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I'm putting EMS patch panels on my 35 5W and have issues with the details. The body line is so much rounder at the edges as well as the lower step not being deep enough. I'm grateful for the product but wish it was of higher quality. Who has modified their EMS panels to improve the crispness of...

was given the cluster minus the speedometer, had the glass dash hanging on a nail...
wondered how it would look as a hotrod dash...
STOGY came to the rescue, he photoshopped the 2 together....
i like it, what do you think... should i break out the sabre saw ?
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The Nashville Goodguys 2022 did not disappoint this year there were an abundance of outstanding hot rods to be seen and heard. ...

After a couple of years missing the SK500, one due to COVID and one due to scheduling conflicts with Jalopyrama, it was great to get to return to Dewey, Oklahoma area for this always fun show. It was wonderful getting to see so many friends I hadn't seen for a few years, so many kids that are...

I have a buttload of C-clamps and bar clamps. Right now I am storing them on the edge of my table, but they are starting to be in the way. Hambers are some of the most resourceful folks on the planet, so I thought I would ask for your thoughts.

I kinda though about building a rolling tree of...

A couple of weeks back I found a 1953 Chevy coupe on our local auction site. It was located at the opposite end of the country, so I organised for an old rodding mate, Billy, from 30 years ago, to take a drive and check it out for me.
Billy and one of his mates...

Have really wimpy horns in my old car and want something really loud. Teeth shattering loud if possible.

Not interested in aftermarket - I'm thinking boneyard all the way. (Back in the 60's I'd probably just take some Cadillac horns. Nowadays I have no clue.)

80 degrees, great for a cruise - except, like most cruise nites just show up & park ...

Figured it was time for a fresh thread as my project has evolved multiple times as I learn and my interests develop.



I put this roadster body on...

Just wondering how many of us work in the old cars, rods, customs, collector, antique car business. I work restoring, and maintaining cars for a private collection. What do you guys do and how many of you are out there on this board? Come on sign in!

Think Ford 8" rear. (peg-leg...one-tire-on-fire)
I have always "heard" you could put in extra shims(what is that & where!?) in the rear end and it will make it act like a spool...sorta.
A spool with a little bit of slip when driving around corners on the street!
I'm SURE some of you fellas have...

Does anyone out there have knowledge or opinions on the GPS speedometers? I thinking of putting one in my 27 T Bucket but would like pros and cons from you guys. What do you think?

Getting ready to start up a 55 year old new never fired 283 chevy engine. History, I bought this engine from a Chevy dealer in Elgin, Il in 1978. The dealer bought it from GM in 1967, at that time it was already a two year old engine. According to the PM, GM...

For sale:

1952 chevy convertible.

Survivor custom. All work was started in 1956 by a 16yr old and stopped and put away in 1959 until I purchased it in 2019. It has a 1955 Oldsmobile 324 v8 with a cad/Lasalle trans. Car was last yard driven in 2019 and wouldn't take much. Frenched headlights...

great weather to stop by a couple of Cool events ...

Today they are scarce & rarely seen but just how plentiful were they back in 1932? HRP...

Original 1953 mercury decent shape needs a little floor work but overall body is nice looks like it had one repaint years ago , not in running condition but did fire with pouring gas down carb……. Asking $5,300 call or text mikeyjoe if interested 734-365-9497

Ive been watching old films like Thunder Road, American graffiti, etc. I've wondered how true to life these movies are, I know Thunder Road is very dramatized, but I'm not too sure on just how dramatized American Graffiti is.

Nice body with all the parts, have a bare frame with title in my name. New UPI quarters, tail pan, and subrails. four new fenders from brookville, new drake running boards, have hood, firewall, headlights, gas tank frame horn covers. The frame it is sitting on is...