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Hello I'm trying to patch up my 1932 Ford roadster quarter panel. I need the wheel well area up to about 2" above the fender reveal. So I'm...
Hello I finally found an old quick change axle buiilt using a 40's Ford truck axle. It's just the housing so I need to get the brakes, hubs,...
Hello I have this distributor angle drive, but I don't have the distributor to go with it. More specific, I don't have the dissy gear that...
Hello I have a roller cam and lifters for my Nailhead, but I'm missing 2 of the lifters. Can anyone I.D the manufacturer? Maybe they are from...
Hello I've got some goodies for building a early 60's drag influenced car now. Hilborn injected Nailhead, roller cam, magneto (or Spalding...
Hello I think I have seen some pics of what I remember as a 1926-27 roadster with a supercharger behind the engine under the cowl. This was...
Hello I have been searching the site for information about different overhead conversions for the Ford flathead V8. I have found some but not...
Hello I'm trying to find old large diameter brakes. I'm thinking race car style, open frame aluminium drums 14"+ diameter. But trying to keep...
Hi I have this project and I can't figure out which pedals to use. I have several differnt Ford pedal assemblies that I have tried out for fit....
Hello The winterfront threads pop up every now and then and I have searched. But I have not seen a pic of the winterfronts for the Ford 33 or 34...
Hello I have been trying to find the early ford engine green paint code. I did find a Dupont code saying DS127/DS135. If that is 2 different...
Hello I've been searching the threads for info on this, but I have not found a conclusive answer. I run mechanical 32 brakes on my Model A and...
Hello I picked up a couple of Shoutwin heaters at a swap meet yesterday. They seem to be OK and now I want to try them out. How do they work?...
Hello I have been gathering pics and info of different lakesters so I can decide how mine 27 should be built and styled. I have seen Marvin...
Hello I was looking in the Khougaz thread and started to think about Barney Navarros supercharged 27 model lakester. Has it been featured in any...
Hello all salt flat historians (and all other of course) I have noticed one thing when looking at old pics from the salt flats and dry lakes....
Hello I have a 8ba that needs to have one cylinder sleeved. I was planning to have that engine bored 3-5/16" to get 258 cubic inches. But can...
Hello I just posted a wanted ad in the wanted section. I need a pair of 16x3.5 FOrd 36-29 wheels. But then I started to think about narrowing a...
Hello Did racers use 180 degree cranks in flatheads back in the day? I have read somewhere that Barney Navarro had one in his destroked V8 but...
Hello I spoke to a guy about 4-bangers this weekend. He claimed that he had seen an ad for a jig or guide for drilling the 4-banger cranks for...
Hello I have a 46-48 distributor. Is this the sam as the 42-45 crab style and will the rotor and cap from this fit my distributor? I guess I'll...
Does anyone here now the history of metallic paint? I have heard that Cadillac had it as early as 1934. I might want to paint my T27 roadster...
Hello I know this engine paint issue has been disscussed several times and I searched for it and read many of the threads. From what I...
Hello Does anyone know if Vintage auto parts inc. www.vapinc.com still are in business? I have been trying to mail them but there is no...
Hello I've been on here for some time now so I guess it's time to introduce myself. I'm a 29 year old and I live in Sweden where I works as a...
What make of front brakes are you guys runnning? I will use Ford spindles on my car. Don't know if it'll be '32 spindles or '41, but I got both so...
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