Recent content by john56h

The car we're building is an old oval tracker, 1933 Chevy coupe. We're guessing that it will not be the most comfortable car to drive on the highways...great on the track though. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it will be loads of fun to drive on the road, but in small doses. We plan to drive it to...

They use a lot of rock salt on the roads here in New York to control ice in the winter. If the Corvette was driven in the winter months, rust could be present in the steel frame....make sure you look it over closely. That being said...most Vettes don't get driven in the winter (at least not...

I've been to lots of junkyards that operate just like the one you describe. I've always thought "jeese...if these clowns can stay in business, imagine how much could be made if you actually ran it like a business?" Good luck to you!:)

That flat-back sedan would make a great stock car body!

Yeah....me either ??? You started a thread with what seemed to be a legitimate question about peoples' perceptions about the cost to construct a hot rod. A few of us gave examples of why the $2500 figure that you and the owner of the car thought was completely out of whack, might actually be...

I have to say that if the owner of a car like that doesn't want to hear comments like the one he got....then he should be very specific about stating he's spent fifteen THOUSAND dollars, instead of just throwing out a figure of "fifteen". Most people without a lot of knowledge would never assume...

If you bought that place, you'd have a lifetime's worth of swap meet merchandise for sure! Here's a link...

Very cool pictures! THANK YOU for sharing them.:):):)

Personally, I've been lucky enough to not suffer through the ordeals of a stolen vehicle....but I have a few stories. Buddy of mine had a real nice 87 Monte Carlo SS. It got damaged on the quarter panel and he brought it to a family friend's body shop. After it was repaired, the shop owner's...

I forgot to get an interior shot, but it was basic. Clean, but unupholstered doors, plywood floor, small bench seat upholstered with an indian blanket, Bell 4 spoke steering wheel on a Shroeder sprint car box. The back window and the two quarter windows had 1/2" hardware cloth screens instead of...

Saw this neat A coupe at the Bear Mountain NY cruise:

We bend the conduit to shape first, because it's hard to bend it without kinking if you do it after slotting it. After it is bent to fit properly, we use an air powered cut-off wheel to cut a slot along the edge that will fit up onto the sheet metal. Slip the conduit up onto the sheet metal and...

Thanks for all the compliments and encouragement so far! The best part about it, is it is REALLY low-buck. We're good at scrounging and most of the parts for this build have been either donated or purchased dirt cheap. One thing nice about obsolete racing parts, is the owners of such parts are...

While Fords were much more prevalent in oval racing during the 50's, Chevrolets became a very popular choice during the 60's when rules started to allow the cars to be retrofitted with overhead valve V-8 engines. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of this car from it's racing days (I would...

The car looks like it was done up a lot prettier than most stock cars of the era. It was white on top with lots of thin red pinstriping highlighting the stock body contours. The bottom was a metalic goldish color with the red and white number lettering. We plan to finish the car similar to the...