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53 Buick, 49 Ford turned 90 degrees, 40 Ford Chevrons mounted vertically, 39 Lincoln teardrops, late model Caddy "slits" like they put on lowrider...
I suspect where the chopped roof "lands" can help the illusion (along with paint choice--black/dark or something really light?). Lay back the A...
And when you search for an alternate spring, don't just limit yourself to autos. I remember someone using a Ford Aerostar minivan spring, but I...
1) ask the shop what other customers have done. That will reveal the local police response better than we can guess. 2)drive during "non...
Looking in the Tremec catalog, brand new T-5's are rated for 300 ft lbs of torque. Used, maybe less, especially since Foxbody Mustang shifters...
About a truckdriver pulling up for the third time: "He'd have trouble backing up a toilet". My favorite New Yawka (not the car) philosophy:...
Well, the name: LeMans kinda tells me exactly what type of engine activity its designed for :) Variable duration lifters, or rollers with steep...
Ironically, the "science" back then was equally questionable. Without CAD/CAM, you pretty much had an idea, built it out of whatever you had...
from what I remember, the early 6's didn't run harmonic dampeners, and thus got a vibe running down the crank after 5500RPM.
while not a fan of the limit, the other posters are right--if you don't fit in the boundary, then get a regular license plate. kinda like going...
Maybe if he was running a stroker crank, and an 850cfm carb, he could get to the 525hp range if he knew how to build it, as opposed to just...
That cabover 18 wheeler, I remember it being photographed by Reyes, either for PopRod or HotRod mag. supposedly there is a long metal pole inside...
My OT 86 Gt rustang had so many ricers trying to burn me at the light, I pinstriped on the spoiler, "i get my gas from eating rice". One day on...
I always get annoyed when someone takes a real 34 and makes it look like the ZZtop coupe...like every fiberglass 34 looks like. too bad more...
Were this a common engine like a 350 block, and would be torn down every season, I'd say turn the pistons 180 degrees in the bore, so the offset...
If I remember correctly (posting from work, can't check) the Astro AWD van offered a limited slip differential, MAY work for an S-10 rear axle....
The solid lifter 289 "only" made 271bhp due to its small carb. Once Shelby fed it and exhausted it well, that's where it got 306bhp on its own. So...
The number one reason for fenders splitting/cracking was the buggy suspension (no shock absorbers for those fenders levering out into the breeze)...
Once while watching an inept driver attempting to back up to a loading dock: "holy cats...this guy couldn't back up a toilet!" while admiring a...
Olds Cars Guide or Old Cars Weekly, in newspaper form, had an ongoing debate over whether or not bulletnose birds ever had the stick shift as a...
Hubcaps are great, I used a first gen Mustang's once. Also, Frisbees from local ice cream shops etc, have that nice bend/bubble in the center like...
Bryce, since ya asked....a flat six, or pancake six, or boxer engine, has the cylinders moving horizontally, with a crank in the middle. so, from...
Actually bob, I don't do the deck first for baseline measurement purposes, but b/c I want the deck to be its final thickness before I redo the...
I grab those little books where I can, and yes, they're $5-7 a piece out here...and I think that by the late 50's, all tricks had been performed....
Actually, what really gaks me is the Mustang/Gt40 in that mag...I like it, but I wish they had started with a DynaCorn mustang, since they were...
Indy Heads sells the 3rd gen 5.7 liter, with carbs, for under $8000, or you can look into HotHeads conversions of the Poly engines (check this...
1)If you want to stroke out the 289, it will need more clearancing than a 302 block. save the rods, tho, they're longer than a 302, so if someone...
a 383 Mope will beat a chevy small block 383cid, b/c the Mope can go easily to 489 cid and keeps the distributor in the front, to clear the...
how radical would you like to go? I'd cut off the ends and form them into the rear edge of the fender, then make a rolled pan for the area in...
well, I loved 1975 Pinto Country Squire wagons, since I made one into a turbo model (couldn't afford the Stilleto 'glass nose), but that's not...
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