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I seem to remember my father in-law saying he had a whippet chassis under a wagon. I guess I assumed he bought it as a wagon. I need to go look...
Cleaning up a farm my wife inherited I found a old cowl and dash board. Does anyone know what it came from. I searched looking for 20s chevys,...
finally runs [MEDIA]
I haven't got it running. It is in the truck but life and now the summer heat got in the way. After harvest I will get back at...
Haven't had a chance to do much because of work. Added more rope to tighten the rear main seal and added o-rings to the dist to stop leaks....
Happy independence day. I hope everyone enjoys the day with family and friends while remembering the cost many paid to allow me to play with Old...
possibly, I am going to reduce it to 3/16 and see if it helps. Sent from my S48c using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Mine has lots of flow to the rocker shaft and was over flowing the valve cover gasket with a drill priming the pump. I made a restrictor the same...
has 2 washers and the Oil out of the rocker tube is quite a bit, even switched to a pinched tube. Sent from my S48c using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
It works great Sent from my S48c using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I will look it over when we fix the rear seal but my machinest isn't worried. That was with Brad Penn 10-30 oil. Most of my big blocks idle at...
[MEDIA] Post Break-in idle Sent from my S48c using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
[MEDIA] Breaking in the cam Sent from my S48c using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
not sure how to post,a video Sent from my S48c using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Broke it in today. Run pretty good oil.pressure seems a little low and the rear main leaks Sent from my S48c using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Hope to run it on the run stand tomorrow. Coil mount was a fail, hits the starter, I will remake it. Sent from my S48c using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
16" fan is super close to the damper. Headers repainted black Built a engine lift plate to use the valve cover studs. God looks out for...
well I was going to plumb in a sediment bowl but I can only find ones with a top inlet and side outlet not both side. No my pump didn't have one...
I also used Caswells yellow chromate. https://www.caswellplating.com/yellow-chromate.html Sent from my S48c using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I think the BXOV-2s came out ok[ATTACH][ATTACH] Sent from my S48c using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Though I am from the "uneducated rural areas" I practice my freedoms more than most urban people do and I know the cost of freedom. Now back I...
I wasn't trying to make light of anything. Treason meant death if our founding fathers didn't win. They were putting their lives on declaring...
I guess.we move into the mad max phase? Sent from my S48c using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
The 4th when we declared our independence. It was a treasonous act. Sent from my S48c using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Well it has been a while but not a lot of change. Dyed and Blued carbs. Chromate worked good (maybe to good for some) and I got some gold back...
Cal Tracs are a modern version of a slapper bar that used the front spring eye bolt as a pivot to further push down on the front of the spring....
Started bluing carb parts today. Just a few pieces and another base to do. waiting on Yellow Chromate from Caswell to do the tops, probably...
How did you think it ran? I was thinking about building a 248 with 270 pistons and the LDV cam with a 819 head and dual zenith and the rest of my...
I actually had it measured and it is different than the old catalogs suggest. Sent from my S48c using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
apperently I mixed up the accelerator pump outlets and the idle air bleeds, the air bleeds are much bigger (.055) considering reducing their size....
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