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OMG.......the Ford Cookbook listed the Roundup Room in Dyersville Iowa as one of the three best restaurants for the State of Iowa........My dad...
If by any chance you have an ELTO 4cyl I would certainly be a buyer. Still angry with myself that I let two go when I never thought I would get to...
WOW.....If I had a time machine, that is exactly the era I would go back to !! Everything a small town in America should be.......including the...
If you haven't already done so......get in touch with the Speedway Museum in Lincoln Ne. They may have the actual car or some bits or...
Yep......Wes Rydell in North Dakota was a real innovator and out of the box thinker on this stuff......and besides that a really great guy. I...
Your son's photo really needs to be on the "Makes Me Smile" thread
Are a couple of your intake valves stuck shut.....very common on that engine after not running for any length of time. You will find it when you...
Does that first truck of the three photos have a Chevrolet bowtie emblem on the top of the radiator ??
And......that brings a big smile to my face !!
Smokey Yunick
Please....please give us daily doses of this project......I love it !!
WOW !!
YES !!
Yum....yum. Thought I was the only guy who regularly clears off a bench to work on a turkey or baby back ribs.....or moves one vehicle out of a...
Now those are TRUCKS !!! I love the Chevrolet 4x4. Keep them coming
Great to see all the survivors on here. I am in a huge battle with prostate cancer. Stage IV advanced metastatic. Finished 26 days of radiation to...
Great progress !!......and yes.....horses take a LOT of time and energy.....hope your family appreciates it. I made the decision as a youth in...
Maybe try www.ewillys.com I am on there daily and Dave who runs the site always seems to be able to give an educated guess or better on tops that...
Also.....GM actually made a factory heat shield for big block truck motors that could be made to fit on startera on just about anything. It was in...
This is the location where Gas Monkey Garage did a full show. Richard Rawlings tried to offer several million for some of the stuff. Show was...
Late 1950's early 1960's......small town of Cascade Iowa. Perfect 1/4 mi. from 1st Ave north to small concrete bridge. Go a little further north...
Wow.......while still in high school, I started an after school and weekend job at the local small town Chevrolet dealer in 1959. It was always...
Looks like Ford 3/4ton based quickchange with aluminum aftermarket "wide five" hubs. Common on circle track cars and some other stuff.
Relax......get things buttoned up with cooling system and fuel system. Run it......you may just cause other problems when you disassemble with no...
Please......please......please share everything you possibly can on this engine and entire project
Some days the best thing you can do especially if the tractor has been sitting for a while is button it up and USE it......WORK it for a little...
If a valve is stuck, I have done several and all loosened up. Get some light oil sprayed down around valve stem at guide.....light taps with...
235 or 261........if you are going to go the newer 6cyl route.......just put a smallblock in it.....just as much work in the end.
Ryan......great story. Keep this kind of stuff coming. Jimmy B.......great addition to the original story....great pictures and great work...
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