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This is the second meet at Decatur instead of the Ball Park. Last year was pretty good, looking forward to finding some things I can use.
I've posted this before, but I turned a rough coupe with the top cut off into a rodster.
I wonder if the Highway Patrol will still cut you about 10 MPH over?
74 and own a 29 Ford roadster and I am building a 46 Ford 2door with SBC power. I think I must be the oldest guy on here!
Back in the 50's, a fellow I knew had split a straight eight 5 & 3 and it sounded great. Another fellow spit his Stove Bolt six 5 and 1. That...
Looks kind of like an old Dodge or Plymouth. They were wider than Fords and the tail light were mounted low.
Good progress and good looking car. I am plugging away on my '46 tudor restorod.
Why do you want the same bolt pattern. You will probably run larger tires and wider rims on the rear and you would not rotate tires as you do on...
It's probably a lot cheaper to trouble shoot the Megashifter. Lengthen the arm on the tranny.
Hi, I am in Gunter, TX. Goodguys show is out at Texas Motors Speedway this weekend, probably be some Corvair's there.
I found something odd that you fellows may be able to answer. I had several rear fenders that were not usable so I took the tail light housings...
Love those 48 Pontiac's. Dad went to Ft Worth to buy a new '49 Pontiac and came home with the '48 demonstrater. It was loaded and didn't even...
Years ago my Dad had a '53 F100 V8, 3 on the tree and overdrive. What a sweet ride it was. I helped a friend do a Camero front clip graft and GM...
Both of the '46"s have 99A as the prefix.
1946 Ford & Mercury's had the following numbers: 650,280 to 1,412,709. <O:p</O:p Two of my 2 door frames have the numbers 692058 and 1371828...
I bought five '46 Fords. I sold the convertible and am building a 2 door restorod. Most of the cars were already in pieces and some I discovered...
14 X 6 on front & 15 X 10 on rear
My friend's chopped '46 Olds was in twodifferent primers for a few years then he painted it a dark cherry. Looks good!
The phone company has Rick Dale for some reason.
As late as 10/04/2011 that number was listed to Rick Dale at the address you have. I assume that his company, Streamline, may have went out of...
vtwhead, Thanks, you are correct, the kit was manufactured by Street & Performance.
A friend put a new serpentine system on his SBC. I have his old system which uses V belts. I want to know if anyone has any info on what I have...
My uncle who was a Dallas Fireman and his new Model A.
The Blue and White '29 Roadster, I had in Brazil and shipped it home and sold it in about 1985. The Blue Roadster is my car of today. It was a 2...
A friend made this at the 1962 Pomona nationals. Notice the SBC and the Hemi mounted inline.
John Foust at Honest John's Caddy Corner in Justin, TX is great to do business with. If he doesn't have it, he will get it or refer you.
I found these led tail/stop lights at ORielly's for about $9 each.
I went on the wheat harvest in 1955 from Texas to Montana. We had two '54 Dodge 1 ton PU's with flat beds and the small duels. Each had a heavy...
I was a senior in high school when my Dad bought a '56 Bel Air, standard shift, power pack, four door. At 62 miles I out ran the fastest '55 in...
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