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| Deatailing tricks
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Just wondering what Leon,Shine and the rest of the Pro Builders and painters tell their customers about taking care of the great paint jobs on the new Rods and Customs they have jst turned over to their customers.Any deatailing ticks ? Any products or br |
| 06/22/2006 12:02 PM |
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| World's Fastest Indian on DVD
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Worlds Fastest Indian will be released on DVD startng June 13th. |
| 06/06/2006 08:48 PM |
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| Rodder's Journal
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us received my new issue of Rodder's Journal,the 1932 Ford issue.Knowing hat Slopper got his issue a few weeks ago in Austrailia and I just got mine in South Jersey makes me wonder about the good ol US Mail. |
| 06/06/2006 08:40 PM |
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| Cut open an AC oil filter lately ?
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I had an opertunity to cut open some ol filters recently.I was surprised to find a lack of metal in the current AC oil filters.The top and bottom end caps are now hard fiber material.Also the metal perferated center tube is no more.It is replaced by what |
| 05/12/2006 07:37 PM |
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| Ethanol Fuels and Street Rods
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After having read the article in "Street Scene" in the April 2006 issue in the Safety First collum about the effects of gasoline-ethanol fuels on rubber fuel hoseI begane to wonde.Then I read the article in "Popular Mechanics " May 2006 issue on "The tru |
| 04/20/2006 08:52 PM |
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| Head light conversion
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I have a 39 Chevy with a halogen bulb conversion with reflector so the bulb attaches to the reflector.When I bought the car ,it came with that lighting.At Hershey and York I saw two 39 Chevy's withe the Hella head lights that are flat.They really looked g |
| 08/16/2005 10:28 AM |
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| fuel pump reliability
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Which is more reliable,OEM fuel pump,or an after market mechanical fuel pump.Such as Holley,Carter,Edelbrock etc.Any favorities ? .......Al C |
| 08/09/2005 03:28 PM |
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| preventative maintenance
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Does anybody ever change out parts before they fail so you don'tend upon the side of the road ? Anybody have a system they swear by ? ....Al C |
| 08/08/2005 11:58 AM |
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| stainless exhaust
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Are there any shops that will make up mandrel bent stainless exhaust pipe ? I have been told the regular exhaust pipe bending machine cost about $5,000.00.A mandel bending machine cost about $50,000.00 .So every shop that I know of peices there stainles e |
| 08/01/2005 10:15 AM |
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| Exhaust flex couplers
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I notice some pro shops use flex couplers in their exhaust systems.Every one that I have seen the both ends are aluminized steel.does any one make any that have stainless ends ? Does any body here use flex couplres ? .........Al C |
| 07/25/2005 11:21 AM |
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| Windsheild wiper blade refills
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Anybody ever cut down modern wiper blade refills and remove the old squegee to put in a modern refill that really wipes your wnd sheild clean ? I have I & I Reproduction " street Rodder " Wiper arms and blades on my 39 Chevy.The Squegee is of the same de |
| 07/04/2005 02:43 PM |
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| clamp on meter
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I mentioned to some on who was talking about finding which ckt. was running down a battery.I sais that a few years ago I had watched either " Crank and Chrome ",or " Two Guys Garage ".they said that you could isolate the ckt. that was draining the battery |
| 06/12/2005 09:17 PM |
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| Variable power rack & pinion steering
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Shine,did you ever get a chance to drive the car with the Flamming River variable power steering rack and pinion yet ? |
| 06/12/2005 12:17 PM |
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| replace tires after 6 years of use
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I read an article in the newspaper the other day about Ford saying that after 6 years of normal use the tires should be replaced.Does any one have any ideas on this ? |
| 05/29/2005 09:47 AM |
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| favorate 7 inch round headlight
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What is everyones favorite 7 " round headlight,be it sealed beam or bulb in 7" round headlight ? ......Al C |
| 05/26/2005 02:47 PM |
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| Goodguys vs NSRA on weat coast
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Does anyone know the real reason why the Good Guys seem to be more popular on the west coast,esp[ecially in California ? |
| 04/20/2005 10:30 AM |
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| Best place to own a street rod
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I wonder what the best ans worst places or states to own and drve a street rod / I am talking about the whole thing,licenseing,titling,registering.rod shops or lack of rod shops.Heck Shine says 12 mounths of street rodding in Texas.How about the big shows |
| 04/18/2005 05:41 PM |
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| engine paint
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Have any of the paint companies ever thought of making an engine paint that you could have mixed at the auto paint jobber just like the auto body paint.Something that is very high quality very durable.At present the regular paint just isn't as durable as |
| 03/24/2005 09:50 PM |
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| John Z. De Loren has died
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Just heard on KYW news radio,Philadelphia that John Z. De Lorean passed away this past week at his home in North Jersey from a recent stroke. |
| 03/21/2005 11:22 AM |
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