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Marten's '53 Ford pick up
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So if you have been on the other site with a similar name you will find this build using the same title. I will continue to update here from now on. Since my last update there I have moved the motor ahead 4 1/2", in now fits ya!!!. Added the tranny cooler lines, rad lines and wired in the starter. On Frid...
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51 HenryJ new engine
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I am in the process of putting a Buick V6 in my HenryJ. It is an 80 Turbo but I am starting off with a 4 BBL, 200R4. -- Edited by henrystoys on Wednesday 20th of December 2023 10:15:30 AM
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1938 Chev
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Most of you will know this build already, if not search the OR site. I'm not going to start the build thread all over again. Got the trans cross member in. I like it. Yep, CNC plasma cutters are so handy.
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Lightspeed Mike
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Tube Notcher
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I wanted a tube notcher for a while. Cheap ones aren't good, good ones aren't cheap. Went through my odds and ends pile and found a pieces of 1.375" shaft and 3" X .250" wall tube. $10 for bearing that would make the 2 work together. A "V" block from a machine shop exercise and some other scraps. A little lat...
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New project under way.
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Getting some work done on the 67 Chevy II 2 dr Sedan. Not a lot of rust but enough. I know we all like pics. Some work has been done on Ben's Camaro but more thinking of a game plan than welding.
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Daughter and I are wrenching on the old Benz again..
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Tired of the constant aggravation of poor performance and terrible transmission issues with her stock turbo diesel 4 speed automatic Mercedes, she loves the car, drives it a ton in the summer so I started measuring up a nice low mileage 1966 Mustang 200-6 C4 combo I had in the back shed awaiting a new h...
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Chris Stapley
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1958 Chevrolet Delray 2Dr. Sedan
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My project has been in my garage for about 8 years. Has been sitting for a while, some years went untouched. Car can from Nova Scotia, had been stored in a garage since 1979. had a 30 over 350 block from 1970, but the internals are from a 327 Was used on the drag strip in PEI for a while. I have picked up a few th...
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1965 Ford Falcon........
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Hi everyone, here are a few of the Falcon project photo's , it has a full frame now , new floor & trunk pan. Dennis
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An update in Creativity
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I spent ages learning how to do compound curves and get it right but I'm pleased with the result and I enjoyed the project from start to end. The track-T rad shell is all steel & took about 2 1/2 years. I am sure anyone else could do it over a weekend. Still have to pin stripe it a bit. So nice to hear that ad...
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66 charger quarter patching
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had no idea what to do or if I could . wont ever be a show car but it will be a driver some day .and having a blast doing it
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My daughter is building a 1948-52 Ford Rat rod truck
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Since her last project ( slammed 82 Mercedes 300D) went so well and has continued to be an awesome driver, Kelsey has now taken a full time job with John at Last Chance Auto Restore just north of Kingston in Yarker as a restoration specialist, she's also managed to get her welding tickets completed and...
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Chris Stapley
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Weekend fun/learning
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My middle son was up for the weekend. He is the one you have seen welding on my truck. He is into autocross with his daily driver. Started a couple of years ago. Last year put a performance chip in as well as a rear sway bar. It may have been a bigger one, not sure. Going hard into the corners he can life t...
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Nothing too exciting for most here
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But I spent the day with a wet stone in hand grinding my rocker arms smooth. Never done this before and kind of tedious but fun to do nevertheless. If my engine needs smooth rocker arms, that's what it gets. The real bonus is, now I know how ! Only 3 left to do. Learning is such a big part of this whole expe...
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Quick weekend project..
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Not much to show but my other daughter and I spent some quality lockdown time readying her summer car for troublefree cruising again.. She has a nice little Inifinty G35 that she worked her butt off to buy herself five years ago from the original owner. It was having issues the last week she drove it la...
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Can't work in the driveway.......
