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- Birthday 02/01/1978
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1953 Dodge B4B - 1955 Chevy Bel Air - 1971 Chrysler New Yorker
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San Mateo, CA
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car restoration, surfing, skiing, hiking, camping, wood working, traveling, photography
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SCS looks legit. I hadn't heard of them before. I see they offer many materials and in addition to cutting out shapes, they do bending, threading, fabricating, and plating. This should greatly expand the horizons on restoration needs. They could probably even make a new battery box from the template that was posted on here or DPETCA years ago. I'm an AutoCAD person, so my project list is growing as fast as I can draw, lol...
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17th Annual Clements Tailgate, in Clements California BBQ
John-T-53 replied to 48Dodger's topic in Mopar Flathead Truck Forum
Get that zero turn ready for action too! lol.... -
.heic images are not readable by most programs. Need to download them as jpegs from your phone. Or email them to yourself, that usually sends them as jpegs.
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Cleaning carbs without toxic chemicals
John-T-53 replied to lostviking's topic in Mopar Flathead Truck Forum
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There is/was a small shop catering to classic vehicles, Volk Auto Construction, located on Santa Fe Road by the airport. In fact I sold and then bought back my '53 B4B to Matt Volk back in 2007. It's not coming up on google but it was next to With the Grain Woodcraft (which shows up on google maps). I think I have his number somewhere....let me look. Anthony at Auto Experts on Higuera might be willing to work on it, although he does mainly mainstream repair work. He works on everything though. Scott's shop also on Higuera seems to work on a lot of older vehicles, although I have never been in there. Also check out Rhode Island Wiring - they have harnesses and diagrams for our trucks.
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17th Annual Clements Tailgate, in Clements California BBQ
John-T-53 replied to 48Dodger's topic in Mopar Flathead Truck Forum
If that fails, he might become a "plug" himself (best worst case scenario). -
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nyuk nyuk nyuk.... not sure if I like the idea of another Christine (movie) being made as the forward looks are much more rare these days.
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Are the inner fenders going to be attached to and tilt with the front clip?
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Cleaning carbs without toxic chemicals
John-T-53 replied to lostviking's topic in Mopar Flathead Truck Forum
Interesting that he's plating aluminum with zinc just to get the chromate finish. Looks good! If the carb is cast zinc then no need to plate, just clean and dip in the chromate solution and go. He should use gloves while handling the bare part, he's contaminating it by holding it right before it goes into the plating bath! He's also missing the tank heaters which heat the solution to the optimum temp for plating (varies by metal). For determining the correct amps, there's a calculation based on the metal type and surface area. Also he doesn't show it but there's a solution for making a cleaning bath that comes with this kit, that also requires heat.