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    I found a chevy straight axle.

    Went to see if I missed any parts where i moved my car from this afternoon and found the inner window trim for my 33 laying in the grass. I also found a chevy straight axle five feet frome where my car was sitting, but I dont think its the right one for my car. its six lug and almost completly...
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    Is there any way to truly be era correct when building a rat?

    Thank you for so many awesome pieces of advice. My main reason for wanting to go fairly period correct is that I was talking to a show promoter about my plans for my car, (this guy runs a carshow and all entrants have to have approval before they are allowed to show, to make sure they are period...
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    Is there any way to truly be era correct when building a rat?

    I was doing some research on building a era correct rat/patina/retro rod and found that there arent many resources out there for era correct roddng out there. The only info about 40s and 50s rodding is from a few old diehards I have met in my life, one of which was a so-cal rodder in the 50s...
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    Threading copper tube?

    Cool idea, love the green patina of aged copper, plus if you overheat it a bit it changes to some cool colors. i was thinking of building a grille insert out of copper for the frame the same general way you did and soldering capillary tubing for the grille bars. keep me up to date id love to...
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    Am I crazy?

    this may be the way to go! Worst case senario I might need to stretch them if they are too short (well within my abilities), if they are longer I just get more door to crawl out. I had a feeling i was making a bad choice. im new to early iron, Ive spent too many years with the Minitruck croud...
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    Am I crazy?

    Am I crazy for wanting to cut? I have a 33 chevy 5 window ,body only, mising one door and the other is in the shape of a cone and it has no trunk lid. The rest of the body is fair with no rot on the rockers and no major dents only stress dents from sitting unsupported for who knows how long. a...
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    Newb from the texas panhandle.

    Hello, my name is Billy, I live in hedley texas, and am a freelance graphic designer specializing in automotive renderings. i found RRR while looking for info about homemade whitewalls and spent hours lurking. I have allways like rats and always wanted one. as luck wuld have it the 33 five...
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