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I'm helping a friend who wants to mate his mid sixties 300 c.i. buick v-8 to a turbo-hydramatic 200 r4. I know the bellhousing pattern is the...
BB's is at 85th and Troost ( actually on 85th about 100 yds east of Troost, on the South side )...Shinetop starts playin piano about 6:00 pm....
Ya, I guess the original springs are a little tired (90,000 miles). It sure drags ass right now.. I'll check into re-arching them and go from...
I am trying to keep from increasing the spring rate. I plan on using Cal-Tracs, so I want the softer spring for weight transfer.... I could have...
Ya I know..... Why would I lift a Galaxie.. I am going for the factory lightweight look.. Anyway I was thinking of just flipping the factory...
Here are a couple of crossmember, brake mount ideas.
Here's one you don't see everyday....
Used POR-15 for the Model A project, then topcoated with POR's "Metal Mask".. You have to topcoat while the POR-15 is still tacky (within 1 hour...
I'd like to use a manual, although I assume if I tried to use the SROD, I would most likely spread parts all over the street...
I just inherited a 55 2-door Customline. It currently has a 66' 289 w/an srod top-loader 3-speed overdrive. I want to turn it into a driver, but...
Got some stuff out of the way, time to revive some projects. I was originally going to use an original Flathead pulley to run the blower. Many...
Oops, DrJ beat me to it!
You won't hurt anything by running a "blower" cam in a normally aspirated motor. Special blower grinds usually open up th lobe center so that you...
I'm putting this sedan together for a friend of mine. It started looking like a car so I figured I would post some pics.
Goodson Machine still sells pilots for Flatty's.. They are pricey! I use this pilot w/Neway cutters to do seats, and a Sioux 680 with an updated...
Is dp-40 an epoxy primer similar to dp-90(ppg)?
I am mounting a pair of bias-ply, tubeless cheater slicks on a set of vintage American magnesium wheels. The wheels have no safety beads... Do I...
Another possibility is interference between the rocker and rocker stud.
Yes, It's a Kaw Jet Ski drive coupling.... I used to work on Watercraft in another life.. When I started thinking about the project, I needed a...
The crank is currently having the rod journals cut down to run the h-beam rods (Buick 2" journal)....
Looks like this....
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O.K. Is a BBC in a Topolino acceptable? I know technically the BBC is post 1964, but it is already running..:confused:
I can't find a "web presence" for Harlen Sharp. Where can I get a catalog?
I've been searching threads to see if there has been any new "classes" created for the HAMB Drags for 2007. FED, altered, etc.. I see lots of...
Me Too!
Got a line on a 63 GMC Short Wide.. It's really rough, but it might make a neat straight axle, high-boy, gasser style street racer... Has it been...
I've got a 1930 Tudor, 65 1/4" hub to hub width 9" ford diff, and a problem. I want to run an 8" steel wheel on the rear. I have the body...
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