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Looking forward to your progress! Keep the Infos coming.
It is out of another Dodge truck that had a Dodge engine whereas this Chrysler engine is out of a Canadian Dodge truck.
Yes, i always wireedge with a 4 mill aluminium wire. The sheetthickness is 2 mm.
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[ATTACH]It has been a while since the last Update. Just because i did not do anything to it. I moved house and shop 10 years ago and this project...
Yes Ejgil i sure am.... Watch my stuff on instagram.com/speedlookvintagemetal Hope you are doin allright.
Where did you get that tachdrive? Thank you
Looks like a hudson straight 8 to me.
All well done! I did a thread on allmetalshaping some time ago for a contest http://www.allmetalshaping.com/showthread.php?t=1812 A little...
Excellent turnout! Was a pleasure to punch for you :)
Thank you all for your help!
A friend of mine is redoing his straight 8 engine and needs main bearings for his crank. Any suggestions? All help appreciated.
We don't have a holiday here. I returned from Beaulieu Autojumble in England last night so i took a day off today for recovering ;)
Yes good stuff! you can even blast an assembled engine without any harm because the leftovers of the soda crystals are like powder and soluble....
We need UPDATES!
Ned: Yes i know Hubert and his son well.
Forgot to say it's a 1937 Rover.
Gary - its all stock! It's the original 6 cylinder engine/trans and the original frame. All needs to be reworked though... Surprisingly frame and...
[ATTACH] I'm in the process of building a Rover Special for a customer. It used to be a Sedan but the body was way beyond repair. I moved the...
GTL good time louvers they were from Sacramento. I bought their plans for the press and the standard 3 inch die in 1984. Bought 4 inch and the...
[ATTACH] Had some time today to work on the car. Started 2nd side of the cowl to be welded to the other half and riveted to the lower portion of...
What a great start!
Rest in peace bro
These are under goodrich patent produced wheels ,thats What it says on the wheels itself . Actually they were on a customers car when he bought...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Some pics of the grillshell. It is based on the mid thirties Millesr shells. Built from 1.5mm Aluminum riveted with 3mm...
Delco Lovejoy shocks..... Ally part is steeringcolumn support - under dash
Got some more pics of the fabbing of the 'cast ally firewall'.
Ok looks like there is some interest. Not sure if i took enough pics over the past 3 years - yes i took that long as i am only working saturdays...
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[ATTACH] Rolled the roadster out of the shop in the sunlight for the first time. Homemade Rigling/Henning style frame - welded from 5 mm Steel....
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