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[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Still have the Traction Masters I bought for my '56 Olds 2-door, hopped up, stick shift, back in '59. Don't have the Olds...
Same CL ad here in Michigan
Sure is pretty. Looks just like the oneI had but my paint was better - metallic blue. My first car was a ’47 Ford coupe bought June ’56 for $250...
I worked on the development of those motors at Oldsmobile Experimental and have posted about them before. Pontiac used Buick engines, which had...
I always use seat belts and have since 1956 when I installed a set in my '47 Ford coupe, driver side only, given to me by my insurance company....
I kind of remember E.J. Potter at the Stanton/McBride drags with a nailhead Buick powered ’53 or ’54 Chevy, maybe around 1958. Then he...
The 60-64 Olds factory stick 3-speed was a Buick transmission. I dont know about the 88 and 98 after 64. I had a 1965 442 that had a Muncie....
Blue RTV works o.k., but lately Ive been using Permatex 59214 High Temperature Thread Sealant. Good stuff, just takes a little, turns semi-hard....
I have a Griffin aluminum radiator in my '53 Chevy PU. Can't remember, but I don't think it was cheap. Not painted.
Shoulda gone to the show, stayed home and did nothing all day. Henry J belonged to Bill Waddill, a Michigan Hot Rodding pioneer from Flint. First...
Depends. The '56 88 used the Hydra-Matic, same as the '55, so it would bolt right in. The '56 Super 88 and 98 used the new Jetaway. I had a '56...
Teflon is not a sealant, it is used on tapered pipe threads basically as a lubricant. Teflon tape should never be used on fuel systems because a...
I was involved in the development of the 215 aluminum engine at Oldsmobile. Here are some recollections regarding the 1963 Oldsmobile Jetfire...
I was involved in the development of the 215 aluminum engine and the Jetfire. I thought I posted on this before on Hamb, but don't seem to find...
I have a 12 oz. plastic bottle of Tarn-X tarnish remover that I use sometimes to brighten up brass, copper, or bronze parts. Wipe it on, cleans...
Been there, done that. Not much to it: http://www.polinggroup.com/sidewall_grinder.html
The Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport, a former Air Force Base at Oscoda, Michigan, is and has been available at $1,000 per day. You provide the timing...
That could be Bill Waddill's Henry J. Ran at Detroit with a twin-McCullough supercharged hemi from Flint, Michigan sponsered by Kustom Equipment....
I remember an article about that thing is one of the Popular Science or Popular Mechanics magazines back then. I don't have of those left, but I...
Going back to the 50's, I don't remember many lakes pipe caps that weren't ribbed. But all that I remember were two-bolt caps. We also called them...
Used some pieces of old hose, some with bends, cut and duct taped together to make up a hose that fit. Then took my taped together upper and lower...
Many years ago, I worked at Oldsmobile in Building 64.
GM makes transmissions at Toledo, Baltimore, and Warren. Most of these plants are adding new product and adding workers. The Willow Run plant was...
I knew that guy from way back, before he built the Chevy/Harley. At the Stanton drags he told us he was going home and put a Chevy in his Harley....
David Nelson died today, 74 years old. Son of Ozzie and Harriet. Cool guy, had a really, really nice 40 Merc coupe years ago. Also there was a...
I got my new corner glass from the Glass House in San Dimas, CA, and did it by phone. They do custom cut glass. http://www.theglasshouse1.com/
Had a football Sun tach in my 56 Olds way back then. Am putting the modern version of the old tach not football in my 53 Chevy pickup....
I made a floor shifter for my 56 Olds (in about 1960) that was spring loaded up for 1<SUP>st</SUP> and reverse, then pushed down for...
Love that Rodders Journal. Got every issue, and for some reason I have two copies of about ten issues. Always have a couple of copies laying on...
Dry ice blasting.
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