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Pretty simple really : Build a bad ass monster motor car using recycled parts and then just dont drive it . NOT ! Like it or not we humans by our...
WOW ! That hurts
Heres a few pics of some pieces I'm working on today next to some originals so you can compare them to Henrys tin . I've tried to get them as...
Hey Man-A-Fre Thanks for the good words man . You hamb guys are awesome . Real hot rods and dirty hands gotta love it . I've worked on way to...
Great now I'll have to pay for my next treadmill .. I've been gathering them up for a while even have one of those DC motors on my old lathe . A...
Maybe if ya dug a little deeper you'd find the rest of the car
How is this axle sprung ?
You could always move them to the back of the doors - suicide doors ya know . or you could move the top hinge down below that belt line . Randys...
My old man owned a scrap yard and had a car crusher . I worked for him crushing cars first thing I did was pop the trunks with the forklift and...
Oh yea the block numbers should be behind the starter - ya might have to drop the starter to find them .
The numbers E7TZ are just the prefix and they cover thousands of ford parts there should be more numbers behind that . If you can make out any of...
I should have mentioned you only need the bag to be about the size of a softball maybe 4 or 5 lbs when full of sand . www.imcarcrazy.com thats me
Heres a little tip from an old tin bender . Get a heavy cloth or leather bag and fill it with wet sand then whack it as hard as you can right in...
Try the guys over at www.practicalmachinist.com There will be several guys there that can fix you up . Turning radius's aint that tough if you...
You mentioned maintaining proper geometry so it will drive right - heres something you might want to consider . With a stock unsplit wishbone the...
To bad it didnt have a great big N on it - those are the good ones - The N means its a nodular iron case and they are super tough
One possibility is that with the car sitting so low the a arms would be at a steep angle and the ball joint just didnt have enough rotation left...
I,ve done it both ways - I have my helve hammer setup so it curls the piece up as I shape it and my planishing hammer curls down as it works so...
Hi Guys I need some measurements or paper patterns for the window and door openings from an unchopped 5 window . I am making fiberglass molds...
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