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Many years in a newly formed railroad repair shop, a young mechanic helper asked for something to do. Foreman Mike asked if he had ever changed...
Great looking car. I know it's FE Ford engine, 427, 428 ? I'm doing a similar build on a 39. Any info on engine mounts, exhaust, front suspension....
Had a friend who knew someone was using his welding helmet,had to re adjust the band. So to find out the user, he packed the sweat band with...
Make sure the clutch and pressure plate is correct for the application. Use no spacers. I had a simaliar problem with my 40 Ford with a Merc Flat...
Matt, read your alert. Tony
Hi Matt, I have a 40 Ford with a 51 Mercury engine. Before I drove the car I had a clutch problem. The throwout bearing would not touch the...
Congratulations from the Philadelphia Modifiers. Hope to see you again
Yes they fit, same dimensions, but the trunk handle holes are different. Trunk latch are the same
Miss Motorsports: Midi Miller
Bret "THE JET" Hearn
Flemington Speedway hostess Pat Heavner (RIP)
Dirt track story. Sunday night at Nazareth Speedway, Tom Hager(RIP) breaks a rod in the big block chevy. Tells Butchie to go to the shop and get a...
Jimmy Horton in the Statewide 3 at south jersey's Bridgeport Speedway. The track at that time and up until 11/10/19 was always 5/8 mile dirt. It...
This is not car related but it had wheels. I was maybe 12-13 at the time, and was at shopping center with my friend Butch. A shopping cart was...
I used an Airtex 12v electric pump, I don't have the part number,I looked it up at our local parts store. The pump is rated at 4 psi, round body...
Drivers from left to right: Kenny Brightbill, Gerald Chamberlain, Bud Olsen. Cozze's 44 most likely driven by Olsen....
I have an older Van Norman boring bar accessories. I don't know the model, it's in the shop, never got around to advertise it. If your interested,...
He aint acting right today, he jumped a tooth I can't figure out if he's runnin too far advanced or too far retarded
I went nuts for over a year with a similar problem. Turned out to be a transmission was from a 6cyl flathead. The case is different. To check,...
You might want to try this. Gentlty drive in a thin putty knife/gasket scraper with a beveled edge about 3/8 - 1/2" between the head and block....
Use a 60 ohm resister on the original voltmeter. I asked the same question years ago and was advised to use the 60 ohm resister. Works good in my 40
Planning a new project. has anyone used Speedways 40 Ford repo frame rails and x frame. Is there another 40 frame rail and x frame builder....
Not a Dumb Urban Legend, but in Philadelphia,there was a fun loving girl, who hung out at big boys, I won't mention her name, but she had a very...
Great looking car Al. I'm not posting a picture of my 40 coupe after seeing yours. Where and when do you plan to show it, like to meet you. Tony
In racing, there are two kinds of people; Loosers and Cheaters
Yeah, long intermissions and the field across Hwy. 31. Keeping it between the boards. Best times when the square was dirt
without the fuel pump rod in the 8ba or merc 8cm, the oil volume is affected along with pressure
On my flathead and other engines all I use is locktite 515. I used it to seal the threads on the head studs on the flathead
Harry Dee was the flagman at Flemington Speedway and East Windsor Speedway in N.J.
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