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got a job working in a scrapyard here in town. just started but it's going good so far. glad to have finally found work, and work that i can deal with that is also interesting. we don't deal with automotive specifically, but there are a few things that come in, so i'll keep my eyes open while...

big list of old tools, i.d.'s on them, etc. http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/index.html

don't know what kind of interest there is in this, but this place has free plans to build a mandrel for bending tubes. just email them. got the plans this morning. haven't started in on it yet though. http://www.pro-tools.com/200k.htm and this has what looks to be one of these machines built...

wasn't sure where i should really put this, i put it here because i think it would have to be fired electrically. anybody think of a good way to translate the rotation of a crankshaft into an electrical signal you could use to operate pneumatic cylinders in place of a camshaft? i know it sounds...

posted this another place, too. wondering if any of you know a guy named Bob Ingram from Illinois. he's been a mechanic (and other things) forever. he's my grandpa. I've heard all sorts of stories about him, and i meet people all over the country who know him or know of him, so just wondering if...

so i did a search and found one brief thread about polarizing a 6 volt pos ground, and was just looking for advice or verification that i did/am doing this right. found a procedure in a manual at this shop i know, says basically: with battery in car and engine off, disconnect field and batt from...

anybody know anything about the old cadillac air compressors? the belt driven under hood ones. kinda wondering if they would handle as much as any of the ones they sell with air ride kits. i haven't really researched them yet. just wondering.

so this is probably crazy, but my roomate grew up with a blacksmith, knows how to forge metal, knows a lot about it all. he's thinking about putting together a new forge (he moved out here from florida). i've been trying to talk him into it because i would love to get to learn some of that...

wondering if anyone has ever seen/tried it. been looking at lace paint the past few days and got me to thinking of a way to apply a similar concept with a (maybe) less gaudy look to it. my idea is to get several types of fishnets and layer them together with different rips in them and things to...

somebody ought to save this truck. 57 international dump truck that's gonna get dumped if it doesn't get bought for 250. i'd get it but i'm broke. http://humboldt.craigslist.org/cto/1794431292.html i don't know if that link works or not, but it looks pretty nice. sounds like a steal.

anybody got any thoughts on how i could set this up? i have an auto trans (and i tend to burn up automatics fast) and also have a chance to get any one of several four speeds free, the swap would be pretty easy to just make it a floor shift, but i think in the attempt to make it interesting it...

wasn't sure where to put this, couldn't find anything for this in a search. there are lots of them out there, just wondering if anyone has a favorite or a preference. i was reading that moly grease can cause a buildup on ball bearings and may cause them to fail.

do i need to pull my battery before i weld on my car body? i won't be working anywhere near it, but it seems like a bad idea to have it hooked up to the same thing i'm welding. i'd rather not have a battery explode or something. also gonna probably need some help polarizing my gen/regulator...

the house i live in used to be a bike library. not the motorized kind, but definitely some rats... some cool ones in the pile though. i'll go dig some of them out and take pictures this week. and a "rat boat" i used to work on, just for good measure. monster crazy old boat. made around 42...

interesting art. looks like recycled kitchen implements. http://koikoikoi.com/2010/04/sayakas-recycled-sculptures/ don't know if the link works.

here's my galaxie. had it about a week. got to patch a couple holes in the body, do up the suspension, figure out the cause of the burning oil. not burning much though, probably just the rings or maybe valve guides or something. doesn't even burn it all the time. should be an easy fix. i think...

hi all. new here. just got my hands on a car i've been trying to get for 10 years. 64 galaxie 500, already a rat, just gonna make it a nicer one. needs some body work to stave off the rust, almost no engine work so far as i can tell.