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Three very nice OEM Ford 15"x 5 1/2" wide steel wheels. 5 x 5 1/2" bolt circle, 3 3/4" backspace, 3 3/8" center hole. Local pickup probably best...
Two fan idlers made from shortened fan mount generators. Both are nice and turn smoothly with no play. One has a single belt pulley, one has no...
32 bent rear spring, 12 leaves, I've been tripping over this for years. SOLD. THANKS HAMB. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Right and left door shells, remarkably straight and solid, many years shed storage. Right door is missing vent wing, both have side glass, working...
Hardly exotic but unusual by todays standards, this is a 1936 Chrysler Corp. mechanically (no electric switches and solenoids, just a push/pull...
Here's my unrestored '35 PJ deluxe coupe [ATTACH][ATTACH]
A friend (British car guy) had heard a rumor about some cars in the basement of a defunct car dealership in central Ohio, so we checked it out...
I found three of these Autolite Point Guards in a box of ignition parts I bought years ago at a swap meet. I'm not quite sure how it works, but...
Actually, the trip to Dearborn was fairly stressful as far as I was concerned. We'd done a lot of mechanical and electrical work on the car, and...
In the mid 1970s, I worked at a shop that specialized in antique Rolls restoration. After a week of 16 hour days and frantic preparation, I was...
My old MOPAR flathead six has a grease fitting on the water pump. The factory manual specifies "water pump" grease only. Does anyone know what...
I just paid $64.00 for 60" tall (I think it's a 330) bottle of argon/co2 mix, $45.00 cylinder test fee and tax for a total of $116.90. I had to...
About ten years ago at the MOPAR Nats in Columbus, OH, I had a really nice, 10K mile, white '66 Belvedere II hardtop for sale in the car corral....
Thanks for asking. Drove 41 miles and made it home without a problem other than a vibrating rear u-joint. Here's a few more pictures.[ATTACH]...
I'm inspired. After two months of serious prepping, I on my way to a local cruise-in in my '35 Plymouth coupe. 12.7k miles and unbelievably...
Here's a couple of pictures of my stock coil with the resistor in place.
I bought a two owner, 30K mile, untouched '73 340 Dart Sport back around 1997. I pulled the back seat out looking for a build sheet, but couldn't...
This is my mostly original '36 coupe with a '58 Dodge 230 flathead. Plans are to install the '36 only Warner Gear T86-1A 30% overdrive...
According to my Chrysler Corporation Production Option Code Book 1962-1965 ( 3rd edition published 1999, copyright by Galen V. Govier) your tag...
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Excellent advice in both of your posts. After 40 years of body work, I now find I prefer preservation type unrestored cars. I'm better able to...
First vote for me.
I bought a spark intensifier at the custom car show at the Cincinnati Music Hall early in 1965. Put it on my 241 '54 Dodge hemi in the parking...
Although my dad wasn't really a car enthusiast, but he was a stickler for maintenance and did almost all his own, even minor body work. This is my...
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