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Long beach swap rules! I've pulled some treasures out of veterans stadium. Even when i don't find anything it's a great excuse to wake up early,...
Read the vw book if you haven't already. It's what started me down this path many years ago. IMHO, the best auto repair manual ever written.
Pop off for sure on anything but a full on race car. I installed a wieand pop off on a manifold that had provisions for neither. The first time...
I used a port-a-power on the bottom, pie cuts on the top. Be gentle with the port-a-power, I used it to get that last 1/8th inch or so. It all...
Maybe it was the car whining because it hated you for putting a gay fake blower on it.
Interesting question....although I do think numbers-matching-muscle-car-guys need psychiatric help. They probably think we're nuts too I'm...
Even better, be like my psycho drunken neighbor and put a Lexus engine in it. That would be fucking fantastic!!! Talk about hate...
HIGH SPEED KILLS! Be slow and safe-drive a ford.
Just ordered my catalog, the Mickey Thompson mini bike did it for me. Aim low, right?
Bring a wagon and then stand right in front of me, like every other a-hole.
Here's my Mickey Bike. I found it last month at the swap meet.
Way cool, looks a little Ed Roth.
Go to any of the model a parts suppliers and order the correct parts. My decklid was pretty rusty so I had to remake the plates for the pins to...
The origional set up works very well, why mess with it? I understand if you are trying to do something trick or custom, but if not why use ladder...
Great post, thanks for sharing that.
Thanks for all the feedback. What I've learned so far is that these were made by Jim Dugan Ent. in Long Beach for King O Lawn in a few different...
Here is a picture of the '67 catalog. I got it from an old ebay add.
I found this today at Long Beach Vets. I have never seen one before and had to have it. Anyone know anything about these? I Googled it and didn't...
Bitchin!!! I love it.
I bought their direct port injection kit for my '90 chevy truck and found it to be a worthless piece of shit. After numerous calls to their tech...
Sunday, June 14 is Long Beach High Performance swap meet at Veteran's Stadium.
It really likes to go sideways when I punch it, I like to pretend I'm Wild Willie Borsch driving the Winged Express. :)
[ATTACH] Who cares if it's not traditional "enough" for some of these guys, you'll blow their doors off!
The guy i bought my a coupe body from told me the exact same thing "you'll never finish it." That ended up being great motivation for me,...
Not trying to hijack your thread but I had a similar experience with Holley. I bought a Holley HP electric pump while I was building my car. About...
check out Dragstuff.com, look under "Racing articles-spark plug reading 101." Really good information.
that front suspension is really different, can you please explain it? how does it work?
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