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why did they come this way? Was the tub painted grey because of modifications?

My Dad's all time favorite car. Period Sun Tach

I have these things and like them.

Is the whole body aluminum or just the fast back part?

One of these sold at the Pioneer Auto Museum in Murdo, SD. You may remember Dave the owner from when Pickers bought the Andy Rooney car. I was floored when a rusty lump of engine sold for $1 million. It was an Otto

I wouldn't want to rob you of any part of the joy you get from decorating, just as you don't want to rob me of wrenching joy

You could put it in your car and enjoy. It might have low compression, but it still has 350 ft lbs torque for fun. Drive and enjoy while you pick off deals on FBBO and eBay for the parts to build. You can keep driving it until you have everything you need. Once torn down, the driving option...

Studebaker put a carter AFB inside of the box you see on top of this motor. Some carburetors can be blown straight through, Holleys need a modification, but putting it inside of the box equalizes all the pressures

This came in with a collection from an auto museum. There's a heavy weight on the end of a steel strip, and it's very bouncy. In the second photo, you can see that they soldered the bent nail so that when the ball is bouncing, the steel strip comes in contact with the nail and completes the...

battle the low compression or put twin turbos blowing through a Thermoquad. Turbos wake them up

they aren't the final word, but pretty close

hope that radiator hose holds up

Watch Jack's, like a Flickertail watches cars from the side of the highway. Especially Chinese jacks.

do you have a factory service manual? they're pretty handy. if it's something that isn't making sense and you ask a question here, you have a common tool to look at with those who want to help

a 1, and a 2, and a Scout full of gals

I work for a museum and I clean a lot of items that are constructed of many different materials. My rule of thumb is to start with the softest methods first, and progress until I get what I want. Thus, dish detergent on vinyl. One can always go harsher, but you can't back up and fix something...

Never been rich enough to afford a vinyl top car... but I've cleaned a lot of Tolex on old guitar amplifiers. Working on an old silver face Fender Princeton right now. I use a scrub brush to remove dust and dirt before scabbing with liquid dish detergent. I never apply a protectant as I sell...

serenading my girl