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  1. willy knight

    Made 6500 mile trip in my 1956 Chevy Rod

    I was able to cross another thing off my Bucket List.I drove my 1956 Chevy Hot Rod across a large part of the country. I started in Detroit Michigan on the Hot Rod Magazine POWER TOUR and it ended in Dallas Texas.That is where this picture was taken by Hot Rod of all the Long Haulers which is...
  2. willy knight

    Making good electrical contact on old wiring

    I have found that when I use the old wiring in my cars sometimes the head lights or tail lights are dimm from not making good contact.I have found that putting a dab of the silver Anti -Sieze on the head light prongs and then putting the plug off and on a few times to smear it in the socket...
  3. willy knight

    Blue Suede Cruise Pics

    I am not good with computers to make a link but here is the web site of the photographer at Summit Motorsports Park at Norwalk Ohio where the Blue Suede Cruise was held July 22,23,and 24.The rain hurt attendance (again) but the Baders took very good care of there cruisers and it was a blast.My...
  4. willy knight

    Here are photos of Dragway 42 Race N Rock

    http://www.dragway42.com/photogallery.html My truck is in here before I cut it up to make it 4 wheel drive.This Race and Rock is really nice.It is at Dragway 42 in West Salem Ohio.I went there last summer and a few years before.Seems like I get caught in a major thunderstorm every year.I drive...
  5. willy knight

    American car companies

    I was watching Dennis Gage or Cage (the guy with the mustache) talking to Jay Leno on his show and he was talking about a 1914 Pierce car that was made in Indiana.He said that at one time Indiana had around 250 car manufacturers and was competing with Detroit to be number one in car production...
  6. willy knight

    1955 Chevy 1 ton 4 wheel drive dually rat

    This is what the truck looks like now.I have since set the motor,trans,and transfer case in for size.The drive shaft has been made. I want this to be an all around truck.I am going to try to put goose neck,fifth wheel, and reese hitches on it as well as a snow plow. The front half of the frame...
  7. willy knight

    1955 1 Ton 4 Wheel Drive Dually Rat Truck

    This is the two truck frames I started with.The front is a 1980 Chevy 1 ton dually and the back frame half is a 1988 F-450 dump truck with ten lug nuts and a Dana 80 rear.The front differential is a Dana 60. There is another post in here with nearly this same heading that shows the truck...
  8. willy knight

    pontiac straight eight

    How good of an engine is this Pontiac straight eight and are the olds and buick engines the same and or interchangable? I have seen some straight eights on bonneville cars that appear to have overhead valves (mine is a 1949 pontiac flathead)that say buick.What years did they produce those and...
  9. willy knight

    Old rat rodder-New to this site

    I have been running traditional hot rods and rat rods for many many years before they caught back on.I used to go to car shows and cruise nights because I wanted to be part of them and talk to car guys--not for trophies ,,,only to hear people say "what is that piece of crap doing in here". But...
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