Recent content by hawksrusty27t

oops that was to bloodsweat and whisky correction

whiteysmoke hey,what projects do you have here?where are you know?also to who ever wanted to see my t,its on the builds section titled 27t coupe project,was one of the first ones you come to Hawk

drums and early wire wheels ok,I think where we are all messed up is truck drums and car drums,what was said earlier and you guys might be able to help,I HOPE, was that 39-48 car drums will fit my 38 spindles and accept my early wires as well as 39-47 trucks with the use of the center support...

coupe hey trhanks for all the input,I think what you r seeing as to log is because I have the motor only a few inches from the firewall and will probably have to move it forward,theres not much room in front of it for the radiator so I wanted to save as much room as possible...besides long and...

early ford car drums this whole mess started because I wanted to run hydraulic brakes on front,but are there certain years and models of early ford cars I should look for to get the hydraulic brakes I want to fit my spindles and be able to run early wire wheels?I appreciate all your help no one...

38 axle,48 spindles ok then the issue must be ,I think my 48 parts are from a truck because it was a parallel leaf spring axle and the king pins are deffinately different diameters....so whats the fix?can I make the 48 backing plate match the 38 spindle and of so is there a rear bearing made...

anyone in or around Bloomington,Normal are into rat rods?hit me up maybe we can help eachother out thanks

caster so let me get this straight,I wanna set my degree finder on top of the king pin and have 5-7 degrees leaning towards the rear of the car? thanks Hawk

ok,Im trying to put 48?hubs (rotors) and backing plates on my 38 axle,but the hydraulic backing plates have the semi square hole to fit the spindle and the 38 is round,also the king pins sizes are different so I cant just swap entire assemblies,what do I do?My thought is reuse the 38...

thanks its been fun thats my daughter pictured there,shes 9 and has been into drag raceing and cars every since she was little,I bought this car after she found it on e-bay and so the father daughters project was on,I thought she would enjoy actually being able to help work on this instead of...

car is a survivor from Nebraska,been working on it about 6 months now,hopeing to make the pile up I used the 3x3 frame some hot rod forfather built,and reused the front sring wich was mounted suicide style,but changed the axle to 38 Ford and split the wishbones,changeing the front hardware to...

hi there,Im new from central,Ill...love these rats,ive had a lot of cars but dont find many people with the same interests here in Normal,ILL.Currently building a 27 t coupe survivor rod from Nebraska.Anyway keep your welding hood down and your mind turning.