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This post rules. After building the model, I used to cut out the box top and hang it on my wall as a boy in grade school. In high school, I had...
[ATTACH] I went as a spectator in 2016. Will bring one of these....count me in for 2022!
Drilling out the axle is no small job! I probably went through 100.00 worth of bits on my first axle. I spaced mine by making a block of wood that...
52 willys aero - L88 427 BBC, th400, 9" w/355's 65 el camino - L88 427 BBC, 5 speed, 12 bolt with 373's
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I am more of a hotrod/gasser/1320 guy but this thread caught my eye and I am glad I opened it.....this car is going to be totally killer! Love...
this car rules...the end
DUDE ! What a shop....has my wheels turning! But I gotta say, I love that you call your shop (or trying to) "the Lab". That's what I call mine via...
my blood pressure went way up....damn .it....this freaks me out. This is one big reason why my next build will have a beater finish....
Here is a picture of me in 6th grade at age 11 (1984 or 1985)....notice the Robert Williams posters. I also see a Ohio George Willys I built over...
This picture shows a 24 giant beat ride....I use those with a zep tribute....I have a mid 80's Zildjian 22" ping ride that I use typically with...
good eye...yes, everything clips on the bass drum. I have the clp for the cymbals, tom and bass legs, but dont use them....the bass drum was...
the snare above is an '81 black beauty super sensitive.
[ATTACH] Hello, I have been playing for many years professionally with plenty of road time under my belt. I have quite a few drum sets including...
You can almost smell the rubber....Fantastic pics! Guilty of doing some right click and saving!
I want to drive from MA to CA and drive the Pacific highway in a roadster, and then back.... I WILL do this one of these days....been dreaming of...
If I wasn't building a drag car (street/strip) I'd be all over this.....Id beat you down a little because of transport to MA ;). The color is an...
Not to long ago, when I graduated college in 1995, I bought an el camino as a daily driver. I went out with a very adventurous woman after college...
Regarding the Nascar jacket: There were Nascar sanctioned drag races and drag strips in the 50's and 60's. I've read (probably here) that Nascar...
I think 4 is the magic number...I've enjoyed 4 before.....I have an open space where I once had a '29 RPU (open hot rod) but, someday that space...
spot on about that am-meter gauge opposed to the volt gauge. Had a fire in one of my cars under the dash because of that damn thing years ago (95...
LOVE this car!
Real deal cardboard piece displayed with car during indoor show circuit during off-season.[ATTACH]
JR, that's a Stainless steel tank. you can buy them at any aftermarket chevelle/elcamino catalog company. The original was all dented in, and held...
Thanks for the interest and kind words about my El Camino project Yes, that pic is from before I stripped it down and painted it and put in the...
thanks Man! Ive had that car in my head since I was a boy...mix between Newbomb Turk's brothers car and a '66 elcamino that was local to me that...
I wouldn't say my El Camino is "custom" per-se, but, I've done a lot of modifications to it...[ATTACH]
Bought these brand new over the winter, went to put them on and I had a change of heart and put the original ones back on. Brand new MQQN finned...
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