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Mine is like this. http://www.gottrikes.com/tube_bender.htm
I made one from plans i got off the inet, it uses a Harbor Freight air powered jack to do the bending. I only bought 1 set of dies for 1.25 od...
I bought the 80 mil killmat on amazon, very happy with the way it layed down, think 36sq/ft was $50 something
The .73 overdrive T5 with 3.55's might be abit long legged depending on tire diameter. Langdon likes a 3.73 with the .73 overdrive. The .86...
Have used old semi truck brake drums, the hole in the middle captures the tire pretty good, usually can be found for scrap price or free to haul...
I bought one of there car kits recently, have sprayed a little bit of the urathane primer with pretty good results, would thin it a little more...
Dads, in the early 50's
The original factory 3 sp just hung there, my thought is for a cruiser it should be fine. My other concern is keeping alignment perfect between...
Running them down 1 side together are sometimes called shotguns, i went under the back end of my T5, it clears mine by an inch or so but I am not...
A work in progress
Coilover, talk to me on what balancer and pullys you are useing? I made my own alternator and ps pump brackets. My pump is down low where gen used...
My mustang hydroboost had metric fittings, you can tell by looking into the hole. If you know what an inverted flare fitting looks like, the...
Very cool, always good to see a TF being saved
I am useing C4 corvette front and rear suspension on my '57 chev pu, i made my own brackets copying flatout engineering store bought brackets....
I was about 12, driveing dads 41 chev pickup around the farm helping out. Neighbor had a '39 with broken drive shaft sitting in the weeds, if i...
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