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Hello all! So I picked up this 2 barrel, thinking I knew what it was off of, 1949-1950 Oldsmobile if course. But there's no identification tag,...
It's been a full year. I in reality JUST started putting it back together. Almost three years later. I dont remember how a lot of it went...
Put it all together, got it all cleaned out and ready to put away for the winter. Bunch of parts ordered and waiting to get it tip-top and fun....
As soon as possible. Theres a list of people I've gotta share in the experience of being down the road in that car. You know you're high on that...
Haha, I liked it the way it looked. I just had to pucker the headlights in to clear the fenders. Next year its probably all coming back off going...
It's going to need some help before it does anything like that again. Brakes certainly are a big thing, and so are the tires. The both exist, but...
So, status report. There is a local show, it's about 15 minutes from where the cars at. All summer I helped my dad get his 49 Ford squared away...
Had to take a step backwards in the, "How to build a hot rod" rule book and start putting the fenders and bits back on. It's going into storage...
So had a small hiccup today. The oil in it looked okay but it was very old so before I started it again I thought I'd give it some fresh stuff...
So I haven't done much, but not much is all it took. The thing runs, and it runs well. And I wasnt even ready for it to run, yesterday was my...
Haha, you KNOW I'm not going to mess it up. Once I get a good idea how everything is and what it's going to need to start getting cooler. Things...
Thank you very much everyone. As far as what's going to happen, I honestly haven't the slightest clue. His thought was as you see it, strip it...
Ok, here it is. The car was my friend, and fellow Nightmares C.C., George's. Two years ago he tried selling it to me, but of course life and...
And funnily enough, here's it in 2011 at Detroit autorama with my Cadillac behind it. [ATTACH]
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