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Learn to JB Weld Just kidding. I started out MiG welding. Controlling heat is paramount. A quick on off with the trigger especially welding...
Resurrecting an old thread here. Due to space limitations Im thinking about putting an axcess cover in the floor and shortening the dipstick to...
Laquer looks great on those sharp body lines from early 60's. It lays on those lines well. That said I Would like a laquer that is easy to level...
I did a lot of motorcycles in laquer. Like anything else I tend to use the 7 p's. Prior-Proper-Preparation-Prevents-Piss-Poor-Performance. Be it...
Another car he ran circa 1923-25. Looks like a hand made car. He had a dodge speedster before this car. Don't know what happened to either car but...
Heres an outtake from 1927. W. Frank Jones who photographed many a car and driver at indy is walking away on the left. [IMG]
[IMG]Heres the 1928 photo #29
I try to use a full length of tungsten when welding high amperage with a air cooled torch. I also rigged an airline to my torch so I can air cool...
Get it hot almost a grayish red just about where the color starts to change from gray. and let it air cool- slowley. That will soften it.
I have a hodge podge variety of tools. All tools are guarenteed for life or so they say. I have snap on, mac, matco, craftsman, proto,...
Thats a nice twist. The 39 truck grill. Theres about twenty years of parts you can put on these things that can set them apart. When you start...
Did miller cast those?
Heres Norm Batten's car after the fire in the 1927 race. The car is X2610- one of two Jr8's built from the miller 91. [IMG]
Things are only worth what people are willing to pay for it. Be that in labor or final price. I've been around a lot of markets that had have the...
I use high speed steel. Works great and they dont work harden like the coated bits do. Also another trick I use is to take an arkansas stone to a...
I use a sanding belt then I use a nylon wheel. It brings the tungsten to a mirror finish. Great for real precision welds like the real small tool...
While were on the subject of carbs does anyone know the name of that dye they use to give it the golden tint when new? I saw someone use it years...
I want to say around 1981 for buick. After that they went to the gm corporate motor(350) chevy. Pontiac also. Olds held on to 1990. Olds also...
The t-5 is a notoriusly lousy trans. Lot of guys had mustangs and camaros and put an aftermarket shifters in them and adjusted the throw wrong and...
I use that eastwood flare tool. The parts store stuff is made like garbage. With the stainless stuff it wears out the dies. I always do the double...
Don't know if this will help but I had a problem where the spark was intermittent. Pulled my hair out the car would run but die and would start up...
He went down to Indy with the Number 4 decals. I believe one of the front wheel drive cars was also number 4 so he had to scrape off the #4 and...
Been thinking about building one of these after my T-bucket. Small block chevy too! I like how they rev up fast.
He is my Grandfather. I have plenty of pictures to share from Elgin Road Races from about 1910 to Indy 1938. I found that newspaper clipping...
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With a handheld propane torch unlit but gas on, go around the intake gaskets, brake booster, vacuum lines, carb gasket, and such. Over the years I...
Joined the board a few weeks back. I live in northern Illinois. I'm building a T-Bucket and just finished a 1/4 midget sidewalk racer from the...
[IMG] Found this on the Briggs and Strattons site. The body is a little different. But the grill shell is the same. Thats the one part I need for...
[IMG] Heres the Miller with Duke Nalon. This was the car Norm Batten caught fire in during the '27 indy 500.
[IMG] This pic was taken in 1938. Thats my dad in it. It was painted to look like my grandfathers 1926 Miller 91. I would like to know the...
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