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Yeah took 275 to 75. I started out with surface roads but decided it wasn't too bad, stuck with 65 mph. I could feel the wind, but I never really...
Plain and simple, I think it's been said before but I'll say it anyway. Absolutely life will be easier with a more modern block, but if it was me...
Always front first, I really never consider any other way of course. And yeah, open flat car trailer. It's that or a dolly trailer if you're...
Just want to get a feel for how much of an issue a Michigan forecast of a wind advisory for gusts up to 50 mph would be while pulling a uhaul auto...
I'm in Michigan. Funny you should mention it, I got a '56 cab from the same junkyard as this one and 30 minutes into my drive home, the roof flew...
Hello- Does there exist any source for rear door panels or whole doors for the F series panel vans of the '50's? I have a candidate spotted in a...
50 years old and I'm still learning, and this would be my learning for the day! I'm soon to be doing a dual master conversion on my 60 Plymouth...
For what it's worth in spite of me coming late to the party, my first car (besides the hand-me-down mid size pontiac station wagon...) was a 1955...
Is there a good run-down of what is different or similar between the 53-56 Ford truck series? Particularly wondering how well front sheetmetal...
Second the Edelbrock, I put one on and never had any trouble with it. I've worked my FE hard, dream cruise driving.
Found an online brochure, the radio is listed as optional equipment but it doesn't seem to mention a clock... heater and oil filter are also under...
Definitely 1955 Ford passenger car, I'd have to check my books whether it was used in trucks but it wasn't '54 or '56 passenger cars so I'm...
REO Speedwagon, there's a lot of them in this junkyard. I could make a thread just with REO pics from there. He used to use a few of them as tow...
My pics are Swain's
Found it. Also no tailgate. But i will keep watching for more.[ATTACH]
I'm in the junkyard as i post this, a return tomorrow (Sunday) is possible otherwise probably my last trip this year. I found 2 59 wagond but not...
For whatever it's worth I did this on my first '55 Ford when I was 17 back in the '80's. At the time I bought a new crossmember, there's a number...
FYI I made a trip last weekend but only came away with photos... 339 of them, but somehow I missed the 1959 Chevy's. I'll be making my last trip...
Very nice... One day my Mercury will be on the road, I got mine at $100 in the '90's from a guy that came to a garage sale wanting to see if we'd...
Couple other places I've been depending on which hour away we're talkng about would be Beulah Auto Parts (Beaulah, MI area over to the west) or...
Didn't see this until today but I was pretty full on activity last weekend pulling front suspension and a rear axle. I can see if it's still there...
Finished the brake lines on the '60 Valiant on Tuesday and went to bed happy with myself, yesterday was to be the day I'd fill the master...
I do think there are. I have one picture here.[ATTACH]
I've been picking away at the brakes on the 1960 Plymouth Valiant. This isn't ever going to be anything radically customized, it was bought new by...
Absolutely, my dad and I got anything usable from the '55 Fords long ago. We've seen a crusher there once, but he wasn't crushing any of the older...
Near Mancelona. It's pretty off the grid. The guy that owned it when I first was going there didn't have a phone or anything, his son is running it.
I have been going to this place as long as I've been in the hobby and most of the cars i got my first parts from are still there 35 years later....
I'm personally a fan of the '55 Mercury wagon and I have one I'm intending on transplanting an FE block into. It uses the same body sheetmetal as...
Well I'm sure I've heard all this before, but whether it's a 400M or 351 Cleveland or otherwise... is it just interesting to know it's there? I've...
By no means do I dispute the definition, in my way of thinking I look at it as taking what I have sitting around and making something out of it....
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