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The airport is less than 2 miles from my house, It was really cool to see all the cars running through town. The plane flying over was really...
I looked for info everywhere, are the one piece wheels rare? Seems there are several conflicting stories about the gt's being an aluminum center...
Anyone, little help please;)
I bought these wheels today, I want to know exactly what they are. The have cragar gt center caps, but they are solid aluminum or magnesium. I do...
I don't remeber exactly what brought me to the hamb, I belive I was looking for interior ideas and stumbled on the sight, can't remeber now....
I love my lincoln 255, best suggestion is to buy the most you can get with the money you have. I bought mine used on craigslist for 1000, the...
1/2-20 fine thread tap will tap fine in your lathe, the tap that you have is a hand tap from snapon. You will want to go as fast as you are...
it is the 349. I had a 553 here also and mixed up the numbers. Any more info would be appreciated.
Thanks for the reply, any one else with some thoughts?
I tried doing a search to no avail, heres my questions. 1. I have an edelbrock tripower #349 for a 49-53 flathead, what are the two holes in the...
I know of a Tom Cherry, cast in Muncie indiana. Two 81's with sp tops. Will get a camera over there next time I go.
I am pretty sure that it is not a factory rebuild as it has a 4" crank and has also been ported and polished. There is also no tag on the bell....
Sounded like a reasonable decision, but there are no markings on the face of the cam. Any other ideas?
I recently bought a 59ab flathead, came with a complete frame to a 48 Merc. To my surprise the engine has adjustable lifters and appears to have...
Hot chips in the ear really hurt like hell:eek:
I had never heard of Franklin, let alone seen one in person. I did not know how rare it was, or was not. I also knew the whippets aren't as...
I started out as a mold designer, then got into setting up and programming cnc's. I have worked with just about any type of maaterial, worst...
What I used for high speed machining, in a mill, is heat shrink toolholders. Basically the toolholders are made .0005" smaller than the tool you...
Not sure how rare it actually is, but I saw a 1924 franklin over the weekend. The same person also has a 1930 packard, 1928 buick, 193? Whippet...
I had a piece of aluminum square that was 46" by 46" (yes almost 4 feet:)) by 9 inches tall that I had to cut round to 45.5" with a parabolic...
C9, My opinion on the aluminum is that it is cheap enough to buy exactly what you want instead of getting something that may or may not work, but...
I appreciate your ideas on quality, I am a perfectionest myself. The thing that pisses me off is, being that I am 30 years old, I get grouped...
Here is an updated pic of my truck, hopefully getting plates and insurance this week.
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