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I fitted a driver's door lock to my 1954 Holden ute years ago but hardly ever locked the doors. The battery isolation switch and the manual...
Pre-emptive text wins again?
Maybe the original bolt has snapped off and is still in there?
Very early in our relationship (33 years ago) my wife saw a Kenworth truck cruising through the main street of Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia) and...
Some like the patina but not me. I'm not a Ford person but the finished job looks just right.
Yep. My wife snuck out with it and had it engraved for my 60th birthday. 7 years ago, time flies. I've entered for Mildura nostalgias.
Hey Harv, if you look close at my avatar you'll notice the orange fuel tank. That was made from an old b.b.q. bottle. Heavy little bugger. I got a...
How does he stay so slim after all these years?
Waste of a good spanner if you ask me.
Possibly that brass was actually bronze which if I remember is brass mixed with tin? Metallurgy gurus please correct me if I'm wrong.
It's either that way with what's available or walk home?
Aren't Jaguar same stud pattern as Chev?
Windscreens were still tempered in Australia well into the late '70s and early eighties. Seat belts were compulsory from 1971 so faceplanting a...
Brass is hot-short if I remember correctly which means if you heat the fitting it will snap.
Before I fired this thing up, I had a parrot sitting on my shoulder. I wonder where it went?
Drove trucks for 40 plus years, jumped down from flatbed trailers unloading, fell off trailers while unloading and had dust ups off dirt bikes...
Yes, I thought the switch that was posted would do the job, I have a habit of thinking out loud when posting. It's how I suss things out to myself...
I see, said the blind man who couldn't really see at all. Sorry, couldn't resist using that old chestnut. They only magneto I've had anything to...
Hey Harv, have you checked with IHRA regarding using a magneto? If they are allowed, doesn't the cut off have to be accessable by track staff? Not...
I've used Paypal for probably 15 years and haven't been scammed yet nor have I scammed anyone. I'm in Australia and have bought parts from the USA...
I spoke to a brake specialist about a similar issue a few years back. He told me " The larger reservoir is for the front disk brakes and the...
I put 1 litre of diesel or sometimes kero, depending on what I've got, with 10 litres of petrol in the old grey Fergie. It doesn't slow the old...
Not entirely sure but those eco techs had a timing belt that ran with oil around them and therefore stretched or broke throwing timing and valves out.
I've done between 600-700 passes since I started drag racing at age 54, I'm now 67. My HA/GR has no electronic aids, manual gearbox with a street...
Sounded good. I bet it's not the last time you do it.
Whatever you do, watch out for the drag racing bug. When it bites you'll be hooked forever. Enjoy yourself.
I'd grab it if I was closer.
No problem. I know how you feel. If I stop racing my HAMBster I'll probably hang it from the shed roof rather than sell it. I had such a blast...
The red ones go faster.
Plus a 3/4 drive set for working on the Fergie tractor.
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