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I found a few pdf links to Holman Moody articles. V8 falcon and A/FX Mustang....
The OP was interested in Truck Arms. Here's a video with Junior Johnson and his 1963 Impala SS which was the first use of them.[ATTACH] [MEDIA]
Hydraulic clutches are older than people think.
Look like Mels Drive-In is returning.....in HO scale anyway. [img] http://www.moebiusmodels.com/ourkits/kits/productpage-mels.html This...
If you care that much about it, sleep in it. Better yet, keep it in storage and just show people pictures of it. It might get worn out, or in an...
I was a garbageman for a few years and some trucks were converted to RHD using chains and sprockets and a second steering column. If the city...
And probably solid spark plugs as well. I try to use factory stuff whenever possible. They are made to last the warranty. Aftermarket stuff is...
updated; http://www.monroe.com/assets/downloads/english/08_MountingLengthSheet.pdf
I read somewhere that it was the same stuff they drop on forest fires, mixed with the water. First drain most of your antifreeze. Water cools...
You can get clear magnifying lenses that fit into the welding helmet behind the tinted glass. Try different ones in the store at the distance you...
I heard about this years ago and filled the rockers of my unibody car. Unfortunately all the drain holes were blocked. Any water that got in...
..."I know all about cars"...
Roll Center is a mathematical point around which the suspension pivots. Roll Axis is a line between front and rear points, around which the car...
And the bigger the master cylinder bore the harder it is to push it.
What you found is their nest. They use rusted metal to build a cocoon. Get rid of it before they hatch and spread.
Speaking of 'Seeing the Puddle'... [img] Kind of hypnotic. When it's hard to see I put a halogen worklight onto the piece. Either 300W or 500W....
That's a nice shape for a phone.
The driving school car. He had a fleet of 69 camaros. Hulk green in color. Musta been a copo. They were old then, and soon he had Vegas. Years...
Ricks Garage shouldn't be allowed around tools, or anything sharp. I was using a super thin cutting disc on an angle grinder and it kicked back....
The gigantic Nemos Car from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. And they built it for real. [img] I like these huge beasties, like the one from...
I've had several aftermarket ones. They work okay, but if something goes bad "they don't sell parts for that model anymore. Why not buy our new...
Drive to the big library to get manuals to fix something. Pay for parking and a membership. Wait for the one book you need to come back from some...
Magic? The big piston/little piston thing has been around in industry. I had a temp job in a shop where a gizmo took in shop air on one side...
Maybe the culture was different in Oz. I never lived it, yet can relate to the 'teenage experiences'.
They cut it pretty bad. And cut out swearing and non-PC words, like 'spastic'. Milner is now a 'plastic creep'. Falfa says his car is 'plain...
None of the people in that world seems to notice Gumby is a horribly deformed green monstrosity.
400 bucks for that rod? It was a steal!!
So many people are more famous than him, just for making 1 type of car. He made so many yet is relatively unknown. And they're all great designs.
Thousands have made clones....of the chassis anyway. It was first car I saw that had a totally custom chassis. Before Cadzilla everyone...
I've hit the wreckers a few times for replacements. It's a big pain to disassemble a front end to get a boot, but they're usually in good shape.
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