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Wow, great video! I was a Howard Cams fan (Jack Chrisman twin engine dragster!) I got to meet Howard Johansen in 1962 & still have the T-shirt (I...
Speedy Bill's Museum of American Speed in Lincoln, Nebraska has a huge room with nothing but engines, lots of these conversions. Amazing how many...
I was gonna comment on the beautiful fabrication of headers & then looked at the rest of this thread... the whole thing is magnificent! I wanna be...
Oh hell yes!!!
Perfect!!!
oooh... luv it!
I Love that car! 4 bangers are a bit TOO traditional for me!
Pete, I've seen your car at Terryville, Ct, show. Great.... hand built nose piece, right?
Yea, that's what I was replying to... but I guess I was being redundant if you listen to the lyrics.... except that it was an actual car
Yes, too cool
Just saw them in Denver last week or so. Saw them first, New Years Eve 1988, Oakland, Ca. & check the rest of the lineup, they were opening act:...
That song was based on a real car, Lincoln Flathead V12 (In a Model A, I think) Pretty sure its in the Garlits museum
I dig it! Wild & creative. There are plenty of tasteful, classic 57s around.... this one is outrageous!
5 carbs?!? That's unique.... home built manifold?
Great cars, fun bands, cool people! I liked the Logdog truck. Not traditional, but creative. That's what started the traditions
Went 2 years ago, it was great. REAL hotrods! See ya Saturday
And one more: Is it ever OK to weld downhill on a frame? I used to make mucho pipe handrails & got good at smooth, fast & hot downhill welds, but...
"Call the doctor, don't call the law"... gotta luv that!
Glad SOMEBODY was interested! Zydeco is huge in Houston, with its large Creole community, but Dallas is pretty far inland for this stuff. PM me...
This video combines 2 of my favorite things: old hot rods & zydeco music:http://youtu.be/QgyagnQVnuE Cars & music pick up speed about 50 seconds...
Interesting manifold. Looks like a "single log"? I wonder if it was homemade? Other than that, luv 'em all.... jealous
I worked in steel shops for many years (till about 2000) & got good with a torch. Last few years some owners would try to get me to use plasma. I...
Clutch linkage came apart somewhere in Idaho on my '70 Econoline, made a cotter pin from acetylene torch tip cleaner. Lasted thousands of miles....
As if chopping wasn't challenging enough...SECTIONING! Thats one hell of a complex task... how long did it take to actually finish? I would LOVE...
Mac Miller: "some bleeding heart safety paranoid "? Tyler Wolf just got killed the other day. Thats not paranoia, its reality. Some guys I was...
Maybe, but roll cages saved lots of lives. Trumps aesthetics. At Speedy Bill's Museum, I commented to the extremely knowledgable tour guide that...
"How about a SBC that isn't what it seems to be? SO-CAL sells these 1949-51 Faux Oldsmobile Rocket V8 valve covers that fit a 350 SBC head with...
If you go to either, you might want to check out intense sprint car races at Williams Grove or several other nearby dirt tracks.
Is there a schedule somewhere of his seminars? Couldn't find anything on the Net... or does he plan them one at a time?
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