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I need some help with a carb swap, it's a '63 GMC pickup, 305v6, SM-420 4sp, Pertronix ignition. I'm replacing the Stromberg WWC with a Holley...
I'm looking to get the old Model A appraised to get a bonded title. TxDOT says that's the way to go. It doesn't run, it barely rolls so I'd need a...
'63 GMC, half ton, leaf springs, I would like to drop the rear a couple inches. Would using a longer rear shackle be 'wrong'? Seems like that...
I finally dl'ed the Ice Storm 2007 pics from my camera [attach] [attach] [attach] [attach] terrifying, huh? :rolleyes:
Seems obvious but mine aren't budging. I bought a puller kit from the cheap tool store, put a bunch of load on the wrench, even hit it with the...
I'm always looking at c-list, recently there have been a few notable listings... a) Ford (1909 - 1927) Model T Parts ......
I'm about to start tearing into the disassembly and 'repair' of the bodywork on the rusty '29 A. First step will be tearing it down into managable...
Here's my pics from Saturday, what a fantastic event, seemed bigger than last year, batteries died ~2pm so all the finals are on the video...
Here are a few teaser pics from in front of the Continental Club last night....another good night in Austin! I'll have a couple hundred pics...
Can anyone ID this thing? My boss emailed me saying... "I'm cleaning out the garage and want to get rid of it. My Dad was cleaning out his garage...
Brought this back from the farm, any ideas what it is? Is that a PTO drive off the side? I've got another similar, without the appendage on...
A little too new for the HAMB, but still cool vintage machinery! ;) see it live... http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html I don't...
65 to70 years after they were installed, and probably at least 40 since they were last warm from the inside-out, they don't want to budge... the...
I'm finding as I tear apart these 60-70 years old chassis that some more power that a 5lb hammer and propane torch will be required. I plan to...
...of threads you're interested in? Yesterday I saw a cool mid/rear engined A lakester, with scans of an old magazine article I wanted to forward...
I like to think I'm pretty good at figuring out how things are put together, but I can't figure out what's holding the starter and lower flywheel...
More rusty gold from the farm, '40-ish truck frame- banjo, hydraulic brakes, open drive, parallel leafs... I'm taking all the suspension parts off...
I'm slowly tearing down the 59A flathead V8 I got a couple weeks ago, the one with rusty stuck, pistons and valves... It's a darned shame they...
Brought this back from the farm yesterday, it was under a trailer which was made from the rear half of a pickup, way back when. When we took the...
My great uncle passed back in february, he was 94. He and his twin brother were farmer/ranchers all their lives. He was the last of the boys of...
After dragging the old '28-'29 A out of the dirt from behind my great uncles barn last weekend, I saw a listing in Craigslist for a complete...
Saturday we dragged home the rusty old '28-'29 Model A Sport Coupe. Sunday there was an ad in Craigslist for a complete 59A-B flathead V8, stuck...
It was T after all, I think. I sure wish my great uncle had parked this thing inside the barn rather than the 27 old tires he had in there...
My ex-girlfriend gave me the 'orb' for my b-day a few years ago, it's probably 20" in diameter with all different NPT fittings welded into it, and...
Hoping to take another go at haulling the Model A back from the farm this weekend...it's been in the same spot for at least 25 years, has no...
I've got the old '63 GMC pickup with the original V6 and granny 4-speed, I'm just pondering now, but the idea of a bigger motor has crept into my...
I'm thinking I'll start on the old truck by painting the bumper and grill with Rustoleum, thinking Matte Nickel or Matte Silver, and maybe...
I'm hoping to drag an old Model A or T out from behind a barn and onto a trailer this weekend, it's been there a very long time, no rubber on the...
Another FNG, I've been posting a bunch of pics I took at the Roundup, I guess this is my first 'real' post A couple years ago I brought home...
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