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First post in almost 2 years. I had no idea it had been that long, but... Our '40 Chevy two door sedan, that we've had since I found it in a local junkyard in 1980, has a '62 model 261 six that I installed a few years ago. The engine had 40,000 miles on it when rempved from the school bus and...

My brother-in-law wanted a Studebaker C-cab truck after I started driving mine. I found him a '49 almost 2 years ago. Whenever got around to doing anything to it, so about a month ago I got it from him. It still has the 169 ci flathead six. I believe it only has 84,000 miles on it. The last time...

It might be crazy but I usually do some little things as I go on a big project. The last few days, I've been restoring the underdash part of the heater controls and defroster. I chose silver/gray hammered finish. The knobs are all present but cracked with age (like me). I suppose they could be...

I've mocked up a cylinder on our Pontiac. I'll probably use a smaller one though. I'll make the mounting bracket using the two holes where the original cylinder mounted, under the new cylinder in my pics. The pedal will clear on the engine side and the lines clear on the frame side. The pushrod...

We have decided on these Packard covers. We like the two center stickers shown, undecided between them. I'm thinking the red ones.

I posted a couple of pics in another thread of a set of wheel covers. Here's some more in my collection. The set on the right are the first ones that I now know are '55 Dodge Lancers. One of the other sets is obviously Packard. The set with the three bar spinners look like '57 Cadillac, but no...

This set was given to me by my late father-in-law. He ran them on a '59 Chevy truck for 20+ years. He never knew what they came off of. I suspected Thunderbird because of the bird in the centers, but searches did not confirm it I plan to have an extra set of wheels & tires for my '41 Pontiac so...

I bought this '56 F100 panel truck almost 30 years ago. Then after installing a Volare IFS, I sold it, in 2001, to a friend. He stored it in his basement until 2017, untouched by him. Then I bought it back. I am installing a 500 Cadillac engine that was in a '56 F100 truck I drove for a godd...

I'm working on our '41 Pontiac sedan again. The plan is to install my 250 Chevy six with an automatic trans. I will rebuild the front brakes and change out the rear end for a newer, higher geared one. The stock bolt pattern is 5x5 so a late full size GM or 1/2 ton truck should work well. The...

My dad & mom gave me the family car, a '57 Chevy in 1973, when I turned 16. I drove the car to high school and then bought a '40 Chevy coupe with a '57 283 and Muncie 4 speed. I have kept the '57 all these 45 years. The reason I never rebuilt it is it was a four-door. I am now fixing that...

Well the wife and I drove the Studebaker 150 miles to the Shades of the Past rod run in Pigeon Forge TN today. We got 17.5 MPH with the 4.3. V6 and 2.90 gears. I kept up withraffic on I40 west and we ran 75-80 mph a lot. There is a long climb up the mountain West of Asheville NC and we never hot...

Anybody running a 250 inline six backed by a 700 trans? I know it will bolt up but I wonder how well it works. I'm thinking about putting the combo in '41 Pontiac sedan with a 10 bolt rearend (don't know the gear ratio yet, but the Camaro donor car had a four speed). Any tips? Thanks.[S

I have been busy getting my '55 Studebaker truck going for a while. All along I have been planning to restart on my '56 F100 Panel truck as soon as the Studebaker was going, to be my daily driver. The Studebaker is on a Dodge Dakota chassis and I love it so I had decided to use a Dakota under...

I cleaned and regreased the vacuum wiper motor on my '55 Studebaker truck and they work great. I replaced the blades with new ones from NAPA.

I have a 400TH trans in my '55 Studebaker truck. I reused the original '55 steering column, wheel, and column shift lever. I like that the truck looks original on the inside. I would like to have a gear indicator though. I know that late model GM products, even some front wheel drives, use a...

Anybody on here going? I plan to and we have motel reservations. I don't know if we will drive the '55 Studebaker truck or our '40 Chevy sedan.[S

My truck is so hot you could probably fry an egg on the fender. I have been having to wait till the evening to touch it.

I bought a fuel gauge kit from NAPA that includes the gauge and sending unit as well as the mounting under dash bracket. It worked for about 3 weeks then the needle fell to below EMPTY and stayed there. They gave me a new gauge but that didn't fix it. After some more checking I figured the...

I have found a 1954 Ford COE. The cab needs some floor repair but is otherwise pretty solid. It has good patina. I have a small block Chevy and 700R4 transmission. I can get a late model (91 or 92) dually rearend from a 1ton Chevy truck and a complete front ifs from a Chevy 1ton about the same...

I drove my '55 Studebaker truck to the local muffler shop this morning with nothing but the manifolds. I'm too old for that, I now know. The drive home was a whole lot more pleasant. I had the vacuum line to the trans modulator hooked to the wrong port so it wouldn't upshift till I rehooked it...