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When I was vacillating about whether or not I should try to get Dad's buddy's T, one of my two car guy friends said "You realize you live close...
Still not everyone's cup of tea, I'm sure, but I've done a ton to it over the last year (38 different things all totaled up). Got the new front...
New (and unbent) front wheels on the T.
Think i hit a limit. I'll add that the caliper holes are drilled and tapped for the caliper bolts. The picture without the entire caliper in...
Ok, here goes. I tried to take the pictures aa perpendicular to the plates as possible and did my best to measure center-to-center. Didn'thave a...
Let me see what I can do! I'll be taking one of the old wheels off to see if the new wheels are true before I put the tires on soon.
My T uses 70s Triumph T140 or so brake rotors and calipers. I think this must have been a "thing" in the late 70s-early 80s when mine was built....
Put a new transmission in the T truck last night (my little boy worked the jack- he's a good hand) and drove the hell out of it today.
Dude that had my T made a CD in the 90s, mostly blues type stuff. Was a good friend of my dad and a childhood hero. Died a shitty, shitty death...
Man that sounds like him. I wish I'd met him in person.
He bought on of every knob I ever did. At the time, I got paid next to nothing as a substitute teacher and it helped me so much it helped give me...
New shocks, finished mirror mounts, put mirrors on the T.
This one's a journey for sure... I have always been a collector, and after he died, I've looked pretty hard for things from Dad's buddy's shop....
Haha, that's cool. Got the T going pretty well. Spent a month taking care of the crap that goes wrong when something sits for decades. It's...
If anyone can get the building owner's name, I can run it through Newspapers.com...
Doc, do you have any pictures of the one I did the sunglasses for?
Magnificent
Will do... thanks!
Not a bucket, I know. This one was my first experience with anything hot rod over 30 years ago. Belonged to a friend of my dad. Dad had it for a...
Iike this shot. Doesn't do the stance justice. It has some attitude, i think.
Used to cast aluminum shifter knobs, had a '65 Impala that I dearly loved. I'm old enough to remember Germ,,, and how Trailer Ed got his name, if...
Bump. $75, drilled and tapped if you want. Just looking to get rid of it.
This was part of the last run of knobs I did before my son was born. I finished one for a guy, and since this one was pretty close, decided to...
The boat tail must have been kept. That sedan delivery is for sale on craigslist for 1400 I think, not sure what it sold for.
Man, somebody get that guy a medal! I don't think I knew there was anything special about it, to be honest, but I last looked over it years ago.
No problem, man. Drop me a PM. Yeah, that 67 was pretty bad over 10 years ago when my Chevelle buddy was looking for something. Not that it makes...
I missed that one, I might ask the buddy that gave me a lift. I think that 50 used to belong to a guy around here. I was probably waiting to pay...
I didn't catch the Cole boat, but the Willys went for $15,500. I got a sportster frame and some stuff from the shop for my dad and I. The boat...
They're hotrod people, too. Originally, the father had the business, and after he retired, if I remember correctly, the sons split it a bit. One...
If I saw a picture I might. The only Willys I remember well is the Bad Company Willys, but it depends on when he had it, too. When he had the...
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