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A manx norton is a really nice looking motorcycle. I think that is a reasonable point. If it was me and I had a motor that was together or...
A Triumph 650 rod length is 6.50" with a stroke of just under 3.25", not exactly a short rod. Not to mention that this is an 8000 rpm engine,...
They aren't blown, but the ones I have are all 9.5:1 or higher compression ratio. Early models mostly were low compression (into the mid 60's)....
I've never seen or heard of a machinst using a drift to remove valves, even if they were stuck.
Triumph, norton, BSA, and other brit bikes run aluminum rods with a steel cap stock. Not just one or two models, pretty much all of them. One of...
Were you eating M&M's when you put the motor together? Probably one bouncing around in the number 6 cylinder......gotta be more careful with your...
You can never have too many tools (take it from someone who has three roll-aways of hand tools)...plus if you didn't even know about a tappet...
I'm guessing in-between the frame rails and at the front of the car respectively...
I have a little under 8K in my A coupe. It has a 283 with a four speed, I also have a 4X2 that is ready to run that I need to put on it. It...
I'm running a 283 with flat tops and power pack heads in my Model A. Granted it's a light car, and has 3.73 gears in the rear, but I am very...
The company I work for simply farms out all of the "enviornmentally harmful" parts of the company to other states, Texas mostly. A friend of...
Thats called supply and demand. They have it, you don't. I hate it when people tell me how much I should sell my parts for. Let them hock...
Maybe this yard is different but here it goes anyway... Locally there is a yard that has a bunch of 40's, 50's and 60's cars and trucks. I went...
I have a set of flowmasters that I am very happy with, but they are the 3 chamber type that are also larger than normal. They are the quietest...
Its amazing how expensive any zagato-bodied car has gotten. About 7 years ago I was looking at a double-bubble with the pushrod engine in it for...
I bought a set of front quarter panel patches for my 31 coupe from Harrys Early Ford Parts and they fit OK. At least the bead was the right size....
I'm not sure about Sac. but I have run at sonoma before (its been a while though) and the cage requirements were something like 11.99 and faster...
I'm running a 39 box in my A. I have a 283 not a flathead, but I had to joint the shaft, because otherwise it went right by one of the ports....
I didn't pull the rear out of the car it was in, so I have no idea if the spring is the original, or if it has had leafs removed. But the spring...
Like this? By the way, mine has seven leafs. [ATTACH]
It does look pretty big, but hey it is pretty big. I can't mount it down low because it is too big! It almost fits but the post/boss on the...
The belt that is on it is one I had laying around and is too long. The alternator will sit a bit to the left when I get the right (shorter) belt...
So I mounted this chrysler unit instead. I still need to make another bracket for the adjustment, but I think I like it. I know that the water...
I have a south bend 9" with an aloris and a kdk quick change. The tooling is really what will break the bank. An aloris tool post holder with...
It actually doesn't pop much. The welding supply that I bought it from said it could be used for both TIG and O/A, but then again, I have been...
Bingo! Steel molecules change their orientation with temperature. The crystalline structures are known as body centered cubic and face centered...
1/4" thick. Thats why I didn't box it except for at the front where the motor mounts are. I like it because then the fuel lines/brake lines etc...
If I remember right the tank was about 10 gallons. Really not that big, but I don't mind stopping to get gas. The Hot Rod Company sells mounts...
Appliance...
I figured that it is probably time to show some pictures of what I've been working on. I've got a coupe body that came from Sawracer here on the...
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