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The guy has to be yanking you, for sure if it sat as long as you said, he'd have had a dozen plus offers in the past and probably had a good idea...
I'm thinking you anwered your own question... "The guy rebuilding it for me had a hard time getting the gears to leave the correct pattern, he...
Just go over it for cancer, look at the area below the windshiel and rear window, use a magnet (or get a "bondo magnet"), check the rockers out...
There's two AODS, so you have to look ahead...one has L-D-OD, the other is L-2-D-OD, if you have the one with 3 selections, any 3speed shifter...
Sorry, I must have mis understood your first reply...when you mentioned the 3rdgen F-bodys, I assumed you were speaking of the EFI ones, I'd...
Thanks guys, the ornamental tubing does have sharp corners, ofcourse I have no way to verify the weld seams in it, seems like the best route to go...
Heck, there's like a dozen go-kart and mini-bike threads...least I can haul my '36 on a trailer;)
I see...well not actually, since I can't find your pics!
I think you might be confused a bit...the oil pressure switch was a pump bypass...so if the FP relay quit (hence electric pump won't turn on) then...
Some times it's easier and less expensive to find a good hood and have it sprayed to match...gotta figure Orange County bodyshop labor has to be a...
I've been tripping over a set of 5Klb axles that I widened a few years ago for a different project and just scored 2 16 foot lengths of 2x5...
I thought 33/34 was different than 35/36?
No kidding. That thing sure is purty!
Heck, you got that close to take pic, you should have asked;)
I found a '42 Ford PU kinda in the same way, was looking for a 218 Dodge and a guy sent me to the edge of the world, when i got there he didn't...
Awesome, thanks for the reply:)
Rust or rot? My screen doesn't show things real clear. Rot is a lot of work to repair, rust 9as in surface rust) is much easier to over come....
First off I'm no painter, I do have a Sharpe Platnium HO HLVP I've used a few times, it's quite a bit slower than my Dads older Binks aspirating...
You'll need a hub puller, some attach to the wheel studs and some attach to the little lip at the end of the hub, the one that attaches to the lip...
Oh, go to the Main Page, look under "Quick Links" and find "Social Groups", then search/scroll from there.
There is a "Relay Group" on the HAMB, you might have some luck with.
Show two things...the search function is working, and folks use it.
Just wondering if it's bent...my original axle in my '57 was out about 1/4inch and would eat the outer wheel bearing every 12-15K miles...simlar...
Ooops, I see you want the pinion centered, not the housing.
I have a 57" WMS to WMS Curie 9inch under my '36, I had the housing centered (pinion is still offset though), but should get the measurements you...
I don't recall finding a name on them when I looked at'em a few weeks ago, chances are they aren't valuable. I only remember "GE" on the lens of...
That and "owning" every single problem that comes up with the car for the next 5 years get's under my skin. I've gotten to the point that I try...
Thanks, I'll dig them out tomorrow and take some pics then post'em up. Oh yeah, if any of them are worth anywhere near what was posted...you...
Anyone know of a site to ID old spot lights?
I've never had an issue with mig welding in sheet metal, then sand/grind down the beads..then hammer/dolly it into place. I wonder if those that...
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