Search results

I got the right hand headlight braced up fairly good I think. I keep finding uses for these copper fittings. Cut a union in half and thread one side and you got a 5/16 to 3/8 adapter. Cheaper than buying one. And I got the tires mounted and put them on. It's got enough room now so it won't rub...

I haven't done anything with the exhaust yet but, I did score a couple of almost new Cooper 245-60 tires for the rear. They are about an inch shorter than the ones on it and it's going to screw with the rear end ratio a bit but, they shouldn't rub on the fenders. And I drove it last week at...

Popular Hot Rodding has gone kapoot also. I just got the last issue.

I worked my Karmann Ghia project completely different from your project. What I did was just started going thru the build threads. I read a lot and looked at a few thousand pictures. A "plan" came up after a few trial and errors. Then, the plan got changed as I went along. About all I can add is...

The Biggest event to hit to South Texas in years will not let Rat Rod builders down! Promoters have stated the show would be lacking without inviting Rat Rod builders to showcase their creations. The 2014 Lone Star 600 being held at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown Tx will have racers from across...

Yep, I'm not as old as some of you guys and for myself, the months are really clicking by. I've been on the same job for over seven months already. Might be a new record. I can see now why my 91 year old Dad gets his days and months messed up. I'm not but 58 and sometimes I think it's...

Hey 2.3, at least my "cheesy" wiring matches the rest of my ride. :D We showed him how NOT do it, huh?

Snake Farm, two different types of rotary engines. There's rotary and theres a Wankle.

They used a boatload of engines like that, in aircraft, before and during WW1. The planes weren't real maneuverable because the engines acted like gyroscopes, not wanting to let the plane turn. The pilots that flew those type of engines had a hard time learning to fly a plane with a...

I wired mine one circuit at a time. All new wire and mostly used switches. One problem I have now, since I was doing this over a long period of time, is I didn't label each fuse and set of wires. If something doesn't work now, I've got to get the test light and trace it out, just to find the...

Thanks 05. I'll check that out. I gotta do something and I'll take all suggestions. I was doing a walk around after I got home and discovered a piece of my rear bumper missing in action. Went back and run the way I went and that thing is either in the ditch or somebody picked it up. Wow, less...

My smoke in the cabin mishap turned out to be a rear tire rubbing on the inside of the fender. just a touch more air in the shocks and problem fixed. I took it for another drive this morning and everything still seems OK. But I really am going to have fix those sidepipes. The rattling is driving...

With a rough measurement of the tires, this rear end is somewhere around a 4.00. Good for get up and go but, with the 429, I don't think I need that much. I'll worry about the small stuff later. Thanks.

I hadn't even thought about wiring. Thanks Yankee. Something could've shorted out putting a strain on the alternator, causing the engine to change tune and slow down. I'll check that out. And I really don't recall what the smell was. It happened so quick and then was gone. I was more concerned...

Another successful outing. I drove it out to my Dad's and back,this afternoon. The only thing that happened was about a half mile out of town, it felt like I was stepping on the brake. The car slowed and the motor changed tune and a cloud of white smoke filled the car. I turned down a side road...

Good news so far. I drove this thing up to the parts house, about a mile, with no problems except for the noisey, rattling side pipes. It stayed right at 180*, the brakes work good, and most of all, my rebuilt tranny shifted out OK. I need to adjust the modulator a bit but, I'm real happy I...

I loaned my trailer out to a friend to "haul some scrap metal". I told him nothing over six thousand pounds. He agreed. I saw him and my trailer, the next day, with a Link Belt crane 8000# counter weight, on the trailer. Of course, he denied it. That was twenty three years ago and the trailer...

OK people, I got the Antique tags today. I'm going to do a complete "going over" on this contraption in the morning. I don't think I've forgotten any important stuff,(except maybe tightening the tie rod ends) but it needs to be double checked before I go on the maiden voyage. I'm kind of nervous...

'80 Virginia and older Texas ('47) on their way. The Texas plate is a bit different. It's taller and not as wide as the rest. It's got my Dads initials as the letters. He doesn't remember what that means. Good luck with the project. Pop just called and said that plate may be a shrimp license...

I've got an '80 Virginia if you want it. I see you already have Texas but if you want, I've a '47 Texas.