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i got my 54 pontiac running for the first time in 15 years.Got a fuel line issue to fix but good to know it runs,hooray!

I was watching an episode of musclecar on spike this weekend and they were doing an old school flake job on their altered ego project.He was using something called a flake buster to spray large flakes.I can't say i've ever heard or seen one before,mind you i'm not a custom painter.Looked really...

I've never really cared about gas mileage in a hot rod.I've owned 440's,383's,454's in various vehicles and not once did i ask myself as i bought a big block,hmm wonder what mileage it gets?Even my work truck/daily driver i worried more if it could pull my trailer down the road decently more...

i have responded to two big garage fires in the last six months.First was a fellow building a derby car and decided to cut the straps and drop the gas tank like he had done a hundred times before.This time the gas tank blew out,throwing him 15 feet out the door and burning the shop to the...

so sittin around thinkin about future projects,i have a 49 ihc truck and frame,and a spare 440/727 eng trans combo sittin around.Thought it might be fun to combine them and build a straight axle gasser truck out of them.Anybody got some pics of one they might have spotted out there?

Looks like a good start,i have the same car and have been gathering pieces for a few years.Hopefully i can get started on it in the spring when i finish up my 54 pontiac.So far i have a frame with a 10 inch kickup in the rear,set up for a spring behind drop axle up front.Power will come from a...

watched a bunch of videos on youtube,some scary stuff.Always wondered why nobody seems to have basements down there,water table issues?I'd for sure have at least a concrete bunker.We've had a few around us in the last 5 years but they are pretty rare up in this country but do occasionally...

got some of the front light wiring figured out,got the rear seats cleaned up,now waiting on the new battery so i can try and bring her back to life after 10 years or so of rest.

I think i'm in as well 1954 pontiac pathfinder special deluxe 4 door-almost done,hopefully running as soon as the spring hits. A second 54 pathfinder parts car i have to go pick up in the spring. 1954 pontiac pathfinder sedan delivery,it came with the 4 door but needs a total resto. a second 54...

How about some early 80's camaros,get a good 350,4 spd combo,lots of the rearends were posi if you find a z28.Or try an early 90's caddy,impala,buick they had they lt-1 in them.I had one in a 94 caddy and had 660,000km's on it when i sold it and still ran like a top.I've passed a few of them up...

yes his 52 will have a torque tube,my 54 still has a torque tube in it as well.Canadian pontiacs are way different than their american cousins.Mine is basically a 54 chevy from the firewall back but canadian pontiac sheetmetal from the firewall forward.Different trunk,different back glass than...

I am from just outside calgary,alberta.I have a 54 pontiac pathfinder special deluxe 4 door that i picked up last spring.Pretty much bone stock so just getting it all back together after rebuilding the broken powerglide.Almost ready for start up.I also have a 54 pontiac pathfinder sedan...

I have the same 239 in my 54 but with the powerglide.I plan on running it for the summer at least to see how it runs.Street rodder magazine has been doing a low buck build up on a 54 chevy,pretty much the same as a cdn 54 pontiac,so you might get some ideas there as to what can be used for...

I agree,i think the reason they don't but alot of cars is that they have no way to get them home and they take up alot of room.So that means a towing service that costs money and cuts into profit.I did see one episode recently where they bought an old bullet nose studebaker,but another one where...

trust me,there's a car under there somewhere.Now where's my shovel,oh yeah it's in the bottom of the trailer.