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Thanks for the response. These are the same issues I’m having. Good shops are now closed because the owner died, in one case my buddy took a 428...
Still waiting for phone numbers for these machinists. I can drive. Nashville, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis….
The voice of reason, 38Chevy454. Such a rarity on web boards. I get nostalgia, just not for everything. Would love to see contact info for...
One of my trucks is already back on the road, some here may say an act of blasphemy was required. Pulled a set of Vortecs off a ‘98 Tahoe several...
Exactly. I’ve been given the names of a couple of places that specialize in race engines. I’ve been told that won’t mess with these old heads, but...
And there we have it. Kentucky ain’t California and every machine shop experience I’ve had here—or even heard about—was a tragedy. My next build...
This was probably decided years ago and I just never got the memo. In the last couple weeks I have pulled apart a couple engines I was running...
Electric choke Holley. No other choice. These manifolds never come with the provision for a divorced choke because Vortec heads have no provision...
Putting Vortec heads on an earlier 350 block for a vintage truck that will be required to go to Home Depot occasionally in the winter. I’ve run...
Manual choke conversion? That’s just quitter talk. I thought we were all gluttons for punishment here… Voltages and everything else has been...
Linkages and pull off are good. Years ago I had a whole series of 70s Cads and I had no problem dealing with them, even though they didn’t come...
I still have a couple vintage trucks with quadrajets, although I think it’s getting near the end of the line. I’ve been pretty good with them, but...
8BA flathead and '39 trans for sale. Engine has never been run or installed. Built it for a '41 tudor project, but car has been sold. Engine came...
Last bump before it goes on……<sigh>…….Craigslist and Marketplace, and I have to deal with all that. Rather make a deal with one of you guys....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] More pics. Engine that could be part of a package is an 80 over 8BA with a Merc crank. Stainless...
Weeding out the projects. My dad did this car basically as you see it now back in the late 80s. He moved on to other things, by '94 it was sitting...
Thanks for the help. Dumb question, what do you use to seal up bad insulation? Thanks... A couple more pics. I added the on/off switch and...
Maybe somebody can point me the right direction. Need info on redoing an old Kingston-Conley motor on a 30s or 40s compressor. It's basically a...
Thanks HRP, may be just what we were looking for.
I’ve not been in contact with any local groups yet and am a little hesitant to just start cold calling. I’m not really involved in local groups....
This car. Eighties hot rod, been off the road 30 years. Formerly supercharged flathead, only have the block now.[ATTACH]
HAMBers: I am interested in finding a list of car clubs that are very primarily focussed on doing legitimate charity work, if they exist. I have...
Thanks, Jon.The only Carters I've run were manual choke AFBs, so I'm a little behind the knowledge curve here. Most of my experience is with...
The conversion kits are for performer carbs, but I’ve seen them used on older AFBs. They seem to use the vacuum port with an o-ring. The choke...
On an engine build I'm going to end up using an Edelbrock #7116 intake for Vortec heads. It has the square carb flange. Normally I run Qjets but...
That is pretty wild! I had actually read about the Super Turbine 300 in "the book" and learned to identify them since this junkyard I was in had...
Ok, I got everything. The wire going to the solenoid had some damage. The pan on this one was a little different with a filter canister to the...
The book doesn't really talk about converting a Chevy to SP, just mostly about the theory and differences and why it's such a sweet deal. Also he...
Thanks for the info. I used to know this stuff pretty well 15 plus years ago when I was sort of actively looking for one of these cars, but it...
The only good case I have is a '74.
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