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I am installing a Vintage Air unit in the trunk of my '37 LaSalle and seeking some advice on covering for the lines that run through the frame....
I have conducted a 'straw poll' for over 25 years among riders and I ask them, "How much front and rear brake do you use, especially when you want...
I sold a piece of sculpture at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for about $22,500 so decided to put a chunk of the money in something I really...
Got it. In fact I have one just like it and didn't realize it...thanks.
Great photos but they don't show the bracket. And lo and behold as I was taking the photos I noticed the small bracket was bent at 90 degrees, and...
I went through a goodly number of hours to install (and hide) turn signals on my Vincent Black Shadow, was boasting about them to a BMW rider (who...
I have two vintage turn signal switches, one four wire and one seven. I have wiring diagrams for both. The four wire, the black one, has a sliding...
Thanks for the compliment on the "GO" book, my last one on Carl Fisher is probably the best I've ever done but sure didn't get the publicity and...
There are some VW mirrors that look about like the ones on your great truck and as I've said I want to paint them Admiral Blue, same color as the...
My 80th is the 17th and couldn't be happier. Great looking truck and it looks like the mirrors will really do the job. The VW mirrors I'm looking...
This is sure a great site. I've been working on the LaSalle for about four years and every time I have a question I get the most helpful answers a...
I'm real familiar with the British stuff as I've had a Vincent Black Shadow for over 30 years. I searched for a decade for the original Stadium...
I just looked at VW mirrors, from the 50's on and several appeal to me. The VW convertible ones from 1968-79 are rectangular and have very nice...
I considered that, and have already made a new hinge pin that accepts a round mirror with a long stanchion, but still not happy with the result....
Close to finishing my '37 LaSalle Opera coupe, the same car I drove through college from 1964-68, now equipped with a 500" Eldorado engine and a...
The tail lights on my '37 LaSalle Coupe are very low. In the interest of safety I want to install multi-function LED lights that I can use...
Thanks, I think 'they' have made lots of units interchangeable and I see one advertised for about $80 new, so that's what I'll go with. I...
Thanks...not sure which cable to buy, I think the short one will work..and then I'll need the shifter bracket...but you've given me a great...
The title says it all. I have a Hurst shifter I want to install on a turbo 400 trans and need a cable kit. Cannot identify the shifter so am...
I'm trying to locate the 'sleeve' (called a casting nut) that the lead screw screws into for a 5" Cadet Wilton Bullet Vise, Schiller Park model....
That's it...maybe. I am not getting notifications for my post and thought I signed up for them. Mine is a Wilton Cadet, the sleeve is stamped 740,...
Hi: JUST NOW saw your post and I am real interested in finding the 'casing' nut, the sleeve that holds the screw. I am at 812 273-2472. I must not...
I'm trying to locate the 'sleeve' (called a casting nut) that the lead screw screws into for a 5" Wilton Bullet Vise, Schiller Park model. I've...
Thanks so much. I want to test hammering on normal and annealed material, so now I have a base to begin.
Well, we are way off. One of the pro aircraft welders in the MetalShapers group says 3003 anneals at 750. He uses a Sharpie on the material first...
My friend Jerry Weeks Baker is a journeyman metal shaper who has been using oxy-hydrogen for welding (mostly Aluminum 3003 H-14. .063"). The...
Hi: Perfect info, thanks. Mine is a 1970 so it can be re-splined and it appears as though it will need it because there isn't enough spline to...
Great reply. I had no idea that (some) axles have much more spline than necessary. So, I'll tear the plot apart and at worst I'll have to have...
I've never personally shortened an axle but I THINK the Ford 9" is offset 1 1/2" to the right, so once again I think I can shorten just the left...
Nice job. Overall, it wouldn't be too much of a task to shorten one side of my Ford rear end so I think that's my best option rather than scouting...
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