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Replica box looks like it might be same as the green one. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'll be building various scales, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 and 1/25. I 3D print the parts. I get anal on details so do my own parametric computer models....
Certainly not a Chevy p/u '51--'54 since the car was built prior to 1950. According to D.K. hisself he sold the car at the end of the race season...
I'm wanting to do the stripped and I assume the T body one is the same car that got progressively modified, but the steering box stayed the same....
I'm going to do a historical model of Dick Kraft's The Bug and I want it to be as accurate as humanly possible. I need an I.D. on the steering...
Six 1/4 scale Strombergs. [IMG] Flat32
I'm having fun indulging my passion for the Ford Flathead by printing the block in 1/4 scale. Eventually I hope to cast it in bronze. [MEDIA]...
Dale, it appears your front main studs might be too long to clear the oil pan. Fantastic documentation of your build. Will you be doing the same...
I'm halfway through the 3D printing of a Flathead 59 block in 1/6 scale. Just letting you guys know. It is just the bare block and in three...
Metal casting is ancient technology, relatively easy to do and throws the parts making door wide open. CAD is the tool I use to greatest...
Last Friday got a new best timeslip, 13.313 at 98.76 mph. First run. Second run broke the rear. Flat32
My Flathead wouldn't be considered H.A.M.B. friendly being that it's got electronic fuel injection utilizing a Megasquirt 3, but I really dig...
I don't sleep on the line. I'm old and have to remember to arm the Gtech after staging and then collect my thoughts a bit. [MEDIA]...
This was a milestone for me in a continuing quest for Flathead performance. And I think it was fun. [MEDIA] This is what the other car was....
I use GRAFOIL which has an inner layer of stainless steel. Here's a link to a similar product. http://www.garlock.com/en/product/graph-lock A...
I agree. Great thread and glad to have something to bring it btt. CNC carving combustion chambers. "barrel shape" as mentioned earlier in this...
Got my target to the tune of a 13.398. [IMG]
In fond memory of Flatdog who once challenged me to get my coupe to a 15.0 I've since attained a 13.298. I miss you Don. Flat32
I have the book and that pump modification is one of the few things I have doubts about. The hole is cut into the suck side of the pump allowing...
I've got a Flathead and never been on one of these runs. Not much more than 150 miles from Federal Way so God willing I'll be there. Flat32
Open where the air wants and needs to go, closed where it doesn't to keep CR high, 10-1 on my engine, and angled to enhance rotation (swirl) into...
Ode to Flatdog, I miss him and think of him almost daily. When our coupes were running in the fifteens, mine mid and his low he lamented his quest...
Cool is an understatement. This kind of thing is exactly what I want to do with my Flathead Ford. Already have Solidworks and use it to model my...
My coupe and Elmo Rodge's 36.http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu187/Flat32/Bonneville.jpg
I drive mine Seattle to New Jersey most years and to Bonneville each year. It is daily transportation. My primary hobby is making performance...
I've known Don for only a few years and the passion he put into every thing he did was remarkable. He became a bench racing buddy from our first...
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