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After we spoke yesterday, I did a little research. The original gauges are a hard find and not compatible with the powerplant you have in the car....
What series?
Gone but not forgotten- 1934 Ford 1934 Chevy 1938 Dodge (always a Dodge) 1963 Galaxie 1964 Galaxie (9 over the years) 1965 Fairlane Currently-...
Evil Bay currently has a listing for an AFB 3633 (1964 401) for $49.95 plus shipping.
The original AFB carb number should be 3635 (std.) or 3665 (auto). Jon should be able to help you. As @jaracer stated, the 64 tranny was a...
The transmission kickdown is an electric switch that can be adapted to the Edelbrock without too much effort. I put an Edelbrock 800 CFM on my 401...
[ATTACH] As Jason, I used the DAP top and trim adhesive applied with an old siphon gun on Cowl board. The door panels attach using metal spring...
Kanter's maybe? The complete assembly is probably the way you will have to go.
Yeah, that's what I need. LOL
One running and two projects under construction at once. The projects will be my last.
The only drawback to the kingpin front end on these cars is the limited caster you can put in and the need for special wrenches to do alignments....
The 49-53 front suspension rides reasonably well if all is in working order. I went with dropped springs and uprights, disc brakes on the front as...
Used NGK in motorcycles for years without any issues, now use them in my cars. Have also had good luck with Autolite over the years. Champion not...
^^^^ I put a 3.03 3 speed toploader in mine as I wanted to retain the manual column shift. A C4 has about the same bell housing area as the manual...
The locking pin is probably made of brass. Can you drill it out with a small bit on a Dremel and break it off?
If the locksmith has the correct blank, he should be able to make a key. The only other least destructive thing would be to grind off the locking...
Although a bit of sludge, pretty typical for higher mileage motors with draft tube ventilation.
Bill does an excellent job. Communicates all the way, honest fella that does what he says. [ATTACH]
1954 engines are either a 264 or 322, which is 1" wider in the bell housing area than the later 364/401/425. As previously stated, the firewall...
Is the planned Buick engine a 64 or a 54? Different answers depending on which.
That is the way my spring steel ones install. The spring steel keeps them snug, but that way will work also.
That happens more and more every year. Environmental laws, owners retiring, stock drying up. We have lost all of the vintage yards in our area.
On my 53 it uses 3 of ones you have two of pictured on the top left. The open-end hooks onto the lip of the trim ring and the closed end then...
Those mounts appear to be the 3659291M mount from SRHQ. As @squirrel states, I would let the motor/trans combo tell you where it wants to be-...
Asked to be in a backdrop of period correct cars for a movie shot where the scene was depicting a 50s drive in. Got a free small hamburger and...
^^^^ Thanks Mark. The OP has not been on here since 2012.
Fire trucks back in the day had redundant ignition systems so you could switch from one to the other, but usually had twin distributors.
There is a thread from Oct. 2007 titled "tech-37-57-bop-suspension-brake-upgrade" by oldguy829 that has a lot of the article pictures.
1980 is about the time GM had the blocks cast in Mexico, which are the more desirable ones. It will say cast in Mexico on the block if so.
Crankshaft Coalition has changed their website and I too am not able to access it currently. I do not have any pictures from the article. I...
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