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I have punched innumerable louvers over the decades, and primed, sanded and painted even more, usually scoring top in national judging. Doing...
Arg! 'Was making good progress on my '29 faketon (that could be loosely called a sport phaeton) and looked like I would be driving it last spring,...
Enjoy a good look at www.olympicspeedsters.com
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I ran mine out the back, but after trying to catch the road runner, it looked like this.
Model A power trains are perfectly wonderful and have nearly unlimited hop up potential for their own world, the spectacular world of vintage...
I use the DeLorme Missouri Atlas and Gazeteer, about 75 pages and 22"x 15 1/4" when folded out, topographical with site info and other details...
Have a look at my web site, www.olympicspeedsters.com . On the first page is a car I designed and built starting with a Whippet radiator shell....
This topic, to me, is vital, one of the really important threads on the HAMB and of real importance to my heart and soul. Competition cars of...
I couldn't find the SEMA Collector Car Day for 2020, but as pprather noted, if it's going to be on July 9th, that's Thursday, a work day, which I...
What would the general activity be? 'Seems it would be to drive your hot rod on that day and for the rods to be seen and enjoyed, whether on the...
Can it be moved to sometime from May to October? Sometime when it's warm enough for the whole nation to have favorable hot rod weather. It's 16...
I shouldn't chime in on this thread, but on more than one or two occasions, because I had a faster car or more driving courage (notice I didn't...
Lots and lots of reading and study in manuals, text books and magazines, plus lots of experimenting and drawing, plus measuring myself in...
It's a doll. 'Got a 1275 in it?
I remember Dave Nelson from an old Ozzie and Harriet show had a hot rod roadster. Does anyone remember that or have a pic?
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This is a wild and fun thread! A few of my disconnected and un-asked-for observations: In my highschool days, I thought 600-1,000 HP in a rail was...
SOLD! Selling for my friend's widow: 1939 Chevy Coupe project. Asking $3,500 OBO. We can't find the title. More photos upon request. You can PM me...
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I for got, as also previously mentioned, the HAMB Banger forum, and for some eye candy, have look at www.olympicspeedsters.com .
As already expressed, Jim Brierly's book may be the best single source , but there is an incredible world of info to be had in the past few years...
Like Marty Strode said, "To Please A Lady". 1955. Fantastic vintage footage, good technical talk, an Offy being assembled and a wonderful...
"I took it out and 'blew the cobs out of it' and it runs lots better now." I haven't heard that for some time, I guess because modern OHV/OHC ,...
This is a fun thread. I read all and didn't see some stuff from my early impoverished years like: "It'll get 2nd gear scratch", "Couldn't pull the...
Thanks, you guys, for making me go back in my mind and recall many of the good times that I had forgotten. I can remember the smell of summer...
This is a really educational thread, very interesting. Now I know what cruising is. I'm glad it doesn't require any hard and fast rules. As a...
Since I rely on a younger person to post pics here, I'll tell you how to see some fenders I've built. Go to my website, www.olympicspeedsters.com...
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