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Does anyone know how far a Chevy 250 6 can be bored? I'm a smallblock man.

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They were used a lot on drag cars and drag boats down here. Haven't seen one in years.

In our part of the country refinery explosions are sometimes caused by someone doing what's called a hot tap.:eek:

Way back when we would use corvair turbo mufflers. Pretty quiet till you put your foot in it.

Holley for racing, Edelbrock for street.

1962 Pontiac Looks like a 62 Catalina that would have come with a 421 Super Duty and 4 Spd. They were stupid fast.

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Old Iron your first shop sounded pretty good. I started out with a 16 ft X 24 ft converted chicken coup and now have a 30 X 30 shop with 12 ft ceiling. A lot smaller than some but it's big to me.

Great car. When I was a kid my dad had 4 of those cars. 2 53's and 2 54's. The only thing I hated was hand rubbing the lacquer paint. Dad didn't like buffers. Yours looks like it has 1954 taillights. They looked much better than the 1953. [dr

Hot Rod Hot Rod Mag did a article on this a few months back. Just about every drag car that used one of these crashed on the top end. If I remember correctly the inventor ended up in jail. :(

Bob Glidden We've lost another great man. First met him when he was running the Pinto. The only Pro driver I ever met who thanked fans for asking for his autograph. He will be missed.

Shock length Went to O'Reilly's, Autozone, and NAPA and had them pull the Mazda and S10 front shocks to compare them. Different part numbers but same length and attaching points. :confused:

Model T coil Many years ago I worked at a Mercury dealership where the parts manager used a Model T coil to keep mechanics from hanging around the parts counter. Coil hooked to metal parts counter with coil, battery, and a foot switch under his desk. When a mechanic hung around too long leaning...

Anyone heard from Eric? Haven't seen a post in awhile, hope he's OK.