Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-20-2022, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,059
Re: crankshaft grinder
If yiu can't find a local source then look no further than Henry Velasco at Velasco Crankshaft Service in Downey CA. 213-877-4212. There is none better than Henry.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-04-2021, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,668
Re: Insurance
You don't really know how good your insurance company and its coverage is until the unfortunate time comes when you need to deal with their claims department.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
07-15-2021, 11:24 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,904
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-06-2021, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,109
Re: Hegarty Insurance
If you're a AAA member, check into their agreed value classic car coverage. I have two vehicles insured with them. The rates are very reasonable and, most importantly, the claim service is excellent.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-16-2021, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 8,152
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-27-2020, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,286
Re: Shop ruined my '48 radiator tanks
Most likely, the "idiots" shut down the auto shop class due to lack of interest on the part of the student body. In this day and age the kids know that they can do much better writing code for...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-22-2020, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,296
Re: Big Claude Hoppers- Size 12
Try a pair of race car drivers' shoes. They feel very light on the feet and the soles blend with the uppers and don't protrude out the sides like regular shoes. Summit Racing has a large selection. I...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-19-2020, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 4,754
Re: Spring Carlisle
The "political crowd" is trying to shut it down because they will be the first to be burned at the stake if they don't in the event that things go south.
But with thousands mingling together with...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-15-2020, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,117
Re: Bucking like a horse
That five year old gas left standing has turned to gum and varnish in your fuel system. You need to drain and flush it all out including disassembling the carb so that you can clean out the nozzles,...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-01-2020, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,109
Re: Old Car Insurance Premium Reduction ?
I have all of my cars insured with AAA Auto Club, two DD's, and two ol' heaps on their classic coverage. The classic policy is very reasonably priced and the claims service is outstanding.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-22-2020, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 8,320
Re: Loss of Hot Rod Deluxe
No scam. TEN Publishing is still in business and, according to what I have read on other sites, if you contact them and ask for a refund of the unused part of the subscription, they will cheerfully...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
09-17-2019, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 74
Views: 11,592
Re: Warning about c&g
I've been buying stuff from C & G on and off for the best part of 30 years and have never, ever had an issue, and that's all the way back to when Clyde and Gail were running the show with Dorothy and...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-31-2019, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 110
Views: 15,860
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-25-2019, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,670
Re: Chemical Dip Needed
L & M stripped all of my sheet metal including the body in '86. Everything came out assembly-line clean with no warpage or any other potential damage from blasting.
Keep in mind that if you do...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-18-2019, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 7,582
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-12-2019, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 5,076
Re: Low Compression - keep trying or rebuild?
if you have sticky rings and valves then Marvel Mystery Oil is your friend. Put a good dose in each cylinder and let that marinate for several days while turning the motor over by hand a couple of...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-05-2019, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,984
Re: 1940 sedan, different door?
Correct. My '40 has that depression on both front doors to accommodate the stainless window divider's up and down movement. Perhaps your drivers door is off of a '39 which didn't have the vent window.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-29-2019, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 8,054
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-19-2018, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,966
Re: Chrome Prices
Sure, chrome plating was cheap back in the day because back in the day some plating shop operators thought nothing of draining their Chromium VI tanks and their other carcinogenic materials out the...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-17-2017, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,722
Re: stuck valve
If Marvel Mystery Oil doesn't do it then your next step is disassembly.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-04-2017, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 11,135
Re: Asbestos In Cars
That's a very easy thing to say when you're not the guy who has been diagnosed with a physical disability due to exposure to the stuff in the workplace. Ask me how I know!!:mad:
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
07-29-2017, 10:39 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,416
Re: Gasahol
I use Sta-Bil in the tanks of my two old cars that don't get driven much and in my 2 and 4 cycle small engines. Never had an ethanol related problem.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
07-27-2017, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,355
Re: Throttle linkage problem.........
Not being intimately familiar with a 94 carb and the linkage attachment point not being clear in the small photo, I assumed it to be at situated above the throttle shaft instead of the bottom. In...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
07-27-2017, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,355
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
07-27-2017, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,355
Re: Throttle linkage problem.........
Your problem is that your carb connection wants to travel in an arc and you are pulling on it at idle in a more linear motion. By this I mean that your carb connection is slightly over center towards...
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