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Heres one I rescued.
I looked it over good there just wasn't anything I'd wade in the mud for. The inside of the deck lid was gone. Someone took a torch to what's left...
Looked at this '59 today. Heard about it sitting in this stream near town. The farmer could not remember if it was a 2dr or 4dr so I decided to...
Please send me a pm. I have a question about a car from that area. Thanks.
The poly tanks will melt. I've seen a couple tanks melted through. The exhaust pipes were about an inch from it. Fab up a heat shield or see if...
Thanks for the info Jerry.
I have a '53 Chevy truck and I'm taking the cab off the chassis. Aside from unbolting the steering box off the frame and leaving it attached to...
Thanks for the quick reply guys.
Does anyone off hand know the width of a 59 Ford car rearend from drum to drum? I know the 57 & 58 Fords are around 58" wide but I wasn't for sure...
"I promise this is the last car I'll buy. This is the one!" I wore that line out 20 cars ago. She finally gave up & could care less what I drag...
Thanks guys
There is a 57 Chevy at a local salvage yard that has alot of good straight stainless trim on it that I can use. However the yard had a grass fire...
Call Comer's and ask for Mike.
That's a baaad '55!
I'll take some for you.
Here is a pic of my 150 gasser with hogged out quarters done by the previous owner. [IMG]
If you're only wanting to pick the car up a few tenths, buy a Sniper kit. A 100 shot will get you in the 12's pretty easy. If the car can't handle...
I've seen an axe used once to cut braided line. By far the slickest, and quickest way is to spend about $30 for the tool mentioned above and be...
Read this for nitrous facts: http://www.nitrousexpress.com/Pages/faq.htm Don't make nitrous difficult.
Nitrous is cheap easy horsepower. Who can afford to drive around and cruise comfortable with a high horse power engine? I sure can't do it in my...
That seems high but a few months ago I seen an unrestored & rough '55 Chevy hardtop needing a complete resto sell for $14,500 at a small town...
Most all the yards around here have crushed the older stuff. What year Impala are you looking for?
My firewall, door jambs, and trunk are currently painted with trunk splatter paint, so any color would be an improvement. Thanks for the responses.
Why do alot of hotrods have their firewall painted white? I'm getting ready to re-paint the firewall on a '57 Chevy Gasser and I'm trying to...
After watching the HAMB drags at Mokan I was really impressed with all the rods that were there. Then after visiting this great site I decided to...
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