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the mopar sites that I've looked at trying to identify the trans say the overdrive trans has an aluminum case, mine is iron. Of course this...
ok... just ordered a truck dipstick, i'll drain the oil tomorrow, i'll change the rear gears to a higher ratio (junkyards are full of 'em). and...
the lbs sounds familiar, do I have the wrong dipstick? Are the shift levers the only way to tell, are there id numbers on the case, or is the...
I put a 70 318, with a 71 a833 4 speed in my 36 Plymouth coupe. Took it out for it's shake down run, got some questions! 1) My mechanical oil...
aren't two door sedans scarcer than coupes? ...just askin'
looking at a 1935 Plymouth coupe w/rumble seat nearby, the sheet metal is good... BUT! there is no frame! What year frame of Plymouth/Dodge...
tried The Ford Barn... no response
I wonder why, not that it matters in the end...
Apparently their tooling was bought by Mid Western, so I wrote them yesterday... got this response this morning... Bummer.... QUESTION: >...
I bought a 47 Ford COE a few years ago, and am just getting around to it now. Even a few years ago I had a heck of a time finding coe...
Now I don't mean to be too gooshie here.. but many thanks to you Sam! Your thread was an inspiration for me, and I used so many things learned...
Well not yet ! No plastic gas tank this time!
well it was kinda like this... would I drive it that much? I was already afraid I would scratch it every time I walked by it or did anything in...
It was running, and the Walt Dupont built Mercury Flathead sounded great... the new owner has sold the flatty, the axles, the t5 conversion, and...
ok guys..its been a long time... I sold the car... but here are my last set of pictures
Looks like some kid got t-boned....hope he came out of it with just a scratch... [IMG]
Just one step at a time, you can't look at the whole thing at once since it can be overwhelming, I think it's why some projects stall... , just...
It's a little lighter hue than the Plymouth, but I like both colors! I would've gone with the medium green ford color ..but believe or not my...
It's been awhile, the paint "process" slowed things wicked! Here are a few pictures taken today...[ATTACH] [ATTACH] sharp eyes will notice a few...
I have seat-belts in my A coupe, but in these old cars I doubt they would make any difference at all. These cars are just too small, no crush...
Starting to collect parts for my '47 cabover. The truck in general is pretty crunchy (rust) but even crunchier than the rusted body is the...
assembly time![ATTACH] [ATTACH]
When I have had flathead problems I go straight to the Ford Barn... There be flathead experts there... Old Ron, Walt Dupont, etc!
I have a 65 Falcon hardtop I brought up from Tenn., I hope to get to it soon. I had a 64 Comet H.T. with a 4-spd toploader, I just loved the way...
OMG....... just simply OMG.... It is just beautiful, amazing, a time capsule. There are things on that car that I've never even seen pictures...
AND! "We" made the front page of the local paper! Ain't that sumthin! [ATTACH]
Replaced the black '35 wires with '40 steelies, '40 standard caps, with porto-walls I found in the trunk of my '40 parts car... Firestone 6.00 &...
try the Ford Barn! there are many flathead experts there...
Me too Paul, I go back through the build pics once in a while... Funny how guys get attached to cars, past and present. 1938 Plymouth: The...
There are whole threads dedicated to this on the HAMB, this was my contribution to one of them; some like 'em, some hate 'em. "Well I've done...
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