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Or are the pumps used as a booster for manifold air? I have a stock flathead V8 in an F-1 truck with power brakes. It's possible I have a vacuum...
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“All part of life’s rich pageant.”
I’d settle for a picture of what my shop would look like if it were cleaned up.
*Edit: Found it, looks like I have 401 valves and need a 1.60 installed height. But still open to any wisdom you can offer. Can any tell me the...
Be careful what you wish for I guess but I’m secretly hoping my company shuts us down for a while. Kids are home from school, lots to do around...
Whatever you decide to do with it, it can be intimidating if you spend too much time thinking about the condition of the car now vs how you want...
Mine started out green. [ATTACH]
Please. I have a new Best Gasket set for the 364 Nailhead, 1957. It does not include seals for the valve stems. The existing seals are not in...
Here’s my local auto parts recycling facility. Many parts for my 1949 F-1 and now a 57 Buick Special have come from this one. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Well can we at least have a vague version of the history? No need to name names or locations but it would be interesting just to have a general...
“Every time I learn something new, a little of the old gets pushed out of my brain. Remember that time I took that wine making course and forgot...
364 Nailhead, stock but it will be a beauty. [ATTACH]
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I'll check.
If I had room for it I would have already made an offer on it, (they have an assortment of rotten lumber, old tires and rusty barb wire, I was...
This is in the field behind our house, reasonably complete and begging to be made into a speedster. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
If you have ever cleaned your barn and found enough parts to build a car, you might be a redneck.
For those of you who don’t know, Clive was a writer of adventure stories, hunter of shipwrecks, and collector and restorer of cars. I made it to...
[ATTACH] My Dad bought this one in 1968, sold it in the early 70s, made it's way back to me in 1987. 1949 with the original 239 V8. Front disc...
My wife bought a used Ford Edge in September, figuring new retail vs what we paid, it lost value at a rate of 85 cents per mile. I must admit...
What do you use to do such a beautiful job of scouring the paint/primer to the bare metal?
My Dad’s 49, I ended up with it in 1987. Looked like this in 1992: [ATTACH] Looks like this now. Numbers matching flathead V8. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Pretty sure they’re hood hinges. Can’t find any markings or numbers on them. There was a VW/Audi hood latch in the same box but I...
I have a flywheel off a 1979 Chevy 305 boat engine. 153 teeth ~12 3/4 outside diameter, balanced, weighs about 30 pounds. Wanting to know the...
Don’t know if this counts since the car involved was a 1979 Audi 5000. It was Christmas Eve about 1983 or so and my Dad got the call that he...
But not power steering? I need to see how the belts run. I dragged home a 1957 Buick Special. It was an unfinished restoration with the engine...
My 49 Flathead is .090 over and has one sleeve to repair a cracked cylinder from way back when. I replaced the rings and it runs like a top with...
You can skip down a bit to get the story, I'll start with the questions. I've never owned a Nailhead so I'm a beginner on this one. This is an...
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