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Maybe a bit OT but I have a 62 SD 421 std/std crank if there is any interest.
Ive done a few aluminum saddle tanks from semi's.I just used my air buffer that I would use to cut paint with a wool pad and 3m super duty...
Sounds to me like the starter motor gear is too deep in the ring gear and binding up.Spray some paint on the ring gear and try it,that will show...
John Phillips is a HAMB member who builds reproduction chrome astro slots.They are really nice.I bought a set for my '28 because I had astro slots...
Wow! I got tossed off of "Grage Journal" for less than that. With all those posts, you must know Ryan pretty well eh?
I used a 58 chev rear and most of the X frame in my 28 chev.It is barely wide enough,with 6" wide std backset wheels I only have 1" of tub...
I'm in complete agreement with this.Other things nobody ever saw were mustang II front ends,but I did have a 48 chev independent front on my steel...
Thats pretty amazeing that nobody on here ever had an interior done in thier car!
I am starting to look around for a trim shop/person. It would be a full interior w/buckets and an exterior top on a 28 chev 3 window with all new...
Another good reason to build a big block!
I like the cup style brass ones with permatex #2. If the block hasnt been tanked and the holes are dirty/rusty you will need to clean them up with...
you can get allen socket head brass pipe plugs.these will have the advantage of centering the hole that you drill thru the center.
looks like soda it is. thanks!
Specifcally, AFB aluminum carb castings. I used to plastic media blast snowmobile clutches and they came out looking like new.This is an old,...
I wound my own ballast resister out of 1/8" aluminum tig wire,then tapped into it at the point where it was showing 6v under load.
If you are only doing it a couple times and dont want to spend the money for welding blankets,you can wet down bath towels,wring them out well and...
I layed the bolt pattern out on the insde then hole sawed thru both sides with a 1 1/4" saw. I made up 3 bushings 1/18" outside dia. and about...
Diet coke works good too.Dont dilute it and drain the whole system before filling it.
Ive run several NP 540,542 transmissions behind SBC's,BBC's and a v-6 detroit in my kenworth motorhome. You dont need to double clutch the top 4...
The NP 540 came with 4 different gearsets,only one was OD in fifth.
The 280VO has a different input shaft,front bearing retainer and bolt patternthan the NP435,at least the one I had did.As was said,a different...
Ive got a 28 chevy 3 window that has a home for a 409.
Passed today from a long battle with cancer.Founded Hagerty insurance in 1984. Our family Century Resorter 19 was insured with Frank and his wife...
I guess I'm going bass akwards,cutting the independent front off of my 28 chev 3 window and replaceing it with a 56 chev truck clip and straight axle.
What was the finish on the top before you covered it? Nice job,it does really look more like a convert top now!
We have had nationwide for 45 yrs.They insured the 66 vette when nancy first got it (in 66). We quit driveing it around 1978 and its been in the...
My disc brake conversion set came from performanceonline.com It also changed the wheel bearings to roller and the wheel bot pattern to 5 x 4.75...
Somewhere,in all my old srvice books,I have a genuine pontiac service manual for that unit. I remember it had a green cover.
Everybody has a sbc. A '65 396 is within the definition of "traditional" and is not only impressive looking,but a challenge to shoehorn in there...
BBC and lakewood for the '28.
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