Recent content by metalmaster1766

I also worked as a machinist for 20 years, running all kinds of different manual machines, lathes, mills, grinders, horizontal boring mills, you name it I may have run it. I was forced to quit working because of health problems, anyhow to pass my time by I took up foundry work (primarlly...

been busy, just thought id add a few pictures still gotts lot of work to do, headers are gonna be the toughest, unless i find a bunch of used ones that some one just want to get rid of, then i could cut them up into pieces and make my own, everything else is gonna be easy from here...

ok i found the ebay plans that i bought, i met this guy in person too, very nice and seems like an honest guy to me, the price has changed since i got mine from him, i bought him breakfast and dropped it off at his shop because it is only a few miles from me and he gave me the cd 3 phase...

a rotary phase converter is better than a static converter, a static converter you can only get about 80% of the power, where a roto converter will run at the full hp of power, im not good at explaining this sort of thing all the stuff i have read about phase converters say you cant run a...

wow it has been a very long time since i have updated my build, so here goes i have made many changes on this project since the beginning mainly the motor, i decided to use a small block Ford backed by a C4 transmission, it is out of an 81 mustang that was my wife's race car/grocery getter, it...

yes that is a beautiful weld, i so wish i could weld like that thing is, every time i tried to lie as a kid, i was caught, so i learned young, if i tried to pass a weld like that off as mine, someone would want me to weld something for them, be a dead give away im a faud Ron

Rebstew, i have plan on the 3rd, but hey thanks for the invite, im having transportation problems at the moment, but when i get that solved i may stop by one day im in Delhi, a good friend of mine has a friend in newport, he and his dad have a bunch of hot rods, i cant remember for sure, but i...

i have a bunch of S10 blazers and 1 truck i plan on cutting up to make something out of, or better yet just use the running gear and get a older body to make something, parts are a dime a dozen for these type trucks, thats the only plus side i see to putting them to use and this cars front...

Cincy Ohio here, bout 10 minutes west of town, not far from the river nice truck too, love the AD marketing yeah id like to find out about the tri power for the olds 455 as well, i have 1 im planning on putting in my Bug when i get the motor rebuilt Ron

love the truck wish i would have talked my dad into keeping his 56 ford, Ron

im just across the river and west of newport, up on the hill from the Anderson Ferry, i cant be more than 20 minutes from you, depending where you are in newport Ron

when i quit 18 years ago, i smoked 4+ packs a day, i accidently burned my son with a cig and told myself that would never happen again 1st thing, the urge for a cig only last as long as it takes to smoke one, bout 5 minutes, 2nd thing, when you get the urge, just keep telling yourself over and...

i started to build one like that a few years back, the back burner due to finace troubles, one day ill get back to it where's this located, im interested in it if your not to far away Ron

that looks great, i say leave it the way it is Ron

first off, glad you made it out of a super bad situation unharmed i hate stuff made i china as well, i cant believe they made that out of cast instead of forged after spending 20 years in the manufacturing trade, and seeing the attitude that some(not all but most) of the younger people...