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so I am building a third brake light for the 51 using a front signal light I have the templates done for the housing so far. When its done someone can;t say that they didn't see the brake light. when its done I'll post some pics
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my latest build
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hey all, been away for awhile, kinda fell out of the loop but im back, so just finished my panel truck cab over, enjoy.
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Off with the old
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Taking off the Sanderson street rod headers for Chevy II chassis 62-67. On with a set of 1 5/8 full length headers
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Even a novice can do it
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It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. (My first time in an engine) Changing the intake manifold and carb on a 1966 Ford 289 to an Edelbrock w/ 3 Stromberg 97s. Not done yet - just a dry fit. But for any other novices out there, if I can do it, so can you. Wuga mounted the Strombergs and I suspect it tak...
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skipping ahead a bit
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Tried cutting out two oversize panels just to see how things might measure up. Looks like I have another compound curve to deal with. Hmm ? Otherwise, things look OK (to me). Probably way off again. Anyway, I'm still hard at it. The last pic is for the center front piece. I'll cut that last after I...
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more skipping
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Boy you sure do know your metal. I bent the metal over my thigh just a bit and it was just enough. All the pieces are sloppy because I cut them large and strapped them to hold them but it looks to me like they will form close. Kind of worried about the final cuts in case I cut too much but I'll cross that bridg...
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Give the car a personality finally
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For quite some time know my friend Doug Irvine has been asking me to try to add a grill and details To his Olds Cutlass drag car. I put him off time and time again because it’s just not the kind of thing I’d ever done! He cornered me this year and heres what we came up with, I’m happy, he’s ecstatic!
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First time out this summer
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Today I repaired the ground wire on my battery, put the moon caps back on and put in some gas so she will be ready for another day at the transmission shop on Wednesday morning. When I painted 'Naughty Transmission' on the rod, I had no idea it was going to live up to that. It has leaked since the day I got it...
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Hammer forming
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What better way to spend the last day of the year than working on the rod. For the really tight compound curve on my Track-T nose, I decided to make a male composite to hammer form the sheet metal on. I don't know if it is the proper next step but I figure it should work well for such a tight compound curve (f...
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Doing something
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Working on these '462 castings -late 61's.Someone spent $$$ on machine work for screw in studs (7/16) and pushrod guide plates and also opened up the valve spring 'pad' to allow 1.5 dia. springs.They came complete. They had long slot 1.6 rockers on the intake side & the pushrod hole has been slott...
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Fuel System - Out With the Old and in With the New
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Out with the old Holley system - Blue electric fuel pump, regulator and 750 vacuum secondary with electric choke. In with the new Fitech system - 30003 system with Fitech fuel pump (just a 55 psi electric fuel pump) Just have to trace my fuel pump wires back to the pump and connect up. This keyed pow...
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32 Chevy Rat Rod Coupe
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Great weather
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For anybody else with a cold garage, this weather has been great. Sure we get the blast of cold now and then but we keep getting a reprieve from time to time so we can rush back out there and do a wee bit more to prep for next car season. This is great. I was working on my Track-T nose until the low temperatur...
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Anvil
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I'm just keeping busy getting ready for Spring. Since the rod is tucked away for winter, I thought I'd finish the anvil I'm making from two pieces of an old railway line. Thought I'd give it to a friend but nobody needs one. Except me. Almost done. I'm also taking the opportunity to fill my iPod wit...
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Custom Grill for my 53 Mercury
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Hello - been while since I've been posting. Here's one of the project I've started for the truck for this winter. I'm making a custom grill. Started with a 53 f100 grill and cut the middle out and going to drop in a middle section from a 54 chevy grill. Going to use extra teeth too once I find some. This will b...
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Thames Panel Truck
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Got a rare project on the go here. Needed this like an Eskimo needs a freezer. lol. 1950 thames panel truck {e83w}. It is the big brother of the Anglia gasser panel truck from the 60's .Relocating the firewall was quite extensive to accommodate a sbc. Th350 tranny and only a 90" wheelbase. Don't know if...
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