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Folks Of Interest 20 years ago today ....
Twenty years of HAMB today !
Thanks to every one of you !
Twenty more ??? -
Technical My Media Blast Cabinet
Thought I would share with you guys my media blast cabinet.
This started as 275 Gal. fuel/oil heating tank, from back in the day.
It was built by an old-time welding shop near me, sometime in the... -
Projects ‘60’s Monster Car T-Bucket Build
Hey guys, I wanted to introduce my latest project, a ‘23 T-Bucket. This is a real deal 60’s built hot rod. We are about to go pretty wild with it and add some Ed Roth style treatment.
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Projects New to me ‘49 Pontiac Coupe
Saw this car on marketplace for a couple months. Not very good pics or info so passed it by. Couple price drops got me looking at it again. I didn’t know much at all about Pontiac’s of this era. I... -
Surfacing Cylinder Heads With Sandpaper and Granite Surface Block...
I'm building a mild (9:1, maybe 325 hp?) AMC 360 on a budget and would like to surface the cylinder heads in my shop with granite surface plates. The heads are slightly warped - .0025" on one and... -
Technical Harbor Freight December deals
This is NOT for guys who wouldn't set foot in Harbor Freight to save their lives! But for the rest of us, these are pretty fair deals on good tools.
First is their 29 piece Titanium drill bit... -
Art & Inspiration FOUND: Dave Bell Original Art
Here is something I found over the weekend here in Detroit. I think it is something special. Original art from hot rod artist Dave Bell (1939-2012). Large and in charge. It looks like the... -
Hot Rods Old Car Market
I know there's already a thread about this. Built my first hot rod in 1970 so I've sold a few. It's my personal opinion that if so many guys didn't have a (The Sky Is Falling) attitude the market... -
Technical Radiator core shortening- Can it be done?
Dilemma one: I have a brand new (old stock) Walker ‘32 radiator. Unfortunately it’s stock height. And, as you know that doesn’t work with a A-body on ‘32 rails. It sits about 2- 2.5”s too high.... -
Hot Rods DONE... JUST... RIGHT ... A BONE
Every now and then someone steps out of the belly button box.. and does what they want... and it's JUST!!! then looking at it ... it's "RIGHT"... and it's "DONE"
this a BONE IT DONE JUST RIGHT...... -
Technical Well I went and did it !
So looking into what I need done and what I have to do to stuff my 383 into the 56 I stumbled across a 261 and a “ home brewed tri-carb intake with Fenton manifokds and full exhaust system so a... -
Art & Inspiration TRJ #87
Just got an E-Mail that #87 has shipped. -
Technical Redrilling axles
Wanted to pass this along as I've heard people over the years discuss bolt pattern changes on their hot rod, either ford to Chevy or vice versa. Lately I have delved deeper into the topic than I... -
Art & Inspiration What Auto Parts do you have as Decoration in your House
I have a few Auto related parts that I have as decoration in my house. A Mobile gas pump topper, made into a light, mounted on a block of cherry wood. An ECO Tireflator that I restored, and was...
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