Local Harley repair shop near me. A real rough and tumble place in the back woods near the harbor in low rent district in a coastal town on Long...
Found mine NOS from 1950 on eBay. Paid $100.00 including shipping. Best money ever spent on truck. Andy
Took number one son for his learner's permit on Thursday. When we got home he finally got to drive the truck he has been working on for the last...
Thanks Russ, I passed on the guys price of $175.00 for the pair. Thought it was a bit too much. Did you use the headlight buckets as well or...
Follow the instructions to the letter out of the factory shop manual. Get a digital fishing scale used to weigh fish. Get one for fresh water...
I went to Hershey on Saturday , last day of the event. What a shame to drive all that way when most of the flea market and parts vendors had...
I believe it is the remains of a "choke stove". Used with an automatic choke carburetor. An aluminum tube coverred in a heat resistant cloth...
Never, ever, ever NEVER use grease in your steering box. It will prevent the recirculating balls from recirculating and lead to failure of the...
Ahhh, to dream What a place!!! What inspires you, Evan, to work on such things? How does one build such a reputation to bring in that kind of...
Modern Madness indeed Ya know.... If the darn thing didn't run so freaking good I wouldn't even think about doing it. Just can't see the...
Ken, First of all, your truck looks waaaay too lonely in that barren space you have her parked in. Secondly, yes, I might be interested in...
Scrap metal heaven. Bring a torch and person capable of heavy lifting along with your truck. Easy money at the scrap yard, plus doing a service...
Hi all, This is a bit off topic regarding AD trucks, but you guys are the best at this kind of stuff so here goes... Some time ago, I...
True that!!! I grew up learning how to weld with high amperage/high heat on structural steel beams and such. I was very afraid of the transition...
Pretty much all the vendors, including our wonderful host, carry those. Andy
When I was a kid, I brought my 1940 Olds straight eight that had spun a bearing to the local, very well respected machine shop. I was 16. Owner...
Ditto that. I have an old Rochester laying around that has the clamps on it too. Andy
Picked up my replacement springs at a swap meet. Hershey two years ago. $40.00 for all four springs used and in good shape. Call the guys that...
Hershey vs. Carlisle I have been to both many times, but really prefer Carlisle. Hershey seems very...well...sanitary when compared to the real...
Ol' Cheb, I have a '55.1 that has a '54 trans and rear closed driveline. I have been wanting to find a 55.1 trans and rear open driveline....
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