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@anthony myrick , thanks for being an influential HS teacher, and for sharing your "curriculum" with us. Whatever engine/trans this car gets,...
@Bill's Auto Works and @Don Moyer are in that area and might know.
They end all their sentences with, "but it could use a little more power."
Inline six and three-on-the-tree.:cool: I'd drive it.:D
If you want something unique, make your own. I mocked these up with coat hangers, then made them with a Lincoln 140 MIG welder & tubing from...
Post a picture of what your car to look like. Most answers you'll get will be 15" or 16". However, overall tire diameter- not wheel diameter-...
Call me Ishmael. Or Dr Love. Or Mister Tibbs. Or Just Gary.:)
I'm not a body guy, but I'd lean towards cutting the door, then welding & grinding a new edge on it. Using a porta-power to move the A-pillar...
Me & my '74 Midget in Groton, CT in 1983, complete with BF Goodrich T/As on Cragar SSTs. It didn't have any top-end, but on- and off-ramps were a...
@D-Russ 's "Miss Vicky":cool:
If you include your city & state on your profile page, it'll be displayed on your posts. You might be surprised- There may be fellow HAMBers...
I'd love to drive any of these:cool: : [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
BTTT :confused:
Can you make the slot a bit longer so it pivots a few degrees more, without weakening the bracket? I'd be reluctant to heat the tube for fear of...
Cool car. And the Cragars make it even better!:cool: I spent a lot of time at North Island & 32nd street bases back in the '80's & '90's.:) Can...
Beautiful!:cool:
Thanks, guys.:) Now to replace the 97-year-old threads: [ATTACH]
X2 what @RodStRace just said.
The plan from the beginning was for a vinyl covered roof. I stretched stock Model A "long-grain cobra vinyl" on a scrap lumber frame. [ATTACH]...
I don't ask lawyers for their opinions on traditional hot rods. Nor do I ask hot rodders for legal opinions.
Caster is the angle between a line that's perpendicular to the ground and the front spindles. It should be between 5-10 degrees. You can measure...
Beautiful! The chop looks suspiciously like the 554 Fuel Coupe's. :cool::cool::cool::cool:
BTTT:cool:
Why not buy two 20" beds and 'glass them together into one long one? You can make it as long as you want.
That's exactly how my wife describes me.:rolleyes:
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here's how I did mine: • I practiced on the back sides of my wife’s minivan tires. :eek: • Like bodywork, use...
1) Add a full louvered hood. 2) Swap wheels & tires for steelies & block pattern dirt trackers. 3) Dietz headlights. 4) Add front & rear nerf...
I believe it’s the first car to beat a quarter horse in a standing start race. :cool:
Wow- thanks for sharing! Was the orange roadster at 7:10 built by Magoo? I also saw Li'l John Buttera's white roadster at 7:17.:cool:
Great post! :cool: Thanks for sharing the realities of cross-country trips; late night thrashes, roadside repairs, etc.
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