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It is a myth that all 57-64 Chevy rears have drain plugs. I have a 59 Chevy rear end under my 53 Chevy, I cut the all the coil spring mount off it...
Buying a complete old 10 spline Quick Change is like buying a pig at a poke the steel axle tubes have been obsolete for almost 35 years or more!...
More of the Twister Super Mod- [MEDIA] [MEDIA] I love it You can hear two vintage Super Mods idling over the whole field of 410 Cubic Inch...
Not really Bill ran that car with that body for about three years. Just as most guys ran the same car and body for multiple years. I don't know...
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Yes, Grand National hubs are now available in 5"x 3/4" however they are expensive and that only gets you part way there you still need rotors,...
One thing to keep in mind is there were lots of them were produced over the years, and now the modern oval trackers are running the much lighter...
Rodger Merit's 32 Chevy 324 Olds powered. [ATTACH]
Franklands maybe Winters. Winters did the casting for Franland and got hung on a run of Flankland Q.C.s and rather than losing all that money...
The two men I am named after- My full name is Robert James Palmer My paternal Grandfather Robert Nelson Palmer (a seventh grade school teacher...
Dad and Mom with my 53 Chevy [ATTACH] Dad and I with my 53 Chevy. [ATTACH]
Here is a great photo of Jack Miller in victory lane at Fonda with Chris Kupiec driver of the number 34 late model assistant flagger at this time....
I needed an idler pulley for the racecar. Being a purest and refusing to use modern parts I decided a Corvair unit would fit the bill and built a...
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Dad at Mid-State Speedway 1970 leaning in talking to Bill Roese before he goes on the track. Dad at Mid-State 53 year later leaning in talking to...
Frank Maratta's 1930 Ford "The Rake" [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
At the risk of beating a dead horse, I wanted to post some photos, videos of my families racing and car history and encourage everyone to do so....
I don’t know if it is a quote to live by but it is a good quote from my buddy Dan- I don’t want to see a car that is half a spaceship welded to...
My post was in regard to modern chassis roll cage design, not only does the roll cage protect the driver from impact and roll over but is also...
Thousand dollar bills! [ATTACH]
Ryan’s write up- https://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=57910
I spent yesterday helping friends of mine get there 33 Chevy stock car/hot rod project ready for Rodtoberfest [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]...
I beg to differ.... Look at the vintage photos the cages are built straight up and down no crazy offsets and with gussets and the cages held up...
Corrected but I am terribly sorry; I was trying to get it written, posted and see what the uninvited and unwelcome person snooping in my yard was...
Shoulder belts need to be correctly mounted. Too high the driver can forward too low, and they can compress the driver's spine causing spinel...
Yesterday's project to weld up the cage in Jeff and John Hager's 33 Chevy Stock car/Hot Rod project. The body is an old Middletown (Orange County...
The 49-54 Chevy frames were the hot ticket from the early 60s to the early 70s Oval track racing, guys who are building vintage oval track cars...
You should have given me a call, I would have T.I.G.ed it up for you no charge. You would have had to mail it.
I have been in the garage all my life. I never were safety glasses at home, I do wear prescription glasses. We are required at work to wear...
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