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Been so busy in the last 4 years I have not posted in a while. Anyway I am no John Boy Walton so I will keep it short. Just finished boxing my...
In the new Rod and Custom on page 23 there is a full page add for "Vintage Parts" http://www.vintagepartsusa.com/ I was curious and looked at...
Anyone know if these are the same IFS as say a series II or III? I found a 72 on CraigsList and want to put a Jag IFS in a F-1 and I know the II...
Have some 30/31 fordor front doors. What else do they fit?
I never seen these ones, anyone else know what it could be?
Jeffery (Moses) just picked up this cool little roadster and the old timer said it was in the old little hot-rod mags back in the day. Said the...
I have a pair of Halibrand spindle mounts and would like to put brakes on them. There are bosses on the back of the wheel that could be drilled...
Don't really want to blow myself up so can someone shed some light on this subject. I have one wire coming out of the sending unit on the tank. On...
Have a TCI Mustang II type front end under my pickup and it's noisy as hell. Have around 2500 miles on it and the front end is still real stiff...
There seems to be alot of gasser post going on lately and people asking about how to's. I have been taking pics of front axles to see how other...
Here you go Doug, 88 of em. Damn, it was cold today just look at the base of the press before we started, ice comming out of the thing. It was 38...
Anyone in the NorthWest building one or have one? I picked up a glass 23T based body and frame this week and I mocked up a 8BA flatty in it and it...
$500.00 bucks dosen't get ya to far these days, but here's the parts I bought today from my buddy Ocean. Old Beet and I picked up the parts in...
Cody came up early Wednesday for the Arlington Drag Strip Reunion and crashed at my pad and while we were killin time, we got him marked up again....
Does the vacuum advance keep the dizzy plate advanced or retarded during idle? Explain how it works. I think at idle, it keeps things retarded and...
Jeffery want's to get his roadster ready for the HROR so this Friday we will feed who ever wants to come to Marysville and help out. We will start...
I started this post over a year ago..http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1165036#post1165036 And sometimes life gets in the way,...
Well since he has'nt worked on it in a year, here are a few old pics and what it looks like today.
So I have been looking for a 289 or early 302 and they are just getting harder to find and more expensive. I have three of them that all need...
I could not find a pic on the WWW. anywhere, but I know some of you know the pic I am asking about. It is a pic of a flagman starting a drag race...
Old beet and I spent this morning getting PUNCH drunk on louvers! We just put 82 holes in CG Kids big O Buick hood. Damn the big ones are fun,...
Marshall called me today to tell me that my old coupe was on ebay. Wow, I wondered where it ended up and was interesting to see some of the...
Thrill driver Joie Chitwood, Old Beets 2nd cousin, driving the NEW 1956 Chevrolets. A friends sent me this link, hope it works....
Need to know if stuff from a say 73 302 will bolt on to a let's say 93 or 94 5.0L Ford. Intake? Trans? What about exhaust manifolds? The reson...
I have only installed mustang and F-1 type boxs to mostly model A rails, but I need some info on measurments on installing a Vega box on a 32...
Took a bunch of pics of the wild paint on some of these hot rods.
Let's see your F-1's fellas. Mine is the Merc, Old Beets is the black one that he's had since 1972, pretty much the same way since.
Well I finally drove it. Broke in the cam, had no leaks and backed it out and put about 25 miles on it so far. Need to get the hood on and work...
Because he's is not so good at E-mail. Here's what we did today, it's hidious, but it ain't flatblack (Not there's anything wrong with flatblack,...
Old Beet and I had a real good challeng today, we louvered a F-1/M-1 hood today. DAMN, these are some big O hoods. Sorry no pics of the job being...
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