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love the styling on the earlier volvos and run a junkyard saved 240 as my daily--anyone working on their own car gets an A+ in my book. plenty of...
Always thought it would be fun to use a continental 225, used them in forklifts and stationary equipment up through the 80's. Maybe a chevy 292....
the gm saginaw and ford 3 speeds are dirt cheap to get a hold of and can take a pretty good thrashing, nice for putting behind something with...
Pressure is equal to force multiplied by area. force remaining constant, the way to increase pressure is by using a smaller diameter piston for...
me: 18yrs old 425 nailhead (looking at getting a spare shortblock) two 4 bolt main 350's 305 chevy 250 inline ford I got free 170 inline ford and...
what if you used up a power steering pump and ran it through the turbo? its a fluid pump, use something light like 5w-20 for it. knowthe old ford...
you might be a redneck if.... Your idea of a nice exhaust system is the lack of one. A "fuel efficient" vehicle means the gas tank doesn't leak....
all time greatest engine is, as mentioned, a tie between the flathead and sbc--both (within their respective periods) introduced thousands to...
tall deck truck motor (427 chevy), flat top pistons with high pin center, real long connecting rods, blower... maybe, but not worth it. definitely...
turbo 350 trans had an overdrive option later on (have one in my monte carlo, runs great). the 283 had either rochester 4gc or carter afb,...
cough, hurst, cough, cough... jegs and summit still listed the indymatic 3spd shifter last time I checked for under $130. now, as for a bracket to...
thought 54 and up had the open driveline with saginaw 3 speed, but that would make things too easy. with a torque tube as far as I've seen there...
as much as I love old carbs, you probably wouldnt see half your investment come back within a few years at the 10k+ price. make an offer on the...
oh man... going for a ride in my dads 68 vette. stingray, 327, muncie 4 speed, 12 bolt posi, metallic flake blue, steel rally wheels, and laying...
ok, to the best of my understanding here are the problems with running a lean mixture: harder to ignite, burns hot enough to destroy internals,...
got a little fun car planned. probably gonna make someone mad, but... toyota pickup frame (the older ones with four wheel leaf springs), drop tube...
some fun combinations with sb chevy... 307 has a 68-69 large journal 327 crank, 305 is a 350 crank in a 262 block, 302 is a 283 crank in a 327 or...
either a 32-35 cadillac or a 32-33 la salle (thanks De Soto~)... now what do i check next? any book recommendations on the subject of cadillac...
rebuild kits for saginaw 3 speeds about $100 from year one last i checked, they work fine for just driving. for muncie check out...
it would be an early 30's or late 20's frame based on the mechanical brakes and hydraulic shocks. the size and spoked wheels still make me think...
so... essex terraplane or cadillac? thats a start, where can i find numbers on those cars ? and where can i find the books to run the numbers against?
here is one of the wheels on the chassis, 8 lugs! [IMG] some grill shell found in the woods. really messed up, but might look good hanging as a...
in a high school program right now that puts on a car show every year and and we are looking at pictures of past shows. one comes up of a...
TVR is a nice car, love the seats in those things! my Fiat just happened to be the lucky model between the TV roadsters and 124 spyders :(
17 year old car loving male. grew up with a family in the truck salvage industry, saw some real hard lessons in what happens when you f@#$! up....
1963 Fiat 1200 Vetture Speciali, traded a beat up dodge pickup for it. loved that car... but absolutely no interchange or mechanical parts for it....
front axle (spring center to spring center) is 28", rear axle (center to center) is 42", wheelbase is ROUGHLY 11', drum backing plates are 17.5",...
front brakes are cable operated--not some panzy cables, look like 1/4 to 3/8 inch thick! rear brakes are solid rod and all the drums are massive....
seems to be a decided lack of information once you leave the holy following of ford or chevy.... the frame dont look so bad for sitting as long as...
first look at this frame and i thought it was from a truck--huge rear end, probably about 8 inch c channeling, and just massive. the devil is in...
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