classics, customs and hot rods, I’ve never had to file...
That sucks, sorry to hear this. Glad you’re okay
https://medford.craigslist.org/pts/d/grants-pass-51-ford-flathead-4/7880712602.html
https://medford.craigslist.org/for/d/gold-hill-1950-ford-coupe-flat-head-v8/7879386549.html I’d scoop this up if I had the cash right now
No tunes for me in the hot rod, I need to be able to hear when parts fall of while going down the road, or when someone is honking their horn to...
Where’s all of the TROG pics? Did I miss a thread? This is the first year that I wasn’t able to attend… hoping to see some pics/coverage! If you...
Another vote for AD
I just turned 50 and was feeling old. I don’t feel so old anymore, so thanks guys
This is definitely on my list for next year. Let’s see some pics!!!
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