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Omg, this is really some work! I can see how difficult it must be to work with tires as the disc is totally bent. What I was thinking about is that you might still look for the new discs. Otherwise the car won't get too far withoiut losing pressure in tires. I was browsing all-weather tires some time ago and saw many different sizes and models and...

Many speedsters today aren't much more than a stockish engine and a sporty body. They are a way for someone to get into a brass car without the cost, a Rootlieb body with brass and bam you have a brass car regardless of the wheel, engine, transmission, frame etc. It is completely fair for a person who has spent a lot on a brass car to have some...

You will have to compensate for the sloppy worn holes in the low pedal & clutch shaft lever. Oversize clevis pins are an option untill you ever remove the H/H & can weld the holes back to the original size.

I stand corrected.

Dave

I doubt a professional welder would touch that job. Now if it was the last wire wheel in the world that would be different. It could hold the car up while your wood wheels were being built.

Andy

I am embarrassed it took me this long to get Tim his answer.

Great info, Tommy! Just for snicks, what is , say a coupe door glass, in tempered glass cost up in the motor city? The last time I checked around here, wing wing tempered glass quote gave me a heart attack. Of course, in the sticks, we have to send out for everything to a big city....

Some of the paint colors cost a lot more than others.

Red cost more than yellow when I did my wheels.

It may be only true for the mix together epoxy paints, as Rustoleum spray cans are all the same price.

Ran the head today ran strong but used a used head gasket and blew it . . Anyone have one to sell me ?

I used Irontite's 3 stage system to flush, clean, and seal the cooling system and then used regular green Prestone 50/50 and it has never overheated.