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If you like to build your own headers here is a tech project you can do to to finish off your headers with a good looking, period correct, and...
[ATTACH] FOR SALE: 1946 FORD PICKUP TRUCK HOT ROD FRAME OFF BODY RESTORATION 3" CHOP TOP CUSTOM FRONT GRILL, SMOOTHIE RUNNING BOARDS AND ROLL PAN...
Its been said that "He who dies with the most toys wins". To that end some hoodlum hot rodders I worked with (@ FoMoCo R&E) started a game to see...
A friend gave me this. He does not know what it is. It has a reed headpiece and looks like it was meant to make a sound. I rigged up a plastic...
About 40 - 45 years ago I acquired a new power window kit designed to be retro-fitted to a car with manual windows. This kit intrigued me enough...
Why did roller starters fall out of favor for starting Top Fuelers? Were they dangerous? Hard to maintain or operate? When did that era end? Or...
I have followed many build threads that just STOP mid-build. Please, if you have a build thread that has stopped for some reason other than you...
Sad news. Fortunately no injuries. Nickels Automotive Woodworking...
I am parting with my magazine collection that spans several decades. About ten packing boxes of Street Rodder, Car Craft, Hot Rodding plus...
FOR SALE: A set of wooden body bucks to build a vintage sprint or champ car body. I used these bucks to build my champ car body and now that the...
I have a friend whose grandfather worked at an auto plant. Among his estate were several of these medallions. Can anybody identify them or what...
Seven 283 slugs on rods: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/is-there-a-market-for-7-pistons.1220070/
SOLD Ford 2.50 ring and pinion for 9" $70
AND SOLD! MILLER DIALARC T.I.G. WELDER - FOR SALE: MILLER DIALARC T.I.G. WELDER. This is an older Miller welder but is still working just fine....
Recently I discovered that my roadster pickup drag car had worn throttle shaft bores. This caused the throttle plates to be loose and leak air...
Does anybody know the dates for the Thompson (Ohio) spring Gasser Reunion? I'm looking at a potential conflict with the Detroit Dragway Reunion...
Hello HA/GR owners, In case you have not seen this post on the main HAMB board there is going to be a drag race for flathead and inline powered...
FOR SALE: WATER HEATED CARB SPACER - HOLLEY & AUTOLITE 2V CARBS. Checked for flatness and leaks. - $20 + S/H [img] [img]
I am selling my collection of Autolite 2V carburetors. All of them are used and may-or-may-not need rebuilding. As such, I am selling them as...
I want to make a tapered tube for my twin cam inliner valve cover similar to this gently tapered cooling tube pictured. I've also seen tapered...
Hello. I had a conversation with a couple of members of Inliners International. They are interested in holding a drag race in conjunction with...
For Sale: 1937 Ford tube front axle. It has been narrowed to fit an Anglia. The kingpin-to-kingpin width is 38 inches. It includes early Ford...
[IMG] And another - slightly more the worse for wear - for $29. This is starting to look more appealing.
I need rear fenders for my "Attic Anglia" find. Steel ones are scarce, which got me to thinking: Why not find a steel fender that is close to the...
Hi. I found this NOS Delco Remy distributor cap at at swap meet. I would like to know what it fits. The distributor housing I.D. that it would fit...
These are not my original ideas, but I thought I'd share them in the hopes they may save you some grief sometime. TECH TIP #1: Pan magnets to...
I have a question that I have been pondering after a weekend of racing my "Last Logghe" altered drag car and having high RPM misfire issues. The...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I found this 1949 Anglia in a garage attic about twenty miles...
I remember when winning an NHRA Wally trophy used to mean a significant racing accomplishment. Then they started giving them to "best appearing"...
My friend just picked this intake up and does not know anything about it. It has two plenums (plenumii?) and the carb tops/velocity stacks look...
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