Recent content by gene49

There quite a few builds posted on this site. It might be worth looking into several of them. It will give you a picture of what is involved, and maybe some great ideas. Buying a project someone has given up on, or grown tired of, or maybe has encountered health problems that will prevent its...

that old clock would sure cover that hole in the dash nicely.

Years ago I started putting a thin layer of form a gasket around the intake ports and water ports on both sides of all the intakes gaskets I have installed. Don't need but a thin coat, but it sure solved a lot of leaks. I don't believe the gaskets are as good as they used to be either. The old...

Years ago I built a 54 Dodge pickup. I built it with a front subframe with independent suspension, lowered the rear suspension by moving and replacing the leaf springs and shackles, then I cut the firewall, installed a V8, installed a modern 60/40 split bench seat with a fold down arm rest and 3...

Welcome to the site. I agree with smallfoot. Start with something that isn't too hard so you can drive it pretty quickly. Get to know some people, and get more involved with the hobby. Hanging with a group of new friends can help you determine the path to go, if you are not sure. Then, I...

I'm not so sure I'm buying that is a real video, looks pretty fake to me.

The bottom 6" of the body where it originally curved outward was cut off the passenger side of the car, and was rotted to almost nothing on the driver side. Rather then try to hand form the replacement sheet metal to match the missing original tin, I just opted to make the new bottom straight...

It almost sounds like you are not suppose to go to that show at all. We have a couple shows around here that seem to work out that way as well. Something always seems to come up about a day before those shows that prevents us from going. We have arrived at the conclusion we are suppose to quite...

I built the car , first driven in 2012. Any parts that were still good and I didn't use (not many, the car was pretty much just a shell), were sold or given away a very lone time ago. There is a built thread on the car on this site titled (My 49 Plymouth coupe build). Have no idea how didn't...

Its time to let someone else enjoy my Plymouth coupe. Have only moved it to mow around for the last year. it deserves to be used. Body is on a 90 Dakota chassis, power rack & pinon steering, disc front brakes, 10" drum rear (brakes are all good). Has a 3.9 V6 throttle body fuel injection. 5...

I liked the 1st one better, but I laughed at both of them. Thanks, I needed a couple of laughs today.

I'm hearing this more and more. There is only one motor rebuild shop here in town, before covid, there were 3 good shops. That shop has a growing list of restrictions on the parts they will build a motor with, and one of those restrictions is "NO FLAT TAPPET CAMS/ LIFTERS!"

Never met an old Jeep that didn't have patched floors, and most of the "old Jeeps" around here are not anywhere near that old. Years ago I had one with an old snow plow pump and lift arm on it. That 6" hydraulic lift sure was handy for moving stuff around.

I don't believe the 1/8" aluminum nor the (4) wood 2 x 4s will be enough support for even one Harley. 1/8" aluminum plate will flex if my 260lbs body walks across it if it was supported by 2 x 4s. 1'8" aluminum is what they make aluminum oil pans and radiator tanks with, clamp a 12" wide piece...

So will the 3/8" steel plates the cardboard represent bolt to the frame with existing holes or brackets on the current frame? Are you keeping at least the main leaf to keep the axle positioned, or how are you going to keep the axle properly positioned? Maybe I'm just not getting the full...