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Let me fill you in: I am an insurance agent in the state of Indiana. (No I will not answer your insurance questions. No I will not try to fine...
Contact Doug Wildrick at Wildrick Rubber Products at www.wrphet.com Trust me when I say he has everything for a Hudson that you may need. First...
I listen to the neighbors bitch that I'm in the garage working on something.... We have a bunch of stuffy bitches in my neighborhood that have...
In Late 1970 or Early 1971 Pontiac used the Chevrolet Powerglide as a stop-gap measure due to shortages of the turbo 350 & 400. It was only used...
Well first thing is this is not a Terraplane, its a 1937 Hudson Eight sedan. These have a longer wheelbase for the 8 cylinder to fit. The Hudson...
the two speed was the Super Turbine/Super Turbo Hyrodmatic 300 2 speed that Buick designed and built before they came out with the Turbo 350 in...
Russian knock-off of the 55-56 Packards actually looks pretty good for a Commie rip-off. Never have I seen a wagon version. Was this one done as a...
With me its a different kind of mad... always brought on by the piece of crap I am working on. I have had cars that I work well with and then...
I am totally normal. The rest of the worlds population is totally wacked out of their gourds baby!
wonder if that's where the old commercial got its saying from: "It's ribbed for Her pleasure"
Sometimes I totally amaze myself with my utter stupidity. Other times I walk away thanking the guardian angle that is looking out for my dumb a$$....
I bought a 390 out of a 61 Starliner in the early 1980's that had this very intake on it from a junkyard. Be sure to measure the throttle bores...
Shoot that paint will buff out... guys around here would want $90K or more just because the paint can still shine, its a 62 Chevy convert and a SS...
I would go with the B&M Transpak set up. It has all the springs, spacer plates and other items needed to give you the full hard shift to second...
Yes this is true. The Hudson engineer that did the design of it had the prototype engine for years in his garage. He did not stay at AMC after the...
In high school I was a Pontiac Nut big time. Ran them until about 1987 when I got married and sold off all of my remaining Pontiac stuff I had...
The guys that built this in England had a bunch of photos and videos of this little beast while they were building it. I followed it closely...
Ford of Canada sold the Meteor Rideau like the photo[ATTACH]
I am surprised we don't see more older guys with eye patches on due to this photo.... just saying if I was alive back then I would have blinded...
three retractables and a wood wagon... that was one expensive trailer load back in the day. And to top it off its being pulled by a 56 COE...
That is the sexiest thing I have seen in a long time...
I did it on the flathead Hudson engine in the Pacemaker and it went 3/10ths quicker in the 1/8 mile. I aimed the open end of the gap into the...
I will never understand why Chevrolet didn't drill, tap and use a bolt to retain the dampers on the small blocks from day one. I have spun off and...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] My dad, Ralph Alden of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma bought this 1956 Chevy Bel Air brand new and had a guy that worked for him...
the only thing I am sorry about is all those poor old guys back in the day that got their eyes poked out....Man there had to be a whole bunch of them!
[IMG] I have wanted one of these since I road in one that belonged to a friend of my dad's in 1966. It was the 3-speed overdrive version and man...
Around here they would ask at least $35,000 for that and fully expect to get it!
I look back on the death of print as a sad day. My memories about getting the first issue of Car Exchange with the Hudson on the cover when I was...
Here in Indiana we use to never change time which was fan-fracking-tastic! then sometime just before 2009 it all went to hell in a handbasket...
bought a 69 Cougar coupe with a 428 CJ and a c-6 for $300 that was setting in a guys back yard. It belonged to his brother and he bought it new...
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