Recent content by eugene vik

calculations been 42 years sience I was in Nam US Army

3 phase I dont think a converter would be the best but take about a 20 HP 3 phase motor and run it on 1 phase and take power off the 4 leads using it as a idler will work if you are going to add metalworking equipment, lathes, bridgeport, ironworker and other misc equip, wire the shop for 3...

investment I bought a model A w frame and chop and was a roller w fresh engine, :DI budgeted $200 to finish it, then got started and one more good part led to another now granted I am old and really felt deprived as a kid of not having any decent parts, and going out and scrounging is just as...

bullet grill nice picture of my grill thanks for the photo!!

need help find a 80 year old bodyman and get him to teach you the art of metal shrinking witha torch may be hard to find one that can still breath

shifter maybee a chevell 65 64 with factory consoiul had a shifter, threw a lot of that stuff away I built a lot of shifts with a linkage and light alum arm[no big heavy knob] be sure to m run the pivot linkage on tranny down for correct pattern whats a little risk to a nam vet???you seen...

storage and trip!! just had to get rescued, left vehicle in ditch, winter sux :confused:in NW MN . supposed to snow a lot more and get real cold :(for several days.. both major interstates are closed by Fargo got the roadster in farm barn, got mice :eek:but no shelter in a roadster!!! 63 GMC...

gas go with the gas and use solid wire, the other stuff wont weld decent make sure you do tha polarity bought a bunch of 110 vt wire feeds w /wrong polarity and got them almost free after they would not weld got tired of them and bought a small lincoln, good welder 220Vt and finally sold it...

being its the bottom of the car , cant you sandblast it???

intake 40 plus years ago I used a 216 intake on a 235 and just skipped the seal rings, it worked

drive em in did them dry, make sure to get in straight, use a 6 in ext and a socket for a driver

last time last time I was in Deadwood it looked like cars were banned on most streets and in a lot of other places too!!!:Dmaybee bike week??

OIL I usually glued a good cork gasget to the pan with weatherstrip adhesive and used some clear silicone on the other side and bolted it up and dont overtighten:) I always use clear silicone in caulking tubes about $2.00 a tube for the good ge stuff, works for me and a lot cheaper than...

home built I made mine from a old shifter and it kicked butt, had about 500 plus alcohol horsepower on a converterless powerglide:rolleyes: with aluminum flywheel and coming off the green flag just power shift it and leave all the sticks back on the straight:D well I was a little younger then...

Falls Flyers I used to restore falls flyers, made in little falls minn. the 1955 and newer were finned and laid by chopper gun. One I did just won another show:D last year after all I did the body paint and inlays on stripes 20 year ago the pree 55 boats were hand laid up and lighter, not as...