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Member Emeritus is what a hambers tag line is changed to out of respect once they go to the big swap meet in the sky. R.I.P. cgc1958.
28 minutes. I knew it wouldn't take long. And it doesn't surprise me that I was wrong on the year of the Vette. I'm not a Vette guy. Thanks @Moriarity
A guy with the handle Chromefinsrestoration just posted these up on Instagram. Supposedly this group of Corvettes has been recently found. Very...
A 48 Tucker. Dropped, wide whites, chrome steelies, tuck 'n roll upholstery and a clone of the 350 hp Franklin flat 6 that Chet Herbert built many...
Kinda reading between the lines in the article, it sounds like the mechanicals mostly survived and can be rebuilt. The body was destroyed and will...
I did a search and didn't see anything posted about this so I hope this isn't a repost but I just read online that the Norman Timbs Streamliner is...
Be warned..... This is fake news, an internet hoax. It is worded kind of funny - like the person who wrote it does not have english for a native...
M Google image search "Mike Garner 1959 Elcamino" and lots of pictures will pop up. A custom Elcamino with caddy and nomad styling cues. Some of...
Get one of these: https://www.12bolt.com/store/p164/Crankshaft-Drilling-Fixture-Balancer-bolt-283-327-250-235-261-230-215-194-Tool.html Drill,...
Bump for an update. Need a fix of more pictures and descriptions.
I wonder if @TRJ is aware of any of this?
Welder series is the exact opposite of the Hoffman group crap. Well engineereed & high quality parts that are either available assembled & welded...
Does your car still have the original stamped tack strip holes and channel around the roof opening? On our Coupe we overlapped that tack strip...
The only problem with this is that you have to exclude the seller (or sellers) every time you do a search. Used to be you could put in to exclude...
I don't usually worry about the second reporting of the same thread, however when there are four or five in a row I usually try to report each of...
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As people have said it's a SBC with two cylinders missing. The issue with that in my opinion is that they run like a small block Chevy that's...
Saving $$$ in tooling costs. They are identical left to right so only one stamping is needed. One set of stamping dies and associated tooling...
You could really confuse people and run the Lancers on one side of the car and the Ripple caps with the bullets on the other side. Can't see both...
Ryan, I've seen the 13 and a half Coupe up-close-and-personal and it's a hell of a car. Totally home built using their brains and their hands not...
Look up a guy called "Crafty B" on youtube and/or instagram. He teaches classes on sandcasting and has several tutorials on youtube.
This 100%. Having a weld berry bounce down inside your ear and burn in there through your eardrum sucks big time. It's the exact opposite of fun.
Add me as another vote to keep the wheels that are on it. They are perfect for it. Classy but unmistakably hot rod.
Have to agree with that one. I live where it's cold 5 months out of the year and I want to put the largest cold cranking amp battery in my vehicle...
Thanks. Been thinking about getting my 59 done when I start working on it. Now that we've moved into the new place in Durham I actually have the...
Where did you get the chemical stripping done Jeff?
Here are a few short vids for your enjoyment. [MEDIA] [MEDIA] [MEDIA] These are some of the machines that I ran daily for about ten years. The...
On a fenderless car they look screwy. Kind of like a duck dragging its ass. On a fully fendered car the rear fenders balance out the look of the...
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I have the TCI roll stop on 2 of my cars. Been on the one for 15 yrs. Both work great no issues at all.
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