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| Honest Dear it jumped on the trailer!
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!947 Chevy pickup followed me home. Somehow it has survived the midwest all these years with very little rust except for the fact the paint was stripped and left for a couple years. Fortunately it was stored inside so it is light surface rust. I'll be sto |
| 07/01/2008 08:56 AM |
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| Flaring Brake Lines? Tool Options
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It seems like I've been doing a lot of brake work lately (none on the 41 olds of course). Just wondeered what was new and available to make the double flare and bend a tight radius. My thrity year old flaring tool may be fine and the operator just needs |
| 03/13/2008 09:20 PM |
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| Flaring Brake Lines? Tool Options
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| 03/11/2008 10:16 PM |
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| Help with Big Block Distributor
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Long afternoon trying to install a distributor. I've done it before but today the gremlins had their say. Here's the problem: Set the engine at top dead center mark and removed the dist. Went to reinsall a different one and the marks would not line up whe |
| 12/29/2007 06:48 AM |
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| Pinstriping Wheels
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Anyone have any experience or ideas on how to pinstripe two lines around the center cap on a wheel. The retaining clips for the caps are still on the wheels so those need to be worked around. One shot and brushes ready to go and another shot to steady |
| 07/17/2007 01:26 PM |
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| Painting a Fraiser... Help
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Sometimes you just can't say no. My father inlaw just delivered his 48 Fraiser to me to finish up his paint job. It is in Nason 2k primer over a gray primer applied to bare steel and bondo. There is body/metal work to be corrected, block sanded and topco |
| 07/17/2007 03:19 AM |
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| Exploding Mufflers
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My wife and daughters and 2 horses just returned home from Oklahoma with just the muffler baffels the cases were blown off in western Missouri on the way home. Seems sort of funny now but yesterday not so much.The question is what cased them to explode. |
| 07/12/2007 04:12 AM |
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| Pinion Angle
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After searching previous posts on the subject ( as many as available) I need a little enlightenment. My engine, carb base level is at 4 below horizontal, the differential is set at 4 degrees above horizontal. Ride height is set (tractor weights to comp |
| 03/22/2006 09:56 PM |
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| Forum Search
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Al, Eriq and Tammy, when searching the discussion forums why do threads from 2003 back come up as titles only? Is it just me or is there a super secret code needed to bakc in time.Just curious. |
| 03/22/2006 05:23 PM |
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| Sanding Scratches
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Last week I painted a plastic tractor hood and the sanding scratches showed through. This was not high dollar project but I would like to correct it. The paint was flaking off so I sanded down to bare surface primed with sandable primer (gray rattle ca |
| 03/22/2006 09:31 AM |
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| Contential Intake
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My father inlaw is restoring a 48 Fraiser to replicate his first car. He has found most of the original parts but is searching for an intake manifold thats mounts a 2 barrel carb. His original car was the 1 barrel set up but he swichted to t |
| 03/20/2006 12:19 AM |
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| Paint Sag
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Just finished shooting the basecoat on a couple spot repairs on my wifes van. I have one run and need advice on how to fix it. The data sheets from Nason don't give a wait time to sand only the directions for clearcoat wait. I know that the |
| 02/18/2006 10:36 PM |
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| Donor Car
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Time to stir it up! I spent a couple hours last night searching the site for threads on front clips, rear axels and other misc. recycled parts to build the 51 Chevy pickup. This is going to be a local driver for me and the dog so nothin fancy. Just a g |
| 02/03/2006 10:13 AM |
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| Brakes for the 41 Olds
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I've been working on a brake set up on and off since last fall. Clearance problems and how to modify etc. Looked through old post as far back as I can and now maybe I can ask the right questions. The assembly that looks to fit best is from a 87 S10. Th |
| 01/25/2006 06:23 PM |
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| Considering a Tig
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I've been thinking about buying a tig for the shop. It will be mainly for thin stuff, my mig is old and hard to weld thin stuff but is great for the heavy stuff. Is the tig the way to go? Is it better for patch panels and is the heat d |
| 12/02/2005 11:43 PM |
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| 51 Chevy Pickup Whats it worth?
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I've found aan above average 51 3/4 ton with a 7.5 foot bed. It has a little bondo and a little rust all easy fixes. The bed is very good fenders all solid. Drive train is original.. I would like to own the truck but its local and I don't want to |
| 09/10/2005 05:59 PM |
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| mustang rack & pinion
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I need help finding the correct rack and pinion. The catalogs all list an 82-88 T-Bird power rack to fit after market MII cross members. Plans are for a GM pump. My first choice is to buy local so a more specific model ye |
| 04/24/2005 11:07 PM |
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