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I got a belt.
Hail to the Chief. Pat Ganahl Word Puzzle Here is a list I made (Nerd!) of all the words that I had to look up that are from Pat’s articles. In...
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Wow, you have some real power compared to mine. Power brakes, too. I would like to have the un-cut Studie back, like your avatar, today. Mine is...
Hi Folks, I never was a hell raiser, but have any of you off-roaders done this? [ATTACH] Spare Tire Fun Hey, I was 15! Sometime after I got the...
Happy Birthday Big! If you read this, we pitted by you at the Nostalgia Nationals, Fremont, May 1, 1988. You were doing a smoke show with the...
Merry Christmas Spooky, Here is a toy my grandfather had stored. I'll bet he is happy to be out. the left front wheel is broken, but it still...
Random Quotes My 60 years of Automotive exploits. “The Bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hi Folks, How about if you only have welding rods and slot car parts? Oh, and a brown shoelace.
Great video, When I was in Palm Springs in 1969 a friend had a Galaxy with a 352 that I would swap with my '55 Chevy on different days for fun. it...
Hi Folks, just a little fun from something I wrote a while back. Real Hot Rodders · Think $2700 for a set of rims is stupid (Kinda dated...
Watched the whole story, pretty good except the "Supercharger" bit.
That is a great find. Dave immortalized my Coupe and my friends twice in Henry Hirise artwork., Street Rodder 1985, '86. When I was at Sacramento...
How about some extra teeth?[ATTACH]
Somethin' from nothin', my Homage to you , Sir. Bob
Which is it? Bogies or Bogy's The 409 A without the numbers.[ATTACH]
Great! My favorite car with my favorite engine. Like that 409X425 plate!
How about some name cred for these fantastic artists? Sagebrush and Herb Martinez. [ATTACH]
Wow, I remember as a kid the Sears 'Silent Guardsman' tires out of the 1300 page catalog. With those funny squiggles on the tread. Also the 'Rivet...
Or as Frank Barone said, "Holy Crap!".
Great story, The days of innovation.
Continuing Joey's thoughts on a Car's History. Transcribed from a story written in 2004 By 409 Bob I am the owner of the ‘Legendary Schithead...
Hi Folks, More pics from my visit. A couple of never before seen pictures of Jocko's VW. That's a lot of body work. He said it belonged to his...
Clint Howard is a mechanic (Rughead) in "The Wraith" who builds an engine to race with he says, "A new turbo" pointing at a big block with a 6-71...
Whoa! Never heard about the Tank Motor, I wish I could have asked him about that. There is a previous thread about all this, I just found. More...
I forgot to mention in the story that Jocko said that the plans for his cam-engine would be common knowledge and anyone interested could share...
Hi Folks, Here is a little visit with my Dad's friend Jocko Johnson in the desert. Bob...
Billy, Get you one of these. Blue Point #YA 811 (Snapon).[ATTACH]
Hi Srfnken, Beautiful job. I had to trim some off the outer edge as well, backing plate clearance. Did it on the brake lathe at work. Drilled them...
Hi Folks, My two cents: When I worked at Chevy in 1978-82, they had a kit for heat soak. It put that "Ford" solenoid inline with the purple wire...
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