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John Fleming at Classic US Imports has helped me sort out purchases when I couldn't do it personally. He's in the US frequently, and if he's...
I can't see a panhard bar on your front end, but it looks like it has shackles on both sides of the spring. I had that setup on my A coupe when I...
Thanks for bumping that- it's a great car!
This lady must have had plenty of practice then- she was cooly standing in the middle of a pedestrian crossing in Wuhan with heavy traffic bowling...
That's the interesting point that gets missed because we're too used to moaning about "cheap Chinese junk"- the way we did about Taiwanese and...
Thanks hoop98- that chart tells a story- you can see why diesels are so much better on light load...
That's a good point to make and different to my earlier point about WOT timing. I had an OT LS1 which would pull 45-47° advance at light cruise,...
I've got one of those 190 hp crate engines in my A on 32 rails. It weighs 1200kg (about 2600lbs) and about the best it did in the US was 14mpg. I...
Thanks- I'm keen to see how you did this at both the hinge and the catch ends.:cool:
That's a big improvement in the interior space! How much extra room did you get from flush fitting the doors, and do you have any pics of what...
Looks good- how far is the cab extended behind the door?
I often wonder how Noel Inman has managed to cut an 11 something ET with this little aerodymanics;). [IMG] [IMG]
I'm a newbie on this site, so could someone explain to me if this thread is really a form of trolling, or are these guys writing about stuff they...
Why? Just because the OP can't explain the meaning or value of his fundamental equation and doesn't have any effective measure of one of its key...
I think the basic problem you're going to encounter is not just explaining why there is any meaning in a "max torque @ CFM" parameter, but in...
Just because you have two engines making the same horsepower at different RPM doesn't mean the horsepower ratings aren't comparable. 100 hp at...
Thanks for the detail in this thread Dave- it's a great resource especially for someone thinking about building a Vicky. The car looks great....
Thanks for the link- it looks like those guys are well set up for '32 frames [img]
That was funny- hope I'm still saying that at 71!
Thanks for the welcome blokes. Yes you can:). I wouldn't recommend 10" steelies with 275/70/15s like it started with on a light rod with...
Greetings from another Aussie in Sydney NSW. My first hotrod was a 1940 Chev convertible with a Y block in 1974 (we did that sort of thing in Oz...
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