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3....Happy Birthday Mopar Jim!

Hope to see you on your drive home in Collinsville Illinois...

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You guys would have picked up machinist skills right-off and enjoyed what you could make with them. Just takes being a bit analytical.

first, a tape line to measure off


more fitting




pretty close
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decent... defined as "not missing 1/2 due to rust".......

4 I'm leaning off the fence, if do, Lars maybe we can run together...

Thanks . I have a 8.1 that I'll be putting in something probably this fall . It's basically a big block LS engine .

Looking forward to hear how you like those slicks! Enjoy the trip!

live life by experience, rather....

vice

Me too!...

Still smells like a dead chipmunk a little bit out there today, but it’s going away. And I’m getting over a migraine, so the only thing accomplished...

Back in the 90's I helped a co-worker mod the Halibrand wheels on his T-bucket to look like smoothies. I formed some dished plates to mount to the wheels,...

I own just two vehicles that are not Chevrolets, and those two are both Japanese imports. They are my 1985 Mitsubishi Mighty Max and my 1994 Honda Civic...

Desert off-road racing is some of my favorite off-road action, and having been to Ensenada for the BAJA 1000, the BAJA 500 is near and dear to my heart...

Be sure to pick the right set of lug holes! And have a great meet!

I have great respect for machinist skills. I know enough to know how much I don't know.

I know this is speculation but I'm thinking those came off different sets of dies, probably from different factories in different locations. No idea...

It’s time for the 2nd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this...

For several years there have been people using custom bolt on adapters to mount dog dish hubcaps onto Weld Draglite wheels, and while it sounds weird,...

There's a plug at the left front of the engine that goes into the oil galley. Make/borrow/rent a pressure pre-luber (I made mine out of a pressure cooker)...

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2026 Hot Rod Power Tour
Day 1: June 8 - Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL
Day 2: June 9 - Village of Rantoul, Rantoul, IL
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4 days / 1 day. Leaving tomorrow, driving some of RT 30 and trying to catch the 4014 Big Boy Steam Locomotive on the way. Safe Travels everyone.

Tomorrow is the big day! We will be loading up this afternoon and tomorrow morning we will make the 5.5 hour drive to up Great Bend! Judd...

Thought it might be interesting...not an exact path I've been down before, but still same 'ol hot rodding. Serpentine belts come in different widths,...

to show others how to....

grip...

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4.....Thankful Thursday! Still on the right side of the grass!

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nice, complete fender

now broken

interesting in all of this while fitting.. I think GM tolerances were +/- 1/4" I could...

Today's project was gathering up 2 roll-around-the-shop tires (you'll see why in a minute), getting the replacement tubes from Amazon (yeah, I know but...

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Going fast in slow cars, thrashing on junk, and jumping things that shouldn’t be jumped are always a good time and the folks at Hudson Speedway...

Best news today? Got the dead rat, okay chipmunk, out of the garage from under the ramp yesterday. The smell is abating nicely. So like I mentioned above,...

Lil Gangstas just keeps on keeping on, and at Street Car Bragging Rights at Rockingham Dragway they not only put on a hell of a show, but also put up...

You may not have heard of RJ Fab, but you’ve probably seen something they have built. When Rob Lindsay started RJ Fab a few decades ago I doubt...

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The third stop of the 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series took competitors to their...

Cheap car and truck paint jobs have always been popular, whether in DIY stories in magazines, on the internet, or with companies like Earl Sheib and Maaco....

Every Southeast Gassers Association race is a flashback to the 1960’s, which is why everyone loves going to their races so much. These races are...

How about if you sit in the car bass ackwards? That might work...

Grasp

bucket list of those aspiring….

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isn't always found on the...

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5....Hump Day!!!