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Well, I think it's time to fill the filter ad 4.5 quarts and make a dipstick.

Hey Torchie, thanks for the help! My Dad said the same thing four for the engine and one for the filter. What does 59 series engine mean? I think my dip stick is... to small... can't believe I just said that!:o Four quarts with one in the filter and it does not even register! Right now there...

Oil pan capacity I need to know the oil capacity for this pan on a 52 Flathead. See link. http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/FH_images/FH_engine-pics/Flathead_Engine_oilpan1948-51truck.jpg I think it has the wrong dipstick or it takes about 8 litres.... which is odd. This was the big truck...

Been a while The flathead is up and running. See the link for a possible Youtube vid... if I can make it work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEsB7fPcneU&feature=youtu.be The Laker headers I built sound great, the mufflers seem to make a nice low rumble.:) I installed a radiator from...

Radiator mount Hey guys, what are you using for lower radiator mounts? I have the radiator built and need to fab up a lower mount. It aluminium if that makes a difference.

Lay out the sheet metal and mark all of the cuts. Cut first with a real thin side grinder blade. Works awsome.

It's a good front end. Easy to work on. You need to match the wheel/tire width of the vehicle you are building to the donor vehicle. Or find a wat to adjust with wheel of set.

Hey Solz, My garage is so small I don't have room to lay the hood out and get everything lined up properly to punch the hood. :o Large one car garage really. I have to push the truck to one side or the other when I'm working on it. I need to lift the box off, but don't have room to put it...

Thanks Dr. The super traps were free at a flee market. They were beat and needed some metal shaping to get in order. Santa might bring me a Eastwood solid rivet kit. :rolleyes: and if he does I have a plan to insert/mount the lovers. I don't want to punch the hood, There isn't enough room to...

Nice looking bits. They are 130.00 at Lowe's here :mad:

Use some solid round or tubing like Torchie said.

This might be a better picture of the louvers and the tool to make them.

Hood Work Cleaned up that rusty old hood. Some bondo. More than was needed applied by PO. Not a lot of damage. Will be able to straighten out any dents. The louvers will go here.

louvres Made some progress on the louvres forming. 18 g mild. Not sure where they will end up...maybe at the other end of the hood. We'll have to figure that out.

Thanks Guys. Appreciate the positive feedback. I did some work on the steering wheel today. Filled the cracks and sanded it all down. I like how it turned out. I don't know why but there is an urge to paint it bright red[S

Tail light mount Needs a little adjust to level our and then have to build another one.

steering wheel A little more progress on the steering wheel. Just need to fill the cracks with JB putty and round off the steering wheel with same where I cut it. Thanks for checking in.

there are some cool ideas there

Went and bought some JB weld putty today to do the steering wheel but thought I would tackle another challenge. The headlight bezels are to big. They are brass and I can't weld them. I thought they would be stainless. So I cut out a section and put them together with backing cut from a spare...

how is the speed on this set up? I asked the original guy at metal meat but no reply so far