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eclipse 2017 Our farm is 2 miles from the centerline It was fantastic. The temp dropped 20 * bats came out, 360 * sunset, There were thousands of people up on the rim of the Menan Idaho volcano crater, 2 miles away we could hear them screaming. and while we were waiting did some target...

easy chop. We have a 46 3/4 in the barn yard. a few years ago I took a fab class at UVU. Cris Boggess the instrucator has done a few easy chops on the KB. He removes the inner roof panel then cuts the roof skin loose thensplits the A posts then slides the windshield headder down, He leaves the...

headlights all T with the U mounts were carbide. There were hundreds off old car companies and they used a few large suppliers.

dumps I have an electric kit on my 3/4 pickup and on my flat bed dually. They are slower than the Pto ones I have used . our 46 1 1/2 ton chevy has a pto pump still on it. we took off the sissor since the cyl was missing. My son is a fireman and wants to build a parade fire truck and use the...

old one Back in the early 60's My twin brother and I were taking an auto body class at college. a buddy;s little brother wrecked the front end on his 56 Ford 2 door. Since the car was still drivable we had to take it home each night, The car had a real 57 thunderbird 312 that came from the...

titling and old car. I bought a couple of 46 chevy trucks,pickup and 1 1/2 ton. they had tags on the firewall. I had a bill of sale and went to the DVM to get the paper work started. I had a deputy sherrif inspect it to verify the number. He was a car guy, had a camero he raced and told us...

finding parts A friend has a rodded 23 Dodge Touring, He used a mid 50's chevy pickup axle, 5 bolt disc brake conversion and 50's buick wire wheels all around. http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2009/03/07/dublin-couple-keeps-85-year-old-dodge-brothers-car-in-top-shape-2/

bone yard build A few times I have built an 8.8 Disc in the wrecking yard by finding other cars to strip out the parts. Lincoln town car parts , Ranger 5 bolt axles. Ford used off the shelf parts for the mustang 5.0 disc brake cars

dirt and grime My mother used to say the only way I could have more dirt on me was IF I WAS BIGGER

carb leveling When I was an engineer at Ford one of my buddies raced a 427 Cobra. ( he still races it, is the retired head of Ford racing SVO) one of the intake manifolds he used had too much angle. the cobra engine sat with the crank level . the wedges leveled the carbs but took some fiddling...

nailhead trans It looks like a dyna trans on your nailhead. how did you like the trans. Back in the day a lot of guys did not like them, I have one on my 401 nailhead that is waiting for a new chassis for my glass 32 roadster body. My stepson has a donor jag with the TH 400 that we will save...

metalurgy 101 alloy metals behave diferently depending on the alloy and temperatures. The college professor had a carbon steel wire streched between two insulators wired in series with a light bulb. He turned on the switch, the light on and the wire started to heat up and expand, sagging down...

slow cool down another slow cool down trick is to wrap aluminum foil around the part, and use your heavy welding gloves

Nailhead Th We have a non running Jag in the driveway that is donor for the suspension for my step son's rat 46 chevy pickup . The Jag has the th 400 or sometimes called sp 400. I haven't decided if I will use it behind my 401 that has the dyna behind it right now. ony a few years nailers used...

Iron workers spike. A long tapered punch or iron workers spike thru the taper hole to keep it allgned so you don't put in a twist.