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The gear and final drive ratio is the biggest factor. My dad had a 66 Catalina wagon years ago with 389 2 bbl 2:56 gear. I rebuilt the carb...
Me too... just had to click on and see what all the hoopla was... now I cant get the song out of my head, thanks.
I have both types, the fold up ones are good in a pinch but flimsy as hell. I've wore out a cylinder and 3 sets of wheels off the fixed one. I...
I LOVE those shirts!!! My GF bought her and I each one last year, she did get some flack from someone upstairs with no sense of humor but she's a...
Look for the letters stamped below the right head and the casting date by the distributor. That will tell you exactly what it came out of.
I saw some powdercoaters a few years back at a bike show that had some wheels on display that they had done. Price was $650 pair plus your wheels...
I would take the adapter off and check for any obstructions. I used to work on heavy trucks and equipment, we had a dump trailer that would...
I wrenched at a dealership for a few years. One day a kid brought in a fairly new s10 to trade in on a new one, the owner of the shop took it for...
A lot of people bash ebay but you can find a lot of good deals there if you look hard enough. A few years back I needed a few pieces of stainless...
That's a GREAT idea, not so much to move out of the basement but maybe a seperate show. I took my dad's car downstairs this year but couldn't get...
My car could be considered "ratty" I guess. Its not shiny, I haven't done the body or finished the interior, biggest reason is I dont have a...
If you dont plan on driving it daily in the dead of winter I found an electric heater that I'm going to install in my dad's 38 chevy sedan. I...
My buddy found some foil in the trash can. I wrapped the fuse and started feeling for hot spots. It ended up being my license plate light wire...
What a great show and without a doubt there was something there for everyone no matter what your taste in cars is. I stopped for fuel in my...
There's a place called Indianapontiacs.com that has 2 or 3 59 Pontiac wagons they are parting out. They may be able to hook you up.
I don't drink but I'm thinking an old beater wagon with a spare tire well full of beer and a bunch of shit piled in the back of it would have no...
Got my flag friday.... Sounds like a good time.
I just got home after 5 long days down there, can't wait til next year.
I had two coolers in my wagon, they looked in them didnt see any beer or alcohol and let me through. Didnt say anything about the coolers, they...
Three words.... Spare tire well.
I got my confirmation papers for the 2 cars I'm taking down just the other day.
Just last night I scored a 1 HP hotdog air compressor and a box full of driver & drill bits that fell out of a truck,,, but these stories...
On a totally somewhat unrelated subject: As of now it looks like Mother Nature is going to be kind to those of us that actually do DRIVE our...
I put about 4,500 on the ol' wagon last year in the 4 1/2 months I had it on the road. I put another 150 on it the last 3 days, had over a...
That is one BADASS wagon!!! I wish I had skills like that, I've had all kinds of highdeas for mine.
I got my set-up / move-in paperwork today, I can't wait, been wanting to take a car down to Cobo since I was a kid. [img]
Thanks,, its all Chevy from the windshield back, I've always liked the front of the pontiacs, and the wings on the Chevy, so I put one together....
Low n slow Red headed Stepchild 59 Brookwood w/ 59 Pontiac clip, and a 71 Buick 350. I have most parts to put bags under it, but if it ain't...
My summer daily driver, 4000+ miles this year. [img]
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