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I have the opportunity to save a 1955 Willys Jeep from the shredder. It is very rusty, but has a Maryland title and VIN plate. Would anyone here be interested in it? There are probably some good parts on it, but the engine is long gone. 440shorty

I am finally off of evening shift, and back on midnight shift again. I will have more time to hang out on here and maybe contribute now and then. I also will have time to work on my junk every day now! Evening shift was not good for the schedule, and it was difficult to use the phone to get on...

I have been using station wagons for moving stuff, after not having a proper pickup truck for years, but was able to get this 1987 Dodge D150 as payment for putting its previous owner's Dakota pickup on the road for him. Here it is in front of its previous owner's house, where it had been...

I have been working on another of my projects. It isn't really a muscle car, since it is a 1979 and not a Firebird or Camaro. It is kinda ratty, cause it was repainted, and that paint is faded and falling off. And a couple of rust holes. It is mostly stock still, but I am slowly improving it...

While trying to set the timing on my little Cadillac V8, I noticed the timing actually would retard when the rpms went up! This is a GM HEI distributor with mechanical advance only. Long story short, the rotor button almost jams up the advance mechanism. This used rotor button came off a...

So after 5 years of storage, I finally restarted work on my S-10 project (see build thread). The first day I racked the truck and unbolted the S-10 bed. My wife calls me while I am working to inform me her car won't start. The second day I begin cutting and welding on the bed. On the way home...

Before I start a thread about building an engine run-in stand, Where should it be posted? Builds? Or in the engine section? 440shorty

At the local U-Pick-It called Crazy Ray's, Hawkins Point, MD. As of 1/7/13 there were, still in the car: 3 late-model Nailheads - 401 or 425 2 late 390 Cadillacs 3 Buick 455s 1 Buick 430 1 Buick 350 1 Olds 350 1 Buick V6 - 1962 Odd fire 3 Corvairs 2 Lincoln 430 Continentals 1 383 Mopar Various...

I'm sorry that I have been away for most of this year. Today is my first day off since New Year's Day, not counting a couple of side jobs, too. [cl The good news is I have been working at my shop and taking pictures, just not been able to report on the progress, however slow. Is anyone else so...

After three years of storing my parts, cars, and tools 90 miles away, I am finally moving to a shop that is 8 minutes from work. This is a "build" thread of the move and set-up of the "new" shop. The old shop I rented was 18.5' X 36' and the new one 18' X 30' so I've lost 6' of depth. I need...

Well, in the last 5 weeks I thrashed on the wagon and made it to part of the latest Power Tour. The car ran great, got about 13 mpg, and did pretty good at Thunder Valley in Bristol, TN, with a 14.11 at 98 mph on P295/50R15 street tires (lousy 2.25 sixty foot times) and with a Holley 750 that...

I just read in the March 2009 issue of Hot Rod Deluxe about the Buick under seat heaters, so I went to one of the local Crazy Ray's U-pick-it style junkyards and saw the hulk of an early 50s Buick. I couldn't really tell what year it was, since it was missing the driveline and what wasn't rusty...

Things have a way of happening so that what I really want to do has to be put off for things that I need to do. I've been accumulating parts for this car for years, but had been putting it off for more interesting projects. Meanwhile, this Pontiac wagon, which I've had for about 9 years, has...

Question #2: Has anyone here adapted a Ford Toploader 4 speed to a GM engine?? If so, how? 440shorty

So earlier this week my computer went down. The cpu fan bearings went out, as did the littler heat sink fan below it. So I pop the bad fans out and try to buy replacements. Tried Best Buy. They don't carry the small fans. Guy told me to look online. I hold the fans up (by the wires)...

Has anyone used the "Toploader imposter" 3-speed with overdrive out of a 77-78 Granada before? I can get one with shifter, and was wondering if it is a viable option to the weak V6 T5 I have. I was just reading the latest Car Craft editorial where the editor had bolted one behind a 429 Ford...

As you all might know, my shop-mate Pete died this past June. So I have been forced to move my stuff to a new shop. With help from my "blood brother" Tom, who manages the property, I am renting a "new" shop to call my own, by myself. Its big enough to park 4 normal sized cars with some room...

Well, as you all know, my shop-mate Pete died June 8 of this year. His widow at first said not to worry, we'll carry on Pete's legacy. Three months later, I have to get my stuff out before the auctioneer shows up. At least she waited until I was through with my 90 day probation at my new job...

I regret to inform everyone that Pete Scurti, aka rustywrench, left us for the big shop in the sky early in the morning of last Sunday, June 8, 2008. He'd just celebrated his 51st birthday June 7. Please pray for his wife Alicia, his daughters Mandy, and Sammy (who is due August 14), their...

I've missed being here to get updates and share what I've been up to, which lately has been very little car wise, so here is the update. (1) I've changed careers, finally, for the good. After working my way through college and then full-time for 13.5 more years, I've finally QUIT being a...