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Dumprat- where'd you find a 6-1 header?
UPDATE - I ran into a guy with a '57 chevy running a straight six with an Ellis twin pot like mine- he was running a pair of Carter AS carbs on...
Thanks for the replys...I'll try the rice thing 1st.
A few weeks ago when we had a huge downpour and the subsequent river that can run down the side of my house...our basement window blew in and we...
Bump- I've got a question for the masses, what if I found a set of 331 early{'53} heads with cracks between the spark plugs like my old spare 392...
Try those numbers across Tom langdon...he might know.
Hope all are well....a few weeks ago something like that happened round these parts...girl talking on a cell phone rearends a 55 chevy that hits a...
...yeah, seems I unknowingly did. Really didn't want all or any of us to get worked up over the whole thing...wanted a simple answer and found...
Well, let's be honest, if one is out dickin around and doing things he/she shouldn't be doing{burn outs, flame throwin', racing on the street}...
Actually that's where I'm headed with the car....lowered 3"-4"{nothing major} skirts, visor, spots, 39 ply dash w/ custom gauges, and custom...
Nice pic- 41 ply b/c body, but what's the grill?...looks like 50 ply?
Oh, while I'm back here, the vintage dispayed plate thing requires the front and rear plates just like the new issued ones do....Illinois just has...
Yeah, our local has a guy with a half natural and half white sided mustache...not sure what's the deal with that! They will do the title transfer...
"...As safe...", I think I'd want safer...at least for my 40 plymouth! As I was told by an email from the Illinois DMV, one can find "Illinois...
Ooooh, canted quads....nice! I've always liked those. -Are those real or dummy spots..just curious. -A 54 grill with extra teeth would be...
Wow, nice pics! Iteresting for me, being only 47yrs old, I guess I imagined more 40's cars being fixed up in the 40's but it was the earlier,...
Yeah, I get the sarcasm, but you know all the catch phrases for cars today....custom, ratrod, hot rod, street rod, pro steet, pro mod,...
...startin to see the 54 kaiser supercharger I have won't be correct then...oh well, I can live with that one...and maybe a few of your McColluch...
...hmmm, maybe I can fit in a catogory after all!..."hooch hauler" :D..thanks!
I understand the ford flathead V8 cars were the main cars to hop up, but before those were around in the early 40's they had to be messing with...
I just want to understand what it would be....
I'll be the oddball with a 6 banger here, but chrysler long blocks don't seem to be represented in this thread and she is a flathead after all......
I've heard for a while now about "traditional hotrod builds" and was wondering just what that entailed per the car's era, let's take my '40...
Awh man, I met alot of guys there-lol...give me more clues!...next time I need to see if I can meet some women- no offense guys. :D I want to see...
Isn't it ok since he has disc/drum...I thought the drums took more fluid travel, so to speak, than discs......so, to go to, say, dual discs, that...
The old 40s/50s mopars just don't look right without fenders...your car-your call, but imho, keep em on. That's my 2 cents, fwiw.
Cheap and easy, go a sbc with a GM OD trans..auto or manual...your call. If you want to be a semi purist, go sbm and an A500 or 518 mopar trans....
BTW- just curious, what motor/trans do you plan on using for you 50? I don't judge, if you want a sbc that's fine...if you want to keep a flathead...
As been said, your likely gearings are either 3:90 or 4:11 on that tapered rear axle. I got a 67 newport C body axle for my 40 plymouth- fits the...
Thanks Doc's...if I can find him here since he's a hamb member, my bud brett is trying to get into the voodoo kings club..he was at I/I in his 53...
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