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Sorry, I don't care for it. Start at the rear with the rearend too wide and the tires too small to the front with those ugly headlights. The...
I think the wide rear rims came about with the availability of the L-60 Englewood tire. That would have been somewhere after 1965 if my memory is...
I see Curt put up the pictures that he's been taking the last couple weeks. We're finishing the wiring ,brakes and steering then on to the...
I don't care for it and enjoyed the old format much ,much better !!! I find that I spend much less time here and really, .from my perspective,...
yes it does have a new shift shaft that has to be installed.
Finally got it to download but it took a long, long, long time !
Can't get it to download !
What a great story with the photos to let us see the construction !
To me the narrow line whitewalls say early 60's not 1956.
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Love the bar grille in the first photo but the paint job is a little too far out for me !!!
I read a article once showing the NHRA Safty Safari at the Sioux City dragstrip in the mid 50's so the strip would date back to at least that...
The ends of the flippers do not look like the ends of my Olds flippers.
All I can say is "WOW" !!!
THAT'S A INTERESTING POST AND i HOPE MORE PEOPLE CHIME IN WITH ADDITIONAL HISTORY!
I don't think that the short distance between the pump and the carb would have a preesure drop. If I was concerned I would want the guage as close...
I'm just kidding chubbie, you're welcome in by shop anytime !
The fuel pump creates the fuel pressure therefore the pressure regulator must be between the pump and the carb.
I'll try to remember that chubbie but you realize how forgetfull us "old guys " are , ha !!!
This is taking a lot longer then I hoped. Had some medical problems , had to have the nerves lasered off my lower back so I could get around and ,...
If I saw a 55' or 56' Ford cruising in the late 50's or early 60's heres what I would have seen : lowered in front, chrome wheels or maybe 57'...
That thing just flows from front to back !!!
I switched to synthetic oil in a built 440 Mopar. Suddenly had lifter noise. Talked to the engine builter and he explained to me that the...
I know this will sound stupid but I believe the tach needle being eratic is the give-a-way, something is wrong with the battery. I had a similiar...
That car has a lotta potential to be so cool !!!
From Chuck Berry's " No Particular Place To Go " to the Beach Boys " Little Deuce Coupe " . That to me was the golden era of hot rodding !!!
I've seen two. One , a hardtop bought brand new by a guy I new. I always wondered why he didn't wait for the 396 but I think it was a graduation...
Early 60's was VHT white.
I've had five of them over the years. They had great driveability with good performance and excellent gas mileage. All were automatics with a 3:23...
That's the Cafe used in the Old Home Bread ads isn't it ?
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