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Those look like some kind of static-display fake shock, not something actually intended for road use. The real thing:...
Think the 9in drums were made in at least three different widths from 2 1/2, 2, and 1 3/4 (maybe 1 7/8). Not aware of any drums that weren't 12in...
Hey, it's the internet, if you don't have your email searches set up on eBay (hint: '63-64 big Ford, especially wagon, and Mk1 Cortina but that's...
Yes it will be but make sure it's clean and that however you cleaned it doesn't drain out from inside.
There are so many considerations. Frontal area. Front-end lift. Rear-end lift. Lateral center-of-pressure in crosswinds. Etc. The Brits...
Anything that doesn't have DOHC, variable cam timing on all four bumpsticks, and direct-cylinder injection is 'obsolete'. Some would argue that...
Hmmm...interesting. Never paid attention to this. There's a few oddities that might not fit the pattern, the most common being the Boss 302...
Rotabroach, anyone? The conventional sort of steel-cup holesaw produces an approximation of a round hole, good enough at small sizes or for...
If you were a thousand miles closer I'd bring a trailer, a winch and a strap. It's worth digging out to see what the rest looks like, for sure.
That device was commonly called a 'Safety Braker' its purpose - if installed in the rear brake line as it typically would be - is to delay...
Can't speak for this specific setup, but most non-Detroit RWD vehicles - and many Detroit products - use two-piece driveshafts, due to...
On the Falcon/Fairlane-chassis cars, the term 'torque box' refers to a boxed section that ties the front subframe rails out to the rockers at the...
First off, this isn't a Summit kit, it's a Unisteer kit. Personal opinion: Unisteer is generally decent stuff. But...there's various kits from...
If it's an 8in you've got a 2.80, a VERY common gearset in that axle (as in most of the 289/302-slushbox compacts of the '60s-70s.) I'm trying to...
You mean POSITIVE caster will increase steering effort, I hope... I think he can get to where he wants by fiddling the pressure as noted above,...
Very sorry.
If it's a convertible or a rustbucket brace it. If it's a solid closed roof car then crossbracing is not needed but as others have noted pay...
No CNC machines were abused in the production of this film, that's for sure... Almost a 1920s feel to it, you could picture it being carved out...
Quite an effort. I'm sure it's a huge improvement over the M&B head. Y'know, there's probably a market out there (a small, but devoted one...)...
Yes, 'underslung' means that the frame is under the axle(s). This has been done at various times for most of the last hundred years, from the...
This is the sorta-Brooklands-ish roadster that started out in the brain as '93%-scale Napier-Railton', it's gone through a few conceptual...
Thanks again squirrel, a little more measuring and pulled the trigger on 09067/09196 outers and 15118/15244 inners via Amazon, we'll see if...
squirrel - thanks tons, that'll be a big help. It won't be a big problem to adapt the 1 3/16ID up to something a little larger, that'll make sure...
Okay, I haven't done a lot of googling on this so if there's obvious references gentle pointers would be appreciated. What I need is a reference...
Down here on the mid-Peninsula everyone felt it but there was no damage. Awakened from a sound sleep by the dogs leaping over me to get off the...
Nice car. My favorite postwar Chevy (well, okay, I like the '65-66 big car a lot too, and the '69 Camaro...) If it were mine I'd be going for...
Better too glossy than perfect flat clearcoat... Nice piece. Though given his background and where he went with his career I'd almost say his...
yeah, those are the good big 4-pot Kelsey-Hayes calipers, 64 or 65 thru 69 bird and mark III and the muscle parts Boss 302 TA kit.
If you have a megafuse in your main +12 circuit that drives the starter (like I do) it's somewhere between 150 and 200 amps, right? If that's...
Tailshaft bushing wear is a VERY common issue on T-5s in Fox Mustangs, for one. And make sure the yoke isn't sticking too far out of the...
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