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As with any project, ask a dozen people for advice and you'll get two dozen ways to proceed. My .02: Since you have a frame (assuming the frame...
I'm a big fan of the 1954 Oldsmobile copper metallic. It's not as "new penny" as you'd probably like....
This is a great reply. thanks very much for the info-I hadn't really thought about the possibility of digging a (car) body sized pond and doing it...
I've read through every thread I can find on here about doing small parts, and some good tips about what to NOT use as an anode etc. It seems...
Instead of photobucket, use this site: http://imgur.com/ It's FREE, and your images will never have a bandwidth cap. I've been using it for...
I always had heard (it's probably urban legend and therefore I'm wrong) that the vinyl tops were to hide how chewed up the cars were from acid...
If I went with the 57 lights, I'd be fabbing 57 style upper quarters (I imagine that nobody makes 57 quarters, and my experience has been that...
Yea, would be a lot easier, due to the similar dimensions. I'm not looking for easy, just hoping for cool. I do like the 56, just not sure if...
Like these? I would have to do less widening to make them work (and check out this continental kit!) compared to the 57, for sure. Would be a...
I'd love to see some pics of that!
For the love of God, please don't use photobucket!!! There are much better image hosting sites out there-that are FREE and just as easy to use as...
All good ideas- I'm trying to keep this car as close to "all olds" as possible. The 57 taillights are quite a bit wider than the 54s, and I was...
They are too wide if the 54 quarters are left alone. I'd be massaging/adding metal to the 54 quarters to blend the 57 lights into the body (as is...
I'm massaging sheet metal on my 54 olds holiday (fairly stock build, with some mild custom touches planned), and while taking a break was looking...
Back in the day, cars were truck sized and had the suspension/frame to match. Of course, the Malibu Brakes are better than a 4 wheel drum setup,...
lol, it has be a REALLY long day at work today...
I'm fine with rocker panels, I am just curious how they got the name. Like "fender"...fender is a shortening of "defender"...the fender defends...
That's what got me wondering when they became rocker panels... I know on older cars (before running boards were common), there wasn't really a...
That answer doesn't line up with any early cars I've seen, not that I've seen them all-but in all my trips to museums and all the early 1900s...
This may be a total n00b question, however, I can't think of why they are actually called rocker panels.
This is already used in OT luxury cars to quiet the interior. Some cars also play "exhaust notes" through the sound system (along with other...
Wasn't the 303 Olds always intended to be grown larger? I know they did some changes to the block, but I thought that Olds always inteded to push...
I don't know if this has been posted on here before, but I saw this and thought that I had to share it here in case nobody else has seen it....
Can't agree with this more!! UTI is a total $$$$$$$ pit! I used to work in a shop and the guys we'd get out of there were eyeball deep in debt...
This is why I said earlier that the correct batteries and clock cycle are important for perfect accuracy. Being 1,000 RPM off should be easy to...
One key difference in the old mercury batteries, and modern AA is that mercury batteries are ~1.35 volts and modern AA are 1.5. It's possible to...
You'd be correct there. I'm having a hard time finding the exact time frame. I am fairly certain the same module was used in early 60s chevys...
Found the website for EB-9A restoration/conversion: http://www.tachman.com/sun.htm These guys took a module that I bought off of that auction...
I believe the EB-9A has been around since the early-mid 60s. If yours hasn't been converted, it will need to either have the box electronics...
I don't know about OSPHO, but the MSDS for Phosphoric Prep & Etch says to keep it away from "bases, aluminum, brass, and bronze". Says Hydrogen...
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