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I’m also interested in hearing about cloth-covered options.
Ordered mine 11/18/22 Arrived 5/15/23
I’m building my first traditional hot rod but from past experience with race cars, ATVs, and other go-fast toys, scrub is pretty important to me....
Displacement is the foundation all power is built on.
Those lines are gorgeous.
Can’t wait!
I had the detent ball pop out of a bmw head-stud socket and pin-ball around and disappear. I used a cheap usb borescope camera (less than $15) to...
I’m loving the new videos too, and they just keep getting better. Can’t wait for short-block part 2!
I’m really enjoying the y-block videos you’ve been publishing lately.
Thanks, x38!
What alternatives are there for early hot rods besides Coker? I’d like to run 500/525-16 fronts on my ‘29 roadster project and I can’t find anyone...
Good luck improving your mileage! I turboed my little autocross racer and my mileage and tire life both dropped by half! Of course the smiles per...
Well, not ALL of the regs! You Chaps get to drive TVRs, Ariel Atoms, and even Radicals on the street. You can't get cars like that in the USA...
I use medium grit on everything. No lube. Clean up the edge of the stick with a knife when it starts to get ragged to keep your circles sharply...
Once you get the hang of it you'll start turning all sorts of stuff. ;) I get my cratex from mcmaster too, but I mostly use little bitty ones.
Setup: Table must be flat! To get good holes your table needs to be square (90 degrees to the quill). If you were doing really precice work you...
You're getting some good advice here. Most box-store presses are set up for wood-working. They spin too fast for real men who work metal. :D Most...
They are great for rear and mid-engined cars and dune-buggies (which is the crowd that CNC caters to). Routing a mechanical linkage 9 feet and...
Neat stuff. When my little brother was still in grade school he took a photo of a '53 Chev PU that looks absolutely stunning. He took the photo...
I run 17psi indoors. Works great. Outdoors in the wind you're just wasting gas. Use flux-core in the wind. At 15-20psi your gas will last a good...
Thanks everybody, I knew it was an A (not a deuce) roadster but had no idea what year. I'll look for that gas tank stamping. Thanks for the help....
Rich, is the stamping right into the firewall its self, or on a tag? It's dark now... I'll look tomorrow. Here is a picture. It's on a shortened...
Thanks guys. This car isn't on the original rails and has a engine/tranny from a '53 merc, so I guess its beginnings will always be a mystery....
Well, with bloodshot eyes and 1,300 miles under my belt this weekend I'm happy to say there is a Ford roadster in my garage today! I'm curious...
I've got a roadster project but it's on a shortened 50s Merc chassis. I want to end up with a traditional A chassis hotrod so I've started looking...
I was reading through to see if anyone else was going to point that out. Anybody who has done autocross/time-trials (parkinglot racing) would look...
Rich is cool. He has his own style. I don't know him well yet, but look forward to it. I have a friend named Burr from another forum. He talks a...
Thanks for the tips. Keep'm coming if you got 'em. I am looking around at garagejournal. Thanks for pointing that out, guys. I had searched for...
That's just the sort of straight-shoot'n advice I need. Pics would be great! Thanks. -Ben
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