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Yeah- it may just work out that once you have the thing installed the cross member will protect it (or you could mount a plate from the cross...
We've got two yards North of Denver that are closing soon- one guy is sick and the other ran into issues with the new homeowners that built around...
Here's my '52 ford with a floating '53 chev grill w/ xtra teeth BTW it's for sale
Never Never enough... was out there in my boxers last night at 3am after I woke up with a better idea for my throttle linkage...sick sick sick
If you are going to run a serious drop in your ride, just make sure that if you do use a floor mounted booster (which is the most straightforward...
If you are running the wires into a standard three socket connector, then it's usually black for the ground and red is low beam, but if the colors...
Sorry... this is assuming you have a stock flathead in your '35
Second on the Autolite 216s. I've had trouble with the new champion H10 plugs, but if you can find an old set they work well too.
Anyone know if it will be aired online? I'm still running rabbit ears on the TV set.
Nope- not a S.Co.T/ Italmechannica...I think it may be a griffon or something to that effect, but it's -10F here in colorado, and the garage is...
Nope- not a S.Co.T/ Italmechannica...I think it may be a griffon or something to that effeect, but it's -10F here in colorado, and the garage is...
It may be a blower that came out of England. Not Judson, but I'll look through my old stuff to see if I can find it.
One thing that I noticed is that if you run too hot a plug, you'll end up cooking the electrode. So, if you are concerned about the plug- take...
R- Cool- thanks for the clarification. I just didn't know- I take it that you have been through the process too. The key to the "gross emitter"...
And...I cannot confirm the one plate versus two plates other than with collector plates, they give you two (although I run a YOM plate on the...
Right- sorry- I meant in your car. Duh. Yeah- they're trying to call our rods "gross emitters" and restrict the use of them. The OCCC (Old Car...
My girl did that too...10 years ago when we were dating! Then we got married and my "cute hobby" became an "illness". Huh- I thought it was an...
Only extra advice is wherever you are connecting the ground straps to, you gotta scrape the pretty paint away from the connection area. I just...
Hey- I just wanted to start a thread for all my Colorado HAMB Amigos. You can legally run a Year of Manufacture plate for your hot rod and it's...
I've never used the ITS- in Colorado too I think it can cause more problems than it's worth. A detective friend of mine said that they just...
Sorry for the delay- we did it just like twochops did it above. It was time consuming, but not rocket science. I'll see If I can take some pics...
We made one for my father-in law for his Merc from two grilles- one that was stock and one 'donor'. I have some old magazines that listed JC...
Is this the car that ran with the dual slicks in '59? Or am I thinking of an earlier version?
The key is to have a valid VIN #. IF you do, then you're in good shape. PM me if you want more details as I have been through the process a...
I agree too- I have only used seals on the intakes (you can always use a second set of intake guides on the exhaust, I guess). If you ever tried...
Very Cool.
Keep it up. I absolutely agree- the prolific use of the term "rat rod" absolutely irritates me. I've got a '30 model A roadster pickup that has...
Just my 2 cents: If you're sucking down oil at that rate- it wouldn't be because of a cam or a condensor or anything ignition/fuel/timing...
Here's a car that I've been working on (on and off) for a while. This is the last known Jet Coupe in the Colorado Area. I did a quick write up,...
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