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Thanks for the awesome photos!! where is this GM plant in the pics?? I seem to recall driving past a GM proving gounds outside of Campinas,SP on...
I like the old truck personally... IMO..If you dont like the subject of a thread,dont click on it.... This site is a immense treasure of...
This,is My 68 Ford Fairlane, she's named "DICE" after Andrew Dice Clay in "Ford Fairlane" I working on the Streetable Retro NASCAR "look" slowly...
AWESOME!! My MOM (a petite lady of 5'2") drives a 105,00LB Kenworth Asphalt paving truck now... BUT she started in a good 'ol Mack with that...
Yes NO DOUBT AT ALL those are in fact Emi-Sul heads from Brasil. (and only BRASIL) Made by SIMCA,originally....Chrysler bought SIMCA durring the...
as a side note... I believe they made this car in Brasil, in the mid to late 1960's There is a car named "Aero Willys" in several of my old car...
ITS true...!!! They have some that were Hi-Perf models called the 250-S, with a decent solid lifer cam I they have all kinds of turbo kits and...
I had a friend CNC carve a pair out of a chunk of aluminum for me last summer.... hopefully I will have the fairlane rolling again by spring...
Here is a couple pics of our cars... we race Limited Late Models here in the NW the #52 2007 Chevrolet Monte Carlo is driven by Gene Lynch this...
I just saw this thread...Lots of nice looking racecars I am still a rookie, but last year I fulfilled a dream. I bought and fixed up an older...
OldeBob, My old man raced everywhere in the NW, and I would love to see that pic if you get it scanned. My dad said that those big aircooled...
OK I couldnt stand it anymore.... I dug up some pics of my Dads Sprint Car and scanned them. I dont know a lot about the car because it was...
Check out these pics.... shown is a Argentina made 292 Fase II the block looks to be unchanged from the typical 292/312 engines But it has a...
I saw a Lada in a Vintage Auto Expo, when i was in Brasil a couple months ago, I guess that they were imported to the Brasilian market with little...
I have had a 68 fairlane fastback for a long time, and you have all stumbled upon my build up plans for it!!! I was planning on...
"Ardun" Doug King has published a a cool little book "Ardun OHV engines and conversion kits" it contains the "Ardun white papers" among many...
I have more old truck pics I will find... this one is of MY grandfathers "brand new" Ford logging truck .....the kid on the hood is my Father!
377's rock. I run one in my Late Model Stockcar. My teammate is a machine shop owner.... an awesome shop all in his garage!! We built the...
hey folks... I knew about those old trucks there!!! seen tones of them. they even have the 70's F-100 cabs after those...some have quad...
nice ride man! my best friend used to have one... was 6cyl. 3spd car....instantly it got the BOSS 351 C6 treatment... many many happy miles in...
since someone else brought up the VW bus subject..... FYI: I just read in the local paper the other day (I am in Sao Paulo,Brazil for a while.)...
Sounds like using my carbs from home is do-able to me! the Gasoline here is a 25% mix and its R$ 2.40 a Liter but straight ethanol is what I...
ok i am starting to get a little better grip on the alcohol/ethanol thing. fuel lines/tank/etc seems easy enuf...now i am just worried about the...
The 1st PC we had in our home was in the early 80´s it was a Timex Sinclair...was an tiny little POS...had to use a tape recorder for the...
I can figure it out...(gotta dig in my papers here) If I remeber correctly...the Simca block is a taller deck height,and the rods are the same...
FYI: those simca stroker cranks for the V8/60 are available down here in Brazil, as they used the french based V8/60 here since the mid fiftys...
The reason I started this thread is : In the not so distant future I want to bring myself the parts/pieces to assemble a nasty little 302 or 351...
btt someone here has to know something about using ethanol fuel, and what is needed to convert to it.
WOW neat thread! I just saw a Romi-Issetta (Irkle's car) driving down the street here today....think anyone ever hopped-up one of those??
I am here in Brazil, there is 2 kinds of fuel available for cars..Gasoline (Gasolina) and Alcohol (Alcool) In any case the Gasoline is 25% Alcohol...
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