Works both ways apparently. When I was was in school a friend of mine from Costa Rica was asked by some fraternity jerk what Mexican country he was from. Roland
This question (in general) has always puzzled me. Whenever I see a bunch of Shelby Mustangs lined up with their hoods up, every one has its restored engine painted the "proper Ford Engine Blue". I'v
This would be interesting since the first US Ford (flathead) V8 wasn't introduced in this country until the mid '30s (1934 perhaps?) Hard to believe Ford would have been manufacturing V8s for MGs an
I suspect John is correct. The exact same thing happen to a friend's Tiger. Also I would like to recommend Sunbeam Specialties Auto Parts, P.O. Box 771 Los Gatos, CA, (408) 371-1642. I bought some s
I got the seals for my Girling calipers from Dave Bean. BTW, these are NOT O-rings but flat "washer" seals. Even the snake oil place I usually deal with didn't know that. I returned the O-rings they
Phosphoric acid isn't THAT nasty. I've gotten tons of it on my skin and lived to tell about it. Mostly it's just mildly irritating. This is not to say I don't wash it off ASAP and I don't recommend
Well, there doesn't seems to be a shortage of countersunk head aircraft type aluminum rivets, but so far I haven't found a source for this type of rivet in stainless steel. In fact, I can't even find
The latest KIT CAR mag has an article on a couple of Westfield cars (Seven clones), one with a Buick V6 and another with a 330HP Rover V8. There was also a picture of some other Seven replica with J
I had part of the top blow off of a battery in my dad's garage once. I was using his grinder and a spark landed on a battery which was on the floor near by being charged. Scared the s**t out of me b
Because I'm trying to keep the snake on the road while I'm restoring it, I find that the wheels are on and off a lot. I'm now on my second lead knock-off hammer in less than a year. At nearly $20 a c