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100 bucks for core aluminum glides.
Crate over rebuild? Probably cheaper and faster to get the car up and running again.
Depending on the night, you had the movie serial, or dinner ware give aways too. Ate alot of chicken dinners off of the old Ventian movie house...
Read about them 10-15 years ago. Definately marched to their own drummer. Innovation by necessity. Helped that their driver was absolutely...
My first car was more sheet metal repair than alteration. But it was a good teaching experience. It clearly showed me I had neither the patience...
At that asking price he won't have to worry about memories. He'll be staring at 'em face to face every time he goes in the shop...
I spoke with guys that drove roadsters and midgets back in the day with the form fitting rollbars that were about 2" off the body work. They...
hows about you measure inside the frame where you want to box, then cut some 3/16 or 1/4 inch thick flat stock and weld it in? Maybe nowdays they...
eyes on the prize... [ATTACH]
Damn SandCrab, does that body take me back. In my young and foolish days I saw a body just like that mounted on a trailer at an outdoor winter...
After my years of being 'restrained' in a Sprint car, I discovered that rollbar padding helped you look better than you felt. Kinda like when a...
decisions...desicions.... [ATTACH]
I'm one of those nightmare wiring guys that get bitched about here, but with a difference. My jobs are neat, and soldered with the proper...
With all the tools available to buyers nowdays there is no reason to get fucked in an automotive purchase. If you're not sure what you're looking...
misery loves company... [ATTACH]
After seeing your pics, if it was in my shop I'd open up the front wheel openings a bit and stuff 15x10 steel wheels up there and 15x12's in the...
Hopefully most. Body works easier. And you can use the chinese steel for patch panels on 'real' henry 32's to keep those 'real'.
no bumper..
Here ya go, simple but effective. Make your own history.... [ATTACH]
Back when I was doing the towing thing pretty much dailythey were called 'old trucks' cuz you didn't have the scratch for a new truck. Let's...
Broderick Crawford. Highway Patrol.
Congrats. So this must be a good (as in no bashing) Speedway month... check.
why not measure what you already have? sometimes thinking for yourself is a good thing....
^^^^^^^^^^^^ looks like your tow rig broke and somebody's got to get to a bathroom....
I'd take it where it's never been. Pan American or Pikes Peak. Create your own history.
Yeah I thought about those too......
The very first motor/tranny swap I did for money was on a 39 Plymouth sedan. Customer demanded minimum alteration so it could be returned to...
And one more piece of advice. If you want to play in this sandbox, you better have real deep pockets and real thick skin. This place just loves...
Buy the done car you want from somebody who 'needs to sell' more than you 'need to buy'.
the search engine is your friend. but i'll tell ya, you'll have a hell of a time finding that 350/350 combo right after WW2 in any junk yard. Or...
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