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There are many photos and blueprints of the Curtiss Conqueror in the Ab Jenkins and the Mormon Meteor book. [IMG] jack vines
Learn something every day. When those trucks were still working, it became rare to find one with the flathead. They were a short lived engine...
In Sarasota, FL, in the mid-1950s our family was vacationing there and in the motel was an American Hammered sales rep. He gave me several full...
Gals love a man who does it the hard way! Old school fer sure. [IMG] Back when, the original Swamp Rat, Big Daddy said the happiest day of his...
The 1956 Hudson Hornet 4-dr sedan with three-tone paint and gold trim was among the ugliest cars ever built. Comfortable reclining leather seats,...
[IMG] [IMG] Down in our ragged-ass-end-of-nowhere Alabama, Bo Fields was the man. He had been there, done that and came back home. I remember...
The late, great Rich Droter stretched the frame of a '90s GMC dually, installed a John Deere 6-cyl diesel behind the cab, TH400 tranny, step up...
Yes, the input shaft can be shortened. Yes, clutch discs are pretty universal; no problem finding one which will fit. Since it's going in a...
Might be the earlier big Lincoln V12. IIRC, It had exhaust and intake on inside of the Vee.. IIRC, the Lincoln Zephyrs I've seen had iron heads....
We will only use lifters made by Johnson HyLift USA. If the cam is properly greased before installation and proper break in procedures are...
A competent auto machinist with the correct cutter could accomplish that with his seat and guide machine. jack vines
For true, some get away with a .060" overbore on a 400" SBC, but we don't do it. jack vines
Good old days. Reminds me of seeing an Indy car being trucked in on the back of a pickup truck, sort of the way folk up here haul snowmobiles....
Only slightly OT, but when MotorWorks here in Spokane closed, still in stock were two pallets of new forged pistons for a similar Ford 460" offset...
Yes, Mile High is one of the few who still does welded stroker crankshafts. Cast cranks can be stroked, but forgings are much preferrable. Yes,...
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