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Technical Mice are attacking the roadster!
What's the best and fastest way to get rid of them?
The roadster is stored in a cheap HF portable garage. It sits on a wooden platform 3" off the ground and it's covered by a car cover. I pulled... -
Folks Of Interest Vernon Walker Passes Away
The co founder of the NSRA and the man behind Walker Radiator left to be with his lord today. His dedication to promoting the sport is one of the reasons it's where it is today. He"ll be missed. -
Art & Inspiration Friday art show
Post them up guys! Lets see what you got
Here’s a pencil drawing that McPhail did of the futurian -
Hot Rods Building my first roadster in Kansas City
“The story teller”
A playful nod to @J.Ukrop I've decided to start a thread on this build.
I’ve had a little t roadster bouncing around in my head that I’ve always reasoned... -
Customs 1963 Rambler Classic 770 build
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,... -
Hot Rods This problem has me scratching my head
I decided to replace the clutch as we planned to do a lot of driving. Installed new clutch, drained the trans gear oil, (nothing on the magnet, and no gold in the drain pan).
Fully lubed and... -
42 Chevy truck build
Hi, I picked up a 42 Chevy truck cab, fenders, hood the whole front half. The body is in really good shape, not rusted away to nothing, fenders are rust free. Cab has no rust except a couple spots... -
Hot Rods Automotive Paint Job That Looks Like Bare Metal
Has anyone done it? Have any pics and info?
Bare metal Hot Rods always seem to look very slick. Bare metal Hot Rods aren’t very practical/low maintenance.
This coupe looks really slick…but I’m... -
Price drop 1934 Ford 3 Window
FOR SALE OR POSSIBLY TRADE-34 3w all henry with alot of history have 8mm vid of it running in 57. Have the car all buttoned and running 1957 371 j2 olds W-1 with reciepts from catalog purchase... -
Event Coverage Hey Fellas... EVERYTHING IS BROKEN!!!!
Not really, but a few features are gonna be down today. I am rebuilding the search index, so things like search, "your content," etc... are gonna act funny for a day or two. Be patient with me and... -
Event Coverage Horton hears a Cackle...photos and videos
Saturday (4/10/25) I went to Horton Race Cars annual picnic where there were a number of outstanding rail dragsters, primarily from the 60s-70s, lined up in a row. It was a great opportunity to... -
Event Coverage ESTRANGED DRAGS/SHOW AT TOUTLE FOR AUGUST 2025
Just a heads up to everybody, especially to those of us here in the Pacific Northwest, here is the information for the very cool Estranged Drag/Show, that will be... -
Hot Rods Owner Made Fuse Panels
I know there's a lot of do it yourself/fab it yourself guys on here that wouldn't buy a factory built part if their life depended on it. I used to make all my own wiring harness's and fuse panels... -
Event Coverage Royboy Goes to Pete & Jake's Open House
With nothing to do on my new Galaxie dash project (until I go to a friend's shop and get some help with a piece), I decided to make the 6 hour round trip from Wichita to Peculiar, MO for the Pete... -
Hot Rods The Kong Coupe
Have you ever had a vision of a car that wouldn’t go away until you finally built it. Well that journey happened to me about 12 years ago and I couldn’t get this out of my head. It started when... -
Art & Inspiration Tires and more from Firestone in 49!
Picked this up at a thrift store a while back. 1949 Firestone catalog from a former service station here in Ellensburg Wash. The Camoxxy Williams Garage, in business at this location from 1929.... -
Projects Ashamed
I want to build an AV8, but I don’t want to spend the time doing the patch panels. (been there done that) Is their any shame in buying from brookville and just getting it done. -
Hot Rods liquidation consideration.
Greetings Folks. Mick here from the New Orleans area.
I am at a point where I need to liquidate all or most of my
projects, parts pieces etc. I am not in dump mode, just time
to move along...
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