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'33 Ford Coupe Hot Rod! - After 60 years, 86-year-old car lover reunited with the coupe that got away! I found this news item on the net this...
--------------- That's not a McCullough turbocharger, it's a belt-driven, centrifugal supercharger. McCullough superchargers were standard...
I think a cowl from a Model AA school bus. But good luck on finding one of those. I think finding a '30-'31 AA Ford school bus still in...
You picked up a '50 Desoto??!!:eek::eek::eek: Jeeze....you must be incredibly strong!!!!:eek::eek::eek: Sorry, I couldnt resist! LOL!:D:D Cool...
--------- -------------- Ah, yes...good ol' "Camp Climax For Girls"!!(:eek::eek::D) Just my bad luck ... I missed my calling and I was born a...
------ Yes....please post the scans! Mart3406 ================
The Caddy engine and Hydro tranny in that pic is the version used in WWII Sherman tanks. The tank transmissions had a cooler that used coolant...
------------------ I'll match your 3.5 cents and 'ditto' what you said! Mart3406 ================
The Model A rear axle can handle a stock 40 hp 4-banger and skinny 4.75 X19 tires just fine. That's about it. Mart3406 ============
--------- Yep....the notorious, so-called "Slim Jim" tranny. Not only are they not a dual-range hydro and "not a good hotrod tranny", they...
Ditto on that...from an old carnival or amusement park ride. Mart3406 ================
---------- It'd be nice and really really helpful too, if you could let us know what post you are referring to. Mart3406 ============
--------- Ditto on that! Same here. I got rid of my TV more than 5 years ago and don't miss it one bit. The problem is not just the incessant...
------------------ Sarcasm....right???? Mart3406 ==============
I found this 13 part video 'build series' on YouTube. It's not necessarily my idea of a '40 Willys, but I dig it! And for sure, you have to...
Can you post some pics of both the car and the decal too?? Mart3406 ============
------ I didn't mean to imply that simply putting an electric fan on a street driven "gasser" was wrong or that it automatically relegates the...
------------ ---------- Yep... tiny cam or belt driven or 12V electric-motor-powered Jabsco marine/industrial water pumps. Often connected...
---------------- WAY TO GO!!! Mart3406 ==============
----------------- "When did they start using electric radiator fans?" About 35 or 40-odd years or so after the last actual gas class racers...
Also, regardless of the year or what the numbers say, it couldn't possibly be a Camaro engine either, because ALL used small block Chevy...
Slush boxes are for guys who can't derive and/or can't build clutch linkage.:eek::D Mart3406 =====================
-------------- Yep a tragic and truly damning picture to be sure. As the saying went 'back in the day' - this girl and a whole lot of ordinary...
Does anybody have any theories as to why FoMoCo discontinued the 'two-model-year-only' 312 cubic version of the Y-block engine after 1957, yet...
---------------- It depends on how you define the term "gasser" Unfortunately It's become one of the most overused, abused and bastardized...
Quote: Originally Posted by Pitts64 [IMG] "Jim they look like you fit any...
---------- Ha! You don't have to go to that extreme, even! All you have to do is say that it is and it magically becomes a "Corvette...
--------------- There was no such class S/FX or any other actual "class" for "match racers". Match racers were just that - "run what you brung...
------------- Not "if".....when. :D Mart3406 ================
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