At the donut shop this morning. Really nice build. Sent from my SM-G900V using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I don’t recall having seen the lower blue one before. Does anyone have any other pictures of this one? Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
As for the last one I can always appreciate a good back drop. Traditional hotrod and custom guys repeat after me “graffitied buildings and walls that look like East Los Angeles are for low riders and drug dealers not traditional hotrods and customs!” Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I see the odd car here that still has A-arms in it. What's the easiest and safest way to lift with the arms still in place? 409 wagon springs? How streetable are the ball joint spacers, and what does this do to the steering geometry?
Ball joint spacers really only work to raise the front end "on launch". They do tend to mess up the geometry, but also cause contact issues with a bracket that normally holds a rubber snubber. You have to remove that snubber bracket (riveted on the frame) to avoid the contact issue.The metal-to-metal contact causes the ball joint/spacer to tear at the upper A-arm where the ball joint sits/is bolted or riveted in. Different springs can lift the front end, but it affects the ride quality. The "stacked spindles/raised spindles" don'affect the ride, but there is some, usually minor (depends on height involved), alignment/geometry issues.Many guys are dead set against these type of spindles, mostly about welding them. However, the spindles are cast STEEL, not cast IRON, and can be welded, and be structurally sound. I have never seen any break. According to NHRA rules, they would not be legal for racing. It takes two complete pairs of spindles to make one set, and they can be hard to find and cost $$$. They also space the wheels/tires out some. I think only a small amount of lift with them looks good; the higher you go, the more silly I think it looks (kinda like a fat man standing on skinny legs). We used to what were called, air conditioning spacers; they were a circular, hard rubber ring that could be cut to fit the diameter of different coil springs. Some say to install them between coils, others say to install them at the top or bottom of the spring. I always installed them at the bottom. Some of these spacer rings can't be installed between coils due to how they're made, flat on one end. They are probably the cheapest and fastest way to raise a front end a couple of inches. That's more than enough for a street car, JMO. I am Butch/56sedandelivery.
Chevado was strictly exhibition, it only ran against one other Wheelstander, Chuck Pooles Chuckwagon. Though Gary Kleckner did run with Big Willie Robinson and the L.A. County Street Racers, but they didn’t have classes.
Chevado is in Arizona now, I’m restoring it to show, probably not going to be making passes with it much any longer.
This is probably after it was lettered. It only wore the lettering for 3 years, ‘68-71. The Sil Mar earthquake in 1971 damaged the car and the paint couldn’t be saved.
Verse742, Neat pictures! I hope you don’t mind I cleaned them up a bit. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
That awkward moment where you trash someone’s car on the H.A.M.B. only to find out you are talking to the owner. Oops Cant say I haven’t been there before. Although I do try to not make it habit. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
I think I remember that yellow 55 at Famoso some time back?? Very nice! Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
I remember when this one came out and instantly liked it! However; the holes in the lwr control arms kinda scare me a little bit. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
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