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Can't resist a comment! Obsession! Got to have it if it ever is going to materialize into reality. Yeh, there are times when you have to just...
Wipers pivoted off the cowl always improves the looks compared to the swinging type.
" Do you like 'em all?" This is one that looks right. The short wheelbase is cool. Howbeit, T-buckets do have a harsh ride. The "W" looks like...
I wrap an electric heating blanket around the battery during winter. Draws very little house current to keep the electrolyte warmer than ambient....
The 324 firing order: 1-8-7-3-6-5-4-2! Sounds like you got it right. And that QC sings.
Hard to determine the front axle, but is does not look dropped! The "T" did not have deep crown fenders so you could not hide the tops of your...
Totally agree with Jive! Stance was perfect.
I see some Kraut in that front end!
Thank you, lodaddyo
lodaddyo, where were you able to buy the "axle" bearings from?
Harmonic balancer must be co-ordinated with the correct tab. The balancer inertia ring must not have slipped and must be in its stock location...
If you are using silicone based brake fluid, and some of that gets on the friction material, you end up with no braking action on that side (in...
The earlier 324 camshafts will not fit the '56 324 engine. They used the larger journals like the 371s.
Actually, my alignment device is far more intricate! Requires cutting apart a 3rd member in order to access the carrier bearings. Then all...
Gimpy makes a superb point: timing curve! It takes a good technician on a chassis dyno to properly dial in the ideal advance curve for your...
If you are going to narrow the housing, I cut just inside the weld on each axle tube. Then I remove the pieces of axle tubes left behind in the...
Looks like you're using a '33-'34 front axle. Place the kingpin thrust bearing under the axle kingpin boss and above the bottom kingpin spindle...
How tall would Petri stand? Just wondering with that much chop and channel.
The roadster in my avatar is a '16. The seat bottom is sloped rearward at what appears to be a ridiculous amount. Backrest is 22" from top to...
My 324 Olds does not like parades, or stop-n-go traffic. Six blade plastic Pinto crank-driven fan. OK for the occasional stop light duration,...
Headlights look small enough to be Ford tractor.
Did you mention sidewall plies? It is difficult to get these to ride nicely - your unsprung weight to sprung weight ratio is out of kilter!...
Yep! You need caster, positive caster.
What! No finned aluminum heads. This flatty looks great as presented. Nicely done.
No magazines here - not for the last 4 years. Just a waste of time and paper. Duck tails and marcels only look good on older guys who groomed...
We look at those prices today and say, "Wow". Stuff was cheap back then. Well, not really! At 50cents an hour, how long would you have to work...
Pure, raw, maximum sensory racing! If you've never oval track raced on dirt, it's hard to describe in words the RUSH - backing 'er into the...
Does anyone know if the '37 tube axle is lighter in weight than the '37 I-beam? Also, did FoMoCo deem them more economical to manufacture than the...
Nicely done. A 1000 words!
Is this a northern climate phenom? We took our roadster to a Plentywood, MT show a few years ago and met a super-sweet older couple there. They...
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