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Hi Oldog, My bedsides are 1940 Ford pickup running boards. Thanks for the kind words. Keith

I found a couple videos that I haven't posted here also. https://www.flickr.com/photos/five_wide_club/15117380490/in/set-72157612192731377 https://www.flickr.com/photos/five_wide_club/15382435548/in/set-72157612192731377 Keith

Just a couple of updated photos of my pickup. The new rear tires and wheels and a side view with my five two barrel intake manifold. Keith

I'm planning on ordering one of these new week. It looks like it will help out a bunch when narrowing a rear end. I've got a Ford 9" that's 63" wide and going to narrow it down to 56" wide. Keith http://www.ebay.com/itm/321105958501?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Here is...

Ok here's an update after having some time to drive it. The engine has never run so good. With the old stock intake on there it was all it would do to rev past 4000 rpms. It must be breathing really well because now it revs a lot faster and pulls right up to 6000 rpms. So far I will have to...

We got the intake on the truck and fired it up Wednesday night at about 11:00 pm. We got the throttle linkage hooked up to the center primary carburetor yesterday and took it for a test drive. It runs great with good throttle response. We have our local car show here tomorrow so we didn't get...

Ok, it's finished and ready to be bolted on. We are going to give it a shot today. We may only be able to get the center carburetor hooked up to test it. We have a local car show this weekend that we want to have it on for that. The four on the corners may just be bolted on. We will have to...

We made more progress tonight. You can see in the picture the slot on the front of the manifold for the pop off. We got the four outside carb plates lined up and tacked into place. A few more hours of grinding and welding and it should be done. Keith

Bluenorther, that was pointed out to me on the Cadillac forum. We ended up welded up an oval tube and welded it to the bottom of the plenum to reduce the size. It still should have pretty good air flow. Keith

We got a little more progress done this week. The runners are all welded in and the top is welded on along with the back of the plenum. We are working on making the pop off valve for the front of the plenum. Keith

Thanks for the information BlueNorther. We had thought about that and that's why we tried to keep the runners at the bottom of the plenum. If it looks like it's going to be a problem we will build a pop off plate on the front of the plenum. That way if it back fires there is some place for it...

Here are a few more pictures from yesterday. After taking a look at the carburetor stands last night we decided that we are going to shorten them at least an inch. Keith

After reviewing some tips on multi carb intakes, I decided to run a large base Rochester for the center primary. It should work better for the Cadi 500 as the single primary. Here are some pictures from several days ago of our progress. Keith

Norman and I have been considering building an intake manifold for my pickup for some time. The one the criteria is that it has to be something completely different but be fully functional. We started putting the plan into action this past week. Here are some pictures and thoughts as we have...

Last weekend I drove about 600 miles round trip to Reno for the Reno Rockabilly Riot car show. I had no problems with tire balance with the new centers. They worked out great and I got 17 miles to the gallon with the taller tires. I only had one person figure out what we had done with the...

When we spun the wheels on the spindle we ground them until they spun smooth. At first it was obvious that they were out of balance because there was a noticeable vibration. We ground them down until the vibration was gone. It there's any noticeable vibration one I get them mounted we will...

Thanks, I forgot to include this video of the grinding. https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10200152143904612

I bought a pair of Center Line mags with Mickey Thompson tires at a recent swap meet for my rat rod truck. Unfortunately the Center Lines don't look right on it. I had an old pair of Torque Thrust mags laying around that I used to have on my Chevelle. The mags are an off brand and one of...

I got the engine running with the new cam this week. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4940013456431&set=vb.353689258055714&type=2&theater Keith

I'm not sure how long it's going to take us. It took us five months to build my truck from the ground up a couple years ago. Hopefully we can move right along with this project also. We got the cowl off the frame this week and started figuring everything out. We found that the car had been...