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I tried selling them for $1 / year (12) I ended up sending most of them to the local VFW hall.
Working in a marina in the 1960s I had a one gallon glass jug that the label said "sulfuric acid" that I had filled with acetone. At the end of a...
In the mid 60s I used some blue widow tint in a spay can to do the top 4 - 6" of the windows along with the head lights on a black 58 Chevy. It...
1969 and 70 Dodge offered a very bright orange paint ( code 999 ) as a "spring color". In 1974 I was working on a 69 Dodge when a guy a with a...
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I bought a 1923 Ford T that was rebuilt in the late 50s that had a MDF cam gear, it was suppose to be quieter. It had failed and bits and chunks...
Blazedogs I worked on some nice old cars for Frank K. many years ago that had that happen to his brother who raced (dirt?) cars in Minnesota....
My Dodge DA Coupe
Before the 8 track there was the 4 track. The 4 track had a slightly bigger case and the pinch roller was on the tape machine. Only the rich snobs...
I am not done procrastinating and I am not going to stop until I get it done to my liking.
Some Sears 5 HP 220V compressors were made by Devilbiss the paint gun people. I have a 1930s compressor that runs fine on modern power.
They are both "Cat Walks" (hood shelf s) one older than the other.
Chevy Dealer in a small town in western Minnesota they had one demonstrator car and catalogs. The repair shop was around back.[ATTACH]
My Dodge was called a Model A Ford.
I was going to mention shocks but check the wheel also.
The 225 in my 62 Dodge 1/2 ton with a 411 ish limited rear end lasted for just under 300k miles before I gave it away still running. The only...
Two guys I worked with in a body shop things started off small with glued safety glasses and bondo on a shop rag placed on a sanded fender....
One kid joking around one party night with a group of friends cars, short ropes wrapped and tied to the drive shafts, toothpicks broken off in...
This is an old aftermarket oil gauge that comes through the floor on the right side. It has numbers on it for quarts needed and the "F" is for...
No grass here, just a few dust storms. [ATTACH]
Your car had a rear spare, you will need to find one from a car that had side mounts. I saw a 30 Plymouth that had a Toy--- 4 with a 4 speed (he...
Appears to be a 1954 New Yorker the :tour guide" is driving.
In the 1920s Hudsons had a Klaxon horn named "The Mile Away" that was big and loud.
I live outside of Vegas and my shop is a steel 30 x 50 with R11 . I have a vented outside storage cabinet for some flammables, paints, thinners...
Anyone have an 1970s AMC six ? My 1981 CJ's 256 has the same sharp 90° but the threaded side port is different.
The Darwin class is were I was put with some of the early stuff (crap) I put together. Somehow I never got an award.
I had a 62 Plymouth that was "Luminous (turd) Brown" and that was NOT a good color. I painted it one of the Caddy Firemist colors, I think it was...
I remember on the early 60s T buckets along with the laced customs they were clear coated.
Working in a body shop in the late 60s we got under coating in a 5 gallon bucket. I believe it was thinned with enamel reducer and it was sprayed...
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