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I think the man in the photo is Crocky Wright.
If in fact there is no float bowl, I’m wondering if this carb has something trick to handle the rolling and pitching of a boat, something akin to...
Another outside the box...our airplane restoration group has a Bede 4 that was donated. It has a V6 Chevrolet in it, supposedly a Marine engine....
Oh yah...and Frank Kurtis made the frames of his 4000 series Indy cars out of boxed wing spars that had large holes perforated along their length...
I do not believe that is correct. Joyce’s collection is the yellow cab vehicles, pedal cars, models and memorabilia. Bill was definitely the...
I’m with the Flyer on this one. No quick changes till late 30’s, open axles a little later. This is not a quick change yet open axles. Why would...
Be careful here. Jets in a carburetor for gasoline are sized to provide a fuel/air ratio of 14.7:1. Multiple carbs do not normally create a need...
No need for a fan as when you are running on the track your forward motion will provide the cooling air. It may be important in some cases to be...
Most usually, the mechanical fuel pump was used to pump air into the fuel tank to pressurize it while running. The hand pump is not a primer but...
Yes, but more importantly, hold the outside brake lever to apply rear brakes until push vehicle gets forward momentum and then release brakes....
The reason for not running your fingers over the workpiece or the file had nothing to do with cuts or slivers, but what was on your fingers...
What??? German tool maker apprentices were given a piece of square steel stock to file round to a given size, and then square again to another...
Laughingly called a German Milling Machine by us apprentices. But taught by German journeyman to never run your fingers over the workpiece or...
Ok WHOAA...the Ford flat head 4 cylinder tractor engine was erroneously called a Ferguson when used with the Ford 9N, 2N and 8N tractors with...
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