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I would have said “on accident”, but I have used that one before. Anyway, a few weeks ago a buddy that I have known since high school because of cars sends me a text with a few bad pics of a 51 Ford with a note from the owner that was recently widowed almost a year ago. She was...

Check this out. I bought a 1951 Mercury from my boss who got the car from his aunt. The car belonged to his cousin, he died in 1962. The car sat in the Arizona desert since he died but the car was last registered in Texas. Ok now check this out. My boss had pink slip, registration and bill of...

I've been working on this 1929 Model A truck for 51 years and counting and have finally come to the point of starting up the engine, a 351 Windsor that I decided to retain the Duraspark II ignition. It is among the last things electrical that I've tackled, but I've spent the last nine months...

I converted to front disc brakes a '65 Corvair, the car is not mine.
Wheels are American Torq Thrust D and I had to put in longer 7/16-20 studs and 2mm thick spacers.
The car was driven maybe 10 miles before the left front wheel started to come loose, I retightened the lug nuts thinking to...

Recently a local auto repair owner called me to ask about sending some guys by my shop as they were asking about Y-Block parts and Dave knew I had a lot of parts. Two guys showed up and they were all over what I had, but I told them I would only sell it as one lot. They told me they were on...

I am fairly certain that this is the car. https://eastcoastdragtimeshalloffam...ollie-olsens-will-a-meaner-remains-a-mystery/

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My user name for the Hamb came easy.

My story starts back in the early 70's, our rag tag car club went to the North Atlanta Street Rods show/rod run at Stone Mountain Park in Atlanta, Georgia and it was the first trip I made in my 1930 model A pickup.

You could smell the the fresh primer from...

Hey everyone,

I picked up this 36 pickup a while back. Someone had kinda worked on it a bit. I’m trying to fix the engine and give it a proper stance and chop. Maybe channel it. So far have only been working on mechanical stuff. I got original 1930s 16in ford wire wheels. Got them powered...

This story takes place in the Summer of 1965, in McMinnville Oregon. Just one of the foolish/dangerous things I did that Summer as a 16 year old.

The 1955 Hudson Wasp Story ( How not to use a fan belt)
Mike McKinney, a friend of mine stopped by to show me his new...

Ryan submitted a new blog post:

The Mag Heist & The Resurrection

My daughter turned 15 this past Saturday. She wanted a VW, but she got the American version. A61 Corvair w/powerglide. She named it the Pacific Pearl (loves to surf), and is already practicing in empty parking lots. The deal was too good, and the car is quite nice.

Two years ago I set out to rebuild a virgin 59a block and decided I should build something to put it in. So after years of swap meets and horse trades I've piled up enough parts to start a build from the ground up; probably the hard way but parts should look better on a truck rather than on the...

It is pretty exciting to sit and write about finally finding and owning this cool old kustom. To give a little bit of my perspective I would consider myself a younger guy who grew up going to car shows with my Dad during the resurgence of the kustom car scene era which was the 80s and early 90s....

Still scratching my head over this CL post in Portland: A '62 Dart that started out as a four door, but was converted to two door ON ONE SIDE ONLY.

I could see if this was an in-process project... but this looks ready to go......

Well after 18 months of looking for just the right HAMB friendly car to replace the 1952 Catalina, which replaced the 1959 Nomad wagon...
I decide to buy a 1963 Rambler classic 770 4 door, since it is 5 weeks until Back To The 50's and it will be roadworthy by then.
The plan then will be to...

I bought this one a while ago, a running but a bit incomplete and non original 1956 Mainline. I am a big fan of the styling of these, more so than, say, a 57 chevy. Anyway, I have done some work to it so far. Like cleaning up the interior a bit, installing the original bench seat and pulling...

The Can Am Curmudgeons are at it again! I should start by saying my road trip began last week on Thursday...and was a very easy and short day. It started by lining up for the 8:30 am ferry off our island.

This was followed by a second ferry line up and ferry ride...

I made a few of these in the past,
'copied them from an original bracket that came with an old Belond header set, used on a long gone project.
In the past I cut the plate with whatever tool I had at the time, torch, grinder, etc.
this time I drew it up in CAD and cut it out on the plasma table....