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I did a few wiper swaps in the 80s using Lucas wipers from MGs or Triumphs. They're very adaptable. Don't let the name Lucas scare you off. They...
A kid in my High school bought that car from Norm. I guess when he got older and had some movie bucks, Norm had the Packard chopped, probably 8...
Cars never had carbon arc lighting. That requires a tremendous amount of electricity. The lamps are carbide
A steamer with a crank??
There's a man dressed as a major domo and he's farting.
Whippets don't have grills, barbecues do. Whippets have radiator shells
V8 60
This seems far more than belt and suspenders. Once the wheels are on and the lug nuts are torqued down, the chances of those bolts falling out are...
Yhis all sounds like a myth to me, much the same as the guy building brand new 57 Chevys in a secret workshop somewhere un the mid west. They were...
I gave two of them to the scrapper about 5 years ago. Good riddance
The 47 box is a selector shift trns and is an entirely different unt
So many answers and most of them are wrong. I asked the same question to an old rodder 60 years ago. he splained that it is the perch that makes...
I was expecting a Henway or Dickfor comment
I have bought exactly, one, adjustable (Crescent) wrench in 73 years and at last count I have 14 of them from 18" to 4". I probably have a dozen...
When the new kids decided that wheels are now called "rims" or God forbid, "rimz" then new terms had to be invented to describe the parts that...
And, that would be a wheel BARROW
Moss Motors in Goleta CA has all the Healey parts you need. The handle fits all big Healeys from the 1004 to the final 3000s.
40 spoke?!?!?!?! the late big Healeys and TR6s ran 72 spoke wheels
Steering arms are usually forged. I have always used the two hammer method
You can also tap one hole to 1/8 NPT and screw in a Steel pipe plug and tighten the hell out of it. The pulley should fracture and almost fall off
As they say, "it is a poor workman who blames his tools"
They are both experiences to be remembered . I said nothing about my service there . Was wondering if anyone would know what it meant . Evidently...
Not fishing , dont need BS. , just saying .... got great replies from others Sorry, I can't help but wonder what your alleged military service...
I imagine for he same reason, NO VWs. Furrin stuff isn't trad though there are some exceptions like Anglias and Pops
OK how do you know?
Some were, most were not and none were trucks
My 2016 Ram has two compartments in the rear seating area hidden under he carpet, factory stock. As to weapons, Texas is very gun friendly. I...
I used to work on British cars which often Had Laycock DeNormanville overdrives. When to double the volts from 6 to 12, you lose half of the amps....
Oh, I get it now. He wants wheels not just the rims
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