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Yep freeze the okie and hammer in. I would make a 'pilot" that fit loosely and was flanged (just an install tool) to keep from flaring the top of...
Note: Don't do fire burnouts with an alcohol car, hint they need oxygen to run NITRO doesn't!
Obviously (as above) sum ting wong. Manifold is not flat soo take the thing and get it surfaced. I use copper gaskets on my flathead motor...
You might take the load off the spring and "Beat" the spring square. Square means to me the leafs need to be aligned with one another and...
I've got Porters and long pipes out the back. Cutouts just in case it wasn't rumbling enough! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
If it is maybe relocate the pin. You wouldn't have to move much. Use the shackle angle as a "go by"
Is the spring centered?
38 Standards are nice. I did it my way! See mine below (actually in front of sons bar)[ATTACH]
My 38 gets about 10 MPG. It has two Stromberg 48's, 4:40 gears, 950 rear tires a melling cam, Sharp heads, Fenton headers and Johnson adjustable...
I have two both older than dirt! One is a sears (1965) and one is a pawn shop Heim-Warner about 30 years ago. I think if I needed one today I...
I like it! Just for your info a hemi will fit (between the frame rails) anywhere a SBC fits. Hemi's are rather narrow below the heads. I raced...
Well my dad was tough! He returned from WW11 with a purple heart and bought an Indian and a Buick convertible (Yellow and Red) He drank a fifth a...
Well I buried two dead cats! (bet you weren't expecting that!!!) Seems cats croaked while I was @ "the farm" Wife of nearly 50 years put them in...
Local guy's father ran the Edsel dealership. Being somewhat spoiled; kid gets a black Edsel for "whatever". All names and many details left...
That happens when you get them too excited!
Nice car
I have a MOV file with Merc running on test stand but it is too big for this forum. I can "E" it to anyone interested! Gene
I'm building a 52 F1, have collected and installed 9" Ford from a 57 F100. 4" dropped axle + removed several leafs (front and back). Engine is a...
I had a 60 chevy with a 380 HP 409. It had a column shifted close ratio three speed. It was a true 13.80 car with street tires and mufflers. When...
Flathead starters can be a real problem. I ended up with three starters that were too long. I believe they are for an automatic! The only way to...
Great send it to me.I can send you 20.00 or so for shipping? Gene @ 832-514-5668
Might be overheat...duh! You think?
Thank you!
What are you going to do with it? Is it show or go? If it is a "show" puffer then it will work without rotors. If you are going to race then you...
It was always chevy's. I loved Duntov camshafts and street racing.
Thanks
I like it!
Duh...I don't see the problem. My blown flattie uses a fabricated McCullough mount on the drivers side head and the generator is in a stock...
Lenco's can be made to have "less" drag. The use of radial load bearings and remove 1/2 or more of the clutches. The fibers can be placed together...
I worked for a company that "lost" an accountant. They just figured he had skipped out. They looked everywhere, within the company, for...
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