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ok so its been a few since this last issue. im running a bubbas hotrod dizzy now and the the timingis spot on. i had previously flushed the block with water engine off, radiator flushed. i decided to run down to the bus stop to pick up the kids in old pedro, and damnit if the temp on the gauge...

Thanks for the help fellas, im still debating towards taking it apart thetraditional way of the spindle or by the nuts under the engine....ill take pics either way... LOL are the 1'' spacers needed under the lower A-arm?

so i have a question fellas, i have a 50 shoebox, and i just read the aerostar coil replacement up frt which gives you about 2.5-3'' of drop. ive never worked on a 50's suspension but which way would be the easiest to unbolt the a arm to get the coil out, under the king pin spindle that castle...

Boys let me tell ya!!! this GMC dizzy under my ford hood might be a wee bit sacreligious! but HOT DAMN! this is the best thing next to the invention of the Hamburger! this new distributor woke my engine up! i mean night to day! heres the progression pics, i gigured it would be Jinormous as most...

nice pics thanks for sharing

yeah last i was there a year ago, my dad informed me they closed the last one. i was going to take my kids to the drive in.... we need to bring em back!

Thanks RPope, thats exactly what i was thinking, i just changed the oil today to VR1, it seemed to smoke a bit less, it might have been like donsrods said, the PO must have been running thinner stuff. i'll do as you said and post here after a while.... thanks all for the input. we shall see...

DonsRods: you know i was just thinking of that, i saw rotella at the local yocal parts store but decided against it, i heard that they took the zinc additive out of it.??? is that true? i found another site that recommended valvoline VR1 or Brad Penn, but the only one i found was VR1... i dint...

reduced mosquito population!!! LOL yeah i tell people that or that i just bought the james bond smoke package :D although i do think it is the rings (maybe they didnt settle in right) ive tried driving it for a little bit 10 mins or so but they didnt settle down. it burns a little bit of oil...

LOL unless he took it all apart and resealed it and repained the whole block?! [S i did a compression ck and they all lie between 90-95 psi...it just smokes like a som-bish!!! i mean i guess i can live with a little bit of smoke but id rather not..lol

Has nyone ever used Bubbas Dizzy's im debating it on my flathead ford. http://www.lindertech.com/bhrs/services.htm

Howdy all i just bought a 1950 ford custom deluxe more door with a flathead 8 239 co in. the old gent said that the engine had been rebuilt, and it appears to be so but it smokes like crazy!!! i =m thinking he didnt really drive it around much and the rings didn't settle well but i was debating...

well im in valdosta right now, the 65 truck is in MO...one of these days i'll get it down here.

retrofit for cheap?? wow who where when??!!! lol yeah the 65 is at my parents house resting till i have time.... thanks for the warm welcome fellas... see you down the road!

New guy here, im in the military in S GA. i have a 1950 ford, i just bought still has the flattie in it and 6v. thats what attracted me to it! i also have a 65 ford pickem up truck.... i found the website by accident but its one of the best websites fro old cras ive ever been to... thanks for...