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    Need some help coming up with suspension on a new project

    Yea I don't trust myself to weld stuff that me and the family's lives will be in danger if they fail.
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    Need some help coming up with suspension on a new project

    I just bought a 27 Ford Tudor to make into a rat/hot rod. I think I have someone to make me a z'd frame but I may also need some help bagging the rear and building a suicide mount for the front. I don't have the welding skills to do it right. Anyone in the Spokane area willing to do that? I'd be...
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    Post a picture of a car or truck from the year you were born.

    My 1966 Buick Skylark is only one year older that I am so I'll post it. I was born in 67 so close enough! It has a 1971 Buick 455 with a TH400 and a 273 posi 12 bolt rear end.
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    Flamethrower Pictures

    Here's mine on the salt at Bonneville. This picture made it into Hotrod Mag.
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    rat rods in snow

    Mine won't start No choke means no go! LOL
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    mini rats for Christmas

    I made another one this one 41 Chevy truck I have a 41 Chevy rat truck this same color scheme so I built a mini to put on it for car shows. Here's the mini and the real truck.
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    mini rats for Christmas

    I made a few mini rats for my nephews for Christmas. I haven't tried this before and there is really a learning curve. Welding small is hard! :)
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    Shaky Truck? Help!!

    check your driveline again I did the exact same thing in my 66 Buick Skylark. When I put the driveline back in I didn't get it centered in the U joint. It shook something fierce.
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    Got a ticket the other day that was bogus

    Ok guys I need some help. I need to find a site that shows the max mph of a stock 1946 Chevy pickup with a 216. I got a ticket the other day and the lying ***** said I was going 70 in a 55. I was going 60 but that's beside the point. Since this ***** decided it was OK to lie I might as well tell...
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    Took my 46 Dodge rat truck to the Bonneville salt flats

    My brother in law, his 11 year old son and I took our two 65+ year old rigs down to the salt flats from the Spokane WA area (1500+ mile round trip). We never even opened the tool box. We had to keep them under 65 mph the whole way to get approx 10 mpg in mine and 13 in his. His rig is a 47...
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    I went a little crazy with some flames

    I just did the wheels I'm going a little nuts.
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    I went a little crazy with some flames

    some more shots I couldn't fit them all in the original post.
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    I went a little crazy with some flames

    I had a local guy put some flames on my head light buckets and while watching him I figured that I could do that so I tried and went nuts. I'm taking this rig down to the Salt Flats in two weeks and I offered to let David Freiburger, Editor of Hot Rod Magazine drive it while we are there. So I...
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    clear coated my 41 Chevy rust rod

    I just applied wax and grease remover with a green scotch brite. The hard part was not leaving any lint when wiping the wax and grease remover off. I used a cheap hardened clearcoat from our local auto paint store. They of course told me it wasn't a good idea he he. it was less than $100 for the...
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    clear coated my 41 Chevy rust rod

    I think it really makes the rust pop. The dents pop a little too much he he.
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    Boring video

    Hey man your steering wheel is on the wrong side!!! LOL
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    Bear Claw latches

    outside door handle kit You need this to work with outside door handle. The problem is if you already have your latch installed this will need to go where the door handle used to go and where your original latch was. Good luck I'm still trying to figure it out myself...
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    I need help installing Bearclaw latches

    with an outside door handle kit into my 46 Dodge truck. I'm not confident in cutting my door up to see if it's gonna work. Since the original latch has the door handle shaft going through it and the Bearclaw is activated outside the latch it looks to me as if the latch has to install either...
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    Cruzin The Falls show

    Bummer if I had known that I'd have entered the Knuckle Dragger. Rob http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAswBoiksMo
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    My Bro in Law's 1949 International Gasser pickup

    It has a 283 Chevy and an auto trans. The front nose is all one piece and opens forward. We painted it last Summer with the Rustoleum you can spray with a paint gun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42PKHIzyzF8&feature=youtu.be
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