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Earl Schieb perfected it WAY before Maaco did! He even figured out how to paint insects.
The HUGE majority of the heat in an automatic transmission comes from slipping the torque converter or in other terms shearing the fluid. Kinda...
Ford did the OHV 223 in 1952, 51 was the last year for the flathead. I always assumed the 223 was the same throughout and was replaced by the...
Another tip off on the "newer" wheels is the screw holes for the center caps have inserts instead of being self tapping screws to hold the caps...
In third gear the transmission is one to one with the input shaft connected to the output shaft. If it went away in third I would be looking at...
No shit! I am so old that I remember when harass was two words. Copy that!
Yeah, it's got one hell of a vacuum leak!
You might be right on with the cornbinder travelall, 1960.[ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Well, just to keep the ball rolling on our project car we fired up the 292 tonight for the first time. This engine...
My stock 55 Ford rear end (drop out type) had a mechanix u joint so they did use them on the Ford (not dana) rear end.
I like many here packed hundreds of wheel bearings starting in the 60's working in a gas station then continuing on in the 70's and 80's at...
Please check out and post your question here. 1952-59 Ford Social Group There is a lot of information there and many helpful people there. I know...
I haven't reached out to Gary for several years (man time flies!), we sent a few emails from time to time. He sold me both houses I owned in the...
I guess I am lucky that way, I forget where I put the wrench/socket/ratchet so I have lots of time to remember what I forgot while looking for my...
Great trip down memory lane for me, I moved to SoCal from Oregon at the ripe old age of a teenager in 1970. Went to work at a muffler shop turned...
On the way to "picnic at pauls" following a friends 32 WITHOUT fenders and wide tires, hoping we don't drive through any gravel somewhere![ATTACH]
Those always look like they would have a 100 little legs underneath instead of tires if you turned one over.
On my 55 Ford I used one of these, it is what Ford used on all their cars up until the early 70's to run 6 volt gauges on 12 volt in the trucks,...
"Turbo encabulator" You tube that and there are some great videos, been around enough years it is HAMB friendly depending on which version you...
I also had a factory reverb in a 63 1/2 Galaxie, had a switch mounted vertically that stuck out under the left side of the dash. Pull the knob...
Opinions are like belly buttons, everybody has one but their usefulness was over pretty quickly. Find a car club or two with model A's, one with...
Every Thursday night starting at 5:00 we all try to beat the poor fiberglass into submission, wait, you're not supposed to hit fiberglass with...
Mocked and mocked some more, charity build project![ATTACH]
I really don't think this Pontiac has a "flathead V8" in it. It is amazing how many Craigslist ads have the wrong engine description or even the...
My experience with 6 cylinder Falcons (many years ago) was that I got bad mileage because I had to drive with my foot to the floor to keep up with...
Building a project to be auctioned/sold for charity. 32 Ford roadster (fiberglass) powered by a Y Block Ford. Almost done but needed some skinny...
A loooong time ago I worked on a heavy duty farm type truck with a pump like this. As I remember it had a large air compressor mounted on the...
There are very few battery companies out there that are large enough to produce for an OEM car manufacture. If you sell 2 million cars and trucks...
That looks more like an Arizona wrecking yard than New York! Doubt it would look that good on most of the east coast.
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