Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
05-31-2023, 02:57 PM
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Re: Drag Coupe Chassis
Here is the picture
Looks like Kent Fuller built it for Tony Nancy
It is called a 'Drag Racing Roadster Chassis
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
05-31-2023, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 462
Drag Coupe Chassis
Howdy
Will post picture of it.
Found it in about a '60 Car Craft magazine.
The plusses of a tube chassis are this:
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
02-14-2023, 08:33 PM
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
02-14-2023, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 921
Life Long Car Guy Calling It A Day
A guy in Quartzite AZ is getting rid of everything he has collected.
Just do a search or PM me.
Does have a 63 1/2 Ford probably a Galaxie
Probably has some more Ford products.
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
10-29-2022, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 636
Dry Lakes 50's Nitro and Methanol
Have been looking at control line planes.
Point being.
Most people that went to the lakes in the 50's were REAL familiar with nitro and
'special fuel' from doing control line airplanes.
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
01-10-2022, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,365
Re: Alcohol Race Fuel
Talked to a guy that has done some racing.
He said racers add 10% nitro to 100 octane racing gas.
A Sinclair near us here sells 110 octane.It's for the dune buggy crowd.
Apparently...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-28-2021, 09:53 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,365
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-27-2021, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,365
Alcohol Race Fuel
Yes.We will add nitro to it.
First things first.
Anybody use it before?
What are the in's and out' to it?
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
07-15-2020, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,562
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
07-15-2020, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,562
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
07-15-2020, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,562
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
05-21-2020, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 939
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
05-21-2020, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 939
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
03-31-2020, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,538
Re: 1963 Hotrodding The Ford V8
Took another look through this Hotrodding the Ford V8.
Introduction says it is the companion book for Ford Performance Handbook.
Says to get Handbook to hop up your engine.
This...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
03-26-2020, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,259
Ford 1963,1964 and 1968 Indy 260/289 Engines
If you have a 260 and a little time and extra dollars you can build one of these.
http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/jonknapek/fordv8/indy.html
Note the Y Block rockers used!
Check out the...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
03-23-2020, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,538
Re: 1963 Hotrodding The Ford V8
The 406 and 427 were halfway Super Stock engines.
Buy the car,do some work on it and then take it to the drag strip.
Read this article on the Chrysler Max Wedge engines and it's a little...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
03-12-2020, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,379
Re: Ford Industrial Arts Awards
Thank you rotorwrench
Took me awhile to get back to you here.
Was waiting until we got the Ford IAA lapel pin out of the way.
Well.We got one finally!
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
03-10-2020, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,538
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
02-15-2020, 11:27 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,433
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
02-14-2020, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,433
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
02-14-2020, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,433
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
02-09-2020, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,433
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
02-08-2020, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,379
Re: Ford Industrial Arts Awards
Here is some info on it.
Looks like it was pretty big.
Strange not to see hardly a thing about it.Guess because it ended in '62
before stuff could be put on the net.
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
02-08-2020, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,379
Ford Industrial Arts Awards
Looks like it was Ford's version of GM Craftsman's Guild contests for young automobile
designers.
Picture of article is too blurry to read.
First time I have ever heard of it.
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
02-05-2020, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,433
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