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  1. cmcdanl

    Using a power steering box as a manual box?

    It may be a stupid question so I apologize if it is, but is it possible to take a 67 mustang POWER steering box and run it without the pump and just use it as a manual box? I've been looking around and they seem to be cheaper and easier to find than the manual box for some reason. Any help would...
  2. cmcdanl

    awesome deal on CL

    I would buy it now if I had the money... I wish someone local would buy it!!!! http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/2511326163.html
  3. cmcdanl

    Other welding projects

    Does anybody else here have any other welding projects / hobbies other than cars? I've just started to get interested in making furniture. But not just normal, boring furniture. I mean like weird, kinda cool furniture. Here is a drawing of a chaise lounge I want to make for our patio. It would...
  4. cmcdanl

    1978 cb400a Hondamatic Bobber

    I just bought this from a guy on craigslist for 700 bucks. It's running and driving, just needs a little work. I put a list together of things that needed to be done to it. Mount headlight Mount gas tank Rear fender Brake light Foot pegs Make a battery box New gas cap Kickstand Exhaust License...
  5. cmcdanl

    fun welding projects

    I just bought a new badass welder and want to put it to use. Don't have enough money saved up to start another car yet. Just wanted to see if anybody had any ideas for some cool welding projects that are inexpensive.
  6. cmcdanl

    my new 27 T Roadster

    Hey guys check out what I traded my chopper for. Its freekin awesome to drive! I got it about to weeks ago. I traded my chopper for it because I figured I could sell it easier for cash and plus I can enjoy driving it around with my girlfriend until it is sold. But unfortunately I do have to sell...
  7. cmcdanl

    Found an old truck cab while walking trails on vacation

    Me and my girlfriend were in a place called boerne tx about to take a tour of the "Cave With No Name". We were just walking the trails in the back and came across this old truck cab. I freeked when I saw it, and my girlfriend was laughing at me. So we went back in the gift shop there and I asked...
  8. cmcdanl

    Photoshopped my next projects

    I can't decide which one to go with. Anyways, I took some random pictures from the internet of wheels, an engine, a frame, and the bodies and photoshopped them together to make three different cars. Which one do you like better? By the way, these aren't the actual wheels i will be putting on...
  9. cmcdanl

    How can you get the rear suspension this low?

    My next project is going to be a tall T. But I want it to be as low as I can get. How can I get it as low as in this picture and keep all the suspension and frame under the body like in this picture?
  10. cmcdanl

    Making a bike to match my car for shows

    Its not going to be a motorcycle now but im thinking i might eventually make it motorized when i get the money. Ive seen kits for it. Anyways i went and bought a bike from a pawn shop for 20 bucks, cut it up to get the parts that i needed from it. And im making my own frame. I want it as low and...
  11. cmcdanl

    Tryin to get Classic insurance but im only 20 yrs old

    I am 20 years old trying to get classic insurance on a 27 ford model t roadster. Everywhere i call says you have to be 25. Is there anywhere that doesn't require you to be 25? I can't afford regular insurance.
  12. cmcdanl

    Making a Removable Top

    This was a learning experience for me. I had to do alot of researching to figure out how to do this. So hopefully this helps out those of you that want to make one. Well it took me forever to find the materials i needed. I had no clue what to use for buttons. So i went to alot of hobby stores...
  13. cmcdanl

    Question about making a button on top

    I'm trying to make a button on top for my car. Just some vinyl that buttons onto the roof. But i dont know what to use for buttons. Or where to get them. I went to hobby lobby and they had some kits for snaps or whatever but it was confusing and the lady there was a B. So i dont know what to use...
  14. cmcdanl

    anybody have drawings of their car or other cars

    here is a picture i drew of my car tonight. lets see some more drawings..
  15. cmcdanl

    trying to title and register my car in texas. confused

    ok so here is the deal. When i bought the car from the previous owner, he had bought it from the other previous owner before him and he never signed it in his name. So i bought it and he gave me the title but it is in the guys name who owned it two people before me. but the back is signed over...
  16. cmcdanl

    need help finding wheel cylinders

    ok so my wheel cylinders are leaking in the front. I have not idea what the front end of the car came out of originally or what the brakes came off of or anything. all i know is that the brakes are ford. and the brand is bendix. and on the wheel cylinder there is a number that reads 617766-L for...
  17. cmcdanl

    Trying to hook up a kick down cable

    does anybody know how to hook up a kick down cable to an edelbrock carb? I have two edelbrock carbs on my intake and i have the kick down cable laying on the ground lol. i dont have a clue how to hook it up. heres some pictures This is the back carb And this is the front carb
  18. cmcdanl

    need a small speedometer

    I dont have much room on my dashboard since there is a huge bar under the dash. I need to find a speedometer with a 2" diameter. Does anybody make anything like that? Here are pictures of my dash. Not very recent pics though. Now i have a temp, oil pressure, and voltmeter gauge.
  19. cmcdanl

    My new project. Sedan/truck

    This is my new project. Picked it up for 5,000 plus my bike. This is how it looked when i first brought it home. The guy who owned it before me had pretty much everything tacked on. So i went through and welded up alot of the body until i got lazy and moved to the door frames. The doors were...
  20. cmcdanl

    New guy from Texas

    hey guys im new to this site. got my own rat rod project a couple months ago. I made the headers. here's some pics
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