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You got lucky. All I can remember about them from when I looked them up years ago was they were hard to find,and expensive. Having one turns your...
Thanks,latest PET scan results said there is no cancer to be found anywhere in my body. I have no idea where the hell it all went,and no interest...
Well,sometimes your only options are to to roll with the punches and make the best of it,or to weep and wail while rolling around on the floor and...
I have discovered something positive about having cancer . After getting chemo brain,everything is new again. I am sure I enjoyed this thread when...
Just curious. Does anybody ever save the sections they cut out when they chop top,so they can "unchop" it later if they change their minds? I...
It's a 1949 Ford 8N with a propane conversion. I'm on the look out for a middle buster tine, a grader, a scoop bucket, a mower deck, and...
I am NOT being argumentative because I am sure you know more about these things than I do,but if they weren't factory,where did they come from?...
"I think also that there is an over-running clutch setup that can be installed on the pto shaft coming from the mower and it will function to...
I sorta vaguely remember what I THINK was an older Farmall owed by a friends father when I was a teen that had a flat 6 Plymouth engine in it....
Asking because I don't know,what is involved in getting a driveway ready for snow? Do you spread and grade gravel?
Well,I can only imagine the panic from the Home Owners Association where a lot of people live if someone were to show up with a old tractor in...
I am NOT responsible for your ignorance. Good back to looking through your catelogs.
Thanks,you are probably right. I always get a kick out of seeing and helping people do the unexpected by using parts that may otherwise be...
My apologies to all. I thought I was making it plain that in many cases there was no such thing as a "Ford" or a "Hudson" transmission because...
Yup! Add to that the fact that unlike our generation,the teens of today will NOT grow up helping their older brothers or fathers repair and...
As I am sure you are aware,the 51 Studebakers used the same Borg-Warner auto trans most people call a Ford-o-Matic. If you are rebuilding one of...
Once the people now in their 50's die off,you will have a hard time selling ANY pre-90's cars. Kids today don't grow up helping their dads older...
Go to the Studebaker Drivers Club and ask them. IIRC,early 50's Hudsons with flat 6 and flat 8's used a GM 4 speed hydro trans. Same design as...
The max wedge Mopars were about as aerodynamic as a brick with cement chucks stuck to it,but when they started showing up at the strip and running...
Started out with a Golden Jubilee a friend gave me that his father bought new,and it needed everything. Redid the engine and wiring,and it ran...
I apologize. I had no idea of your level of experience. Seems like most of my life I have seen people "building" their "dream cars",and the cars...
I know this is old,but just in case you are still wondering,my 33 Ply coupe has a beam front axle. IIRC,it is a PD.
I don't get much more than that with my stock Flat V-8 in my 51 Victoria.
"File that under good sound advise that will not be taken. Tony has the itch for some dirty fast speed, at that point practicality has already...
I meant no offense.
My suggestion,and worth every penny it cost you,is to forget the blown gasser cartoon car,and build something you can actually drive and enjoy....
You can doubleclick on those search engine photos and make the photo twice as large so you can see the details better. Not just that one,all of them.
Nope,on the TT trucks,the have a cowl vent and a side-mounted gas tank....
Could it be a cowl for a 1 ton T truck?
I once found a Holman and Moody aluminum "short track" intake and aluminum valve covers for a FE Ford in the trunk of a junker 53 Ford 4dr I...
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