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Sorry, I can't help you. I looked at the earlier advice I have given on this issue, and my answers still stand.---Brian
Hi Guys.--I'm still alive and well. I'm getting a bit too old at 73 for a lot of involvement with hotrods,but it was a hobby that I loved and...
Sorry Ben--I can't do that, because I haven't done it myself, and I will only give advice on stuff I have personal experience with.--Brian
Best advice I can give is "try it and see"!!! In 1978 I built a 56 Ford pickup with a 390 Thunderbird engine in it. I wanted the "Hotwheels" look...
Gary--You are overthinking this. In a lightweight street rod, as in coupe or roadster with a small block in it, You are not going to see a big...
Sure--Send me a p.m.--Unless its about my bank account or my sex life, you can ask right here in this forum.---Brian
Thanks guys. I still watch for responses to this thread, and will still help answer questions if I know the answers.---Brian
I'm still around, and I still get notifications when somebody posts in this thread. My hot-rod flame doesn't burn quite as hot now as it did ten...
This is the voice of experience speaking. Any time you have to deal with the DMV,(Department of Motor Vehicles) lie. Lie like a bastard!! Make...
This is the voice of experience speaking. Any time you have to deal with the DMV, lie. Lie like a bastard!! Make sure that none of your lies can...
You are right. It IS a very old thread. Its still fun to see answers pop up to threads I started 10 years ago. Just for your info, the Wild Canary...
I like it!!!---Brian
Thanks guys. I never believed I could get so damned old---and that it would happen so quickly. Parts of me are old and rag assed and worn...
Hi Guys--I don't post here much anymore, but when I was heavily involved with hotrod building, the HAMB was one of my favourite spots to hang out....
Hey----We got tunes!!! I laid under the dash for an hour chasing wires (which is quite a trick in a roadster pickup when you weigh 250 pounds.)...
Well, finally its hotrod time again. After a cold wet shitty spring that seemed to last forever, the sun has shined all week, and its 76 degrees...
Well Damn---Isn't it ALWAYS snowing in Alaska????
Damn!!! This is the coldest, wettest, suckyest spring I can remember!!! We had snow here 4 days ago. I've had the Wild Canary out for one 20...
Thanks Rusty---I had forgotten that. Its been a long time since I messed with points style ignitions.---Now I'm second guessing my answer.--Brian
I believe that both resitor wires and firewall mounted ballast resistors allow a full 12 volts to flow to the coil when the engine is first...
I went out into the main garage today, pulled the old bedsheet (dustcover) off the Wild Canary and fired it up. Let it set and idle just to charge...
I write a lot of stuff. Some of it is true history. Some of it is history the way I wish it had been!!! Get in touch with me and let me see what...
Good evening sir. I am researching info for a 29 roadster I am building and came across your informative thred. My question to you sir, is it...
Scott---This is an old, old thread. I have posted download links to just about every cad format available. Try the download links. If they don't...
Adam---I'm terribly sorry, but I built my hotrod 7 or 8 years ago, and I simply don't have that information now. I used a model A spring with the...
Silversink---Thanks for the vote of confidence. I still drive my 1931 roadster pickup as my "daily driver" thru the summer months. I'm not as...
Lauren--Many congratulations on finishing your roadster pickup. It looks great and I wish you a lot of joy from driving it.---Brian
Don--Did your son ever finish that magnificent roadster pickup he was building? I lost track of his progress as years went by. He seemed to do...
Never got into trains Don. Did however get into working model steam and gasoline engines made from bar stock on my lathe and mill. I still use the...
Nothing serious though. When I built the hotrod 8 or 9 years ago, I did a real professional job on the fuse panel. Then a couple of years later I...
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