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En route to my storage a van pulled out in front of me like I wasn't even there - that's the way the cookie crumbles...or the right front 1/4...
Any concerns or issues with hanging one of these leviathans on an engine stand using only the four UPPER bell housing bolt locations?
My avi is a '55 Olds 88 2 door that I bought in a basket with a '57 Olds 371 stick shift short block bolted into it - bare heads in the back seat...
I had some old mechanical style voltage regulators and ignition coils given to me that had been hoarded by a man who picked apart many cars over...
I like a vintage / traditional engine to have a 'period' look to it - correct hose clamps, brass wire ties in lieu of zip ties...things like that....
So, I've always been around cars - mostly restoration type stuff...car shows, judging, etc. Over the last few years I've been reading the HAMB...
OK - this might come across to some as a stupid question, but here it goes: I've read a lot about dropped uprights (I'm specifically looking at...
Pulled the driveline out of my 55 Olds 2 door this weekend. I already know the engine is a '57 371. Not sure what the syncromesh is - is this...
I've got a couple of projects going simultaneously - one of which is a '55 Olds 2 door sedan that sat in a garage since the early 60's and has ~...
OK - Been on here a while, a lurker long before that - never set out to be a hot rod guy, I've always been a 'restoration' guy. Not to say I...
I've visited the threads I could find on reversing wheels and I understand the process and I'm even cautiously optimistic that I could pull it...
This link is to a thread I started a while ago on an Olds forum...
Anyone have experience bench bleeding a remote fill master cylinder? I've bench bled plenty of 'conventional' masters, but never a remote fill -...
This may seem like a remedial question, but what do you guys cut steel stock with? I'm talking stuff up to about the 1/4" thickness. I've...
OK – I’m in that purgatory between “FNG” and “Newbie”, and I’ve tried to contribute, asked a few...
I've always thought that the term "shoebox" referred to the Tri-Five Chevys, but I've seen numerous references here to "shoebox" for cars other...
Hello - Gordon here...also "Olds Dad" on ClassicOldsmobile. Been into Olds forever - recently into the '55s - have a '71 Supreme Convertible that...
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