I am in the process of relocating the spout on the gas tank to the center. I patched over the original location with some sheet metal. The problem now comes in...
Brazing will work considering the explosion factor has been removed. I don't want some hotshot to tank the tank out of his car and fire up the torch. Just...
MIKE : My friend Larry ( the Red Cord Replicar , you met him at Gilmore) is building a 426 Street Hemi-Kellison J4 and had to modify his gas tank to...
Thanks for the advice. I actually had a chance to try out brazing tonight. It was a lot easier then the soldier. It appears that there are no bubble leaks this...
brazing is the way to go-- i was talking to a welder friend today about it and he says a good thing about it is it doesn't shrink as it cools -- Don...
Hi Mike, This is Clem's son Kevin here and first off if you can get your hand's on another tank I would recomend starting over with a tank without holes in it ...
I didn't know about hot cracking and have done some reading up on it. I am no expert in this area. One thing I found was this article from hotrod magazine....
I would like to try the soldering for the spout location (with the silver solder), so if you have that number that would help. Hopefully what I have doesn't...
I'm not sure if it applies here, but about 15 years ago a welder friend taught me carbon arc welding. You put a carbon rod about the size of a pencil in the...
Hi Mike - Sent your message on to Kevin. He was here for dinner last night and I had asked him to look at your question. That's how his reply came to be. His...
Ive been building my chassis for my valkyrie and prior to finishing the rear suspension. I need to know if the wheel base is 100 inches or 98 inches? I read...
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i have literature on the newer valk GTX showing diff wheelbase's - one says 100" the other 100.5" and i know some have set it at 101" -- and according to the...
I'll go along with Don, make the wheelbase fit the existing fender well centers. If you are using the Corvair rear suspension, I would recommend designing...
bud-have you ever tried taking the center section out of a 65 corvair backup lens? the po cut 6 1/4" holes for the tail lights and looking for something to...
Ok great thanks guys this car build has been accumulating parts over the last 7 years. So I want to do the car justice. As for the rear end I will be using...
Mike, Well, I haven't tried taking the center out of a '65 Corvair backup lens until a couple minutes ago. I went out to my shop and grabbed a couple used ...
bud-where did you find the 8" traffic light lens? that sounds better than the 5 1/4" trailer lights i used and the corvair backup light section is a little...
I was living in Shreveport, LA at the time and I bought my 8" lenses and the 8" reflectors at a traffic safety store on Grimmett Drive called Teeco Safety. ...
Hi Guys, I rebushed my Avenger driver door due to dragging problems it has had for a while.I figured it did not drag when I bought it it must just need a new...
Luke... I checked your photos out and your body is an early model...Easiest way to tell this is the rocker panel below the door... Later ones incorporated a...
Joe, Is your Avenger the early model with the short doors and the rocker panel under the door or the late model with the long doors and no rocker panel? The...
Now this may sound a little goofy but think about it...... When trying to find crazy shapes for frenching tailights in street rods... I grab my ruler and head...
Rich thanks for the tips. Luke Richard king <otrr@...> wrote: Luke... I checked your photos out and your body is an early model...Easiest way to tell...
Rich is right, I forgot about the 7" diameter taillights on school busses. Check out the 7" Baader-Brown stop and taillight and the 7" LED Doran stop and...
Rags I know where you are coming from I liked the line from last chance garage- The older man told the young kid at the hardware store he was building a...
