Search results

Some of you will remember when I bought a Dodge truck a couple years ago. I thought is was a Fargo. Bought the cab and bed sides for $400. Got a Dodge truck frame for $65. Started on the cowl today, cutting all the unnecessary stuff off and reinforcing the bottom section. As you can see, it will...

I scraped the gasket residue off the block deck surfaces and the heads for an engine I'm preparing to put in my Anglia. Never used it before, but this little scraper, which sat in a drawer for years, worked really well. Uses the same blade as the utility knife pictured.

A few shots from the registration hotel this morning. Lots of people set up lawn chairs and coolers and spend the day there watching the cars come and go. I like cars in motion too. First a Rumblin' Rambler backed up by a Chevy pickup. Big Blue "Vert. Guess what this one is. Nice work on this el...

Sam is the best dog in the world. He's been my buddy for 13 1/2 years. Tonight he had a small seizure while laying on the floor near me. It's happened before. Afterward he is confused for a while. Then everything goes back to normal. After a half hour he acted like he had to go outside to take...

Some of you are familiar with my Bantam Coupe build. 406 sbc with a 400 turbo trans. Maiden trip with it last fall it had a "shudder" in the trans area. If it is driven with a very light gas pedal it will get up to speed. It can be driven with very light gas pedal even at speed. Step on it and...

I love Meatloaf's Album, Bat Out A HeII. Now he's gone. Louis Anderson, the comedian, went to the same Junior High I went to, a "few" years later. I read his book, "Letters To My Dad" a month ago.

Some of you have heard of the hot rod movie entitled Deuce of Spades. It was the project of an independent film maker named Faith Grainger. I think she did a heck of a good job. When the DVD came out we did a fun thing with it. I sent it to Doc. C. to watch with the understanding he would pass...

Well, not really. I am Facebook friends with one of Don's twin sons. He posted pictures of himself, his brother and Don at the Daytona Turkey Run today. This is the biggest car enthusiast event in Florida. Don looked good.[cl

After being cancelled in 2020 (can't remember why???) it's time for 11,000 1964 and older cars to descend on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. I went to the registration hotel to pick up my packet today. Snapped a few pics. Tomorrow the motel parking lot will be overflowing. And that's just for...

Being an older fella, I watch lots of car shows and cruise-ins on You Tube. Lots easier than going to them and a lot of variety too. I watch 37spiker who covers New England in the summer and the Tampa, Fla area in the winter. From SoCal I watch Dano-live. And many others. Well, I noticed that...

And now for something completely different. One of our members, Todd, from years ago built one of these. He lived in Faribaut, MN. I bought a 292 Chevy 6 from him. Good guy, I'm going to do a little research and see if he is racing his cart. Looks like a fun time. There's video of a group in...

Here it is folks. Hot Rod Poetry- 2nd Edition The rules are simple: 1. Tripper's rules for the site. 2. Starting now till May 1st. 3. Should have something to do with hot rods, or something. 4. Anything that can be construed as poetry is welcome. Need not rhyme. Need not make sense (like a...

Too early to start a build. Thread. Too many project ahead of it. But, I'm so weak. I came I saw, I bought it. Here's some pics. The next to the last pic is the box sides.

Today and tomorrow is the annual Fall Out Drags. Dave and I brought the dragster. He cranked off three runs in the 11.40's. I blame bad air. Could be the tuner doesn't know what he's doing (me). Here's a sampling of the rodent contingent at the car show part plus a blown flat head dragster and a...

The 377 (400 block with 350 crank) in my Fiat has an interesting problem. When taking off at about quarter throttle There is a metal on metal loud ticking sound through first and second gear. It sounds like it is at engine speed. If I let off it stops. Doesn't do it at light throttle or full...

I intended to break in the cam in my Anglia today. This, after a long time chasing technical problems. After a while I tore out all the wiring and redid the whole car. Changed a crap ton of other stuff too. In the end, it was a bad connection on the motor ground strap. Anywho, I started the car...

Actually it was Saturday. Our annual free drag racing weekend at Brainerd Raceway, sponsored by the Minnesota Street Rod Assn. I brought the dragster and Dave drove. We were hoping for 11.20's but 11.40's were the best of the day. Must have been the hot, humid air. There were a lot of street...

I've been showing bits and pieces of this engine build on my '29 Chevy roadster PU build but thought it might be of some interest to a few of you. I have a Crosley wagon that has been laying dormant in the back garage for about 3 years now. It has a 406 sbc in it and runs in the 10.30's At my...

45 of us rented Rock Falls Raceway today. Had a good variety of cars and the cool, cloudy weather was perfect. This was the first time out with 3 two barrels on the dragster. It was also the first time we had traction problems with the car. Still managed to run personal bests on several runs...

Has anyone found out why earthman is missing from UDS?