The Jalopy Journal
You can get mini pneumatic buffers fairly cheap. You will probably need to pick one of those up and then lots of hand sanding. Tape the edges so...
There are 2 types of resin, finishing (waxed) and laminating (un waxed). Not that it matters if you are using laminating but unless the resin...
A plastic lens is fit into the body so that it is flush with the body panel. They are sanded to the contour of the panel and then permanently...
Every chrome shop I have ever used has always offered both: Standard Chrome -no copper and Show Chrome- copper.
No one has mentioned it but be aware that urethane paints have isocyanates in them which are extremely dangerous to your health. Ideally you...
Did the GNRS not have an entire building dedicated to Pro Street this year? There must some interest. I know it's hard for some here to fathom but...
Platers thoroughly clean parts with a caustic bath before they are plated. Platers can't afford to have their tanks contaminated.
I would think asking here if you can do your own copper plating is kind of pointless. Only the plater you end up using can tell you that. I would...
If they are not using copper they are not a good chrome shop.
Good plating shops don't skip the copper.
One was the newstand cover and one was the subscribers cover.
With the quality of parts these days shops have to cover their ass so that when in a week a customer comes back and says the starter they just had...
The last post on that ad was 6 years ago. I would think if still available it would have been updated.
There are videos online of the green Mercury great 8 finalist built by JF Kustoms doing donuts in the parking lot before loading into the Toronto...
It is a 1941 White truck grill with a custom built surround.
1942 Ford It is the last version of Wally Welch's 1941 Ford done by the Ayala's.
Not sure if someone else made the part for him or he did it in house but he has a Tucker part made with this technology that he shows at the 8:40...
He was 19 when he worked on the Ohanesian Mercury.
Part of it definitely is. You just have to look at the wheels.
A good plasma will be pretty close to weld ready. There is usually slag on the bottom of the cut that can be knocked off with a hammer then a...
Carniba wax is NOT the best paint protection. I don't care whose brand or how you apply it does not offer the same protection or durability as...
Yup that is what they are.
You can also tell the pad by their density. Coarse pads are much firmer than the fine pads. I don't have any specific recommendations for...
I will try and answer some of your questions: 1) Yes the pad colours mean something and no they are not a universal system. The colour will...
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Doesn't take much searching to find lots of cases of the biscuits failing due to improper design.
Lots of articles online about how the USPS inspectors are way understaffed and undertrained and that mail theft and associated frauds have gone...
You are going to be pretty hard pressed to find pre upholstered seats with a huge selection of materials, especially cloth.
Without recasting the entire wheel there is always the chance (and a pretty good one at that)that it will continue to crack. The old material is...
I would hope he has sorted it out in the 10 years since he posted that.:)
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