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I hope all here, young and old are well . I lost another one, my very best and oldest California friend . Rest easy Cliff, you will never be forgotten . Clifford Crate U.S.N. 1967 ~ 1970 .

I'm beginning to clean out some left overs, I have a Deluxe heater for sale, I'll include the brandy new 12 volt fan motor . No shipping, it's in Los Angeles . $200 . I may have a grille guard too, rusty chrome .

9.6.2025 I just got a notice of 10 unread messages, when I clicked on 'alerts' it showed me one only . What's the problem here Moderator ? .

I hope all here are well and having a nice day today . I hit the freeway down at 07:00 and unlike most days it was nearly deserted and no crazy speeders ether . Monday and Tuesday the local freeways heading East out of town were all jammed . I'm not feeling my usual chipper self but I am...

I decided to get off my duff and resurrect my 5 years dormant 1959 VW Bug, here's my latest scribe : The other day I decided to dip into the front brakes on my '59 VW Bug and am glad I did . I began by taking it all apart and cleaning : The brake shoes were greasy as the grease seals had...

Hi guys ! . Yes, I know this is the wrong forum, I also know the old machine guys hang out here . My buddy's 1935 Chevy pickup is beginning to pop out of third gear on decel . This usually means it'll need a counter shaft and cluster gear . Anyone got any thing lying 'round ? . Perhaps from...

I realize this WWII truck is older than this forum but no one even looks in the previous years forum so I'm posting it here . Apparently Joe has been selling off his discards, this one made a bit of a journey after it left Arizona : I just discovered this guy who's having fun as I wish I...

Had you survived this long you'd be 98 today . I hope wherever you are you're happier than you were here on earth .

?? not a single post ? . Wow . I've been offline a few days, we passed a nice and reasonably quiet New Year's Eve, the Sangria I bought was nasty, ugh .

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL ! . It's Christmas Eve and pouring down rain in Southern California, I don't care how much we 'need it' ~ if I wanted rain / snow / hail / other water based miseries, I'da stayed way Down East . I have no idea whom celebrates what anymore but I -do- hope all are happy and...

Anyone in So. Cal. think about doing this ? . I have a complete drum to drum 1958 3100 Apache (1/2 ton) Chevrolet axle . It's bent but the brakes can be used to up grade your old pre 1951 Huck brakes . In the Los Angeles area, this thing is HEAVY . I'd hate to pitch it out as hard parts are...

La Troka's post about radiator boil over <vanished> . I got notified it has new attachments but the post is -gone- . ?? . It's 98* F in the shade in the San Gabriel Valley to - day .

A complete description of what's needed here : https://talk.classicparts.com/threads/47-54-brake-push-rod-and-brass-block-m-c.23625/ TIA, help my buddy get his project going . Joe maybe ? . TIA,

I have a friend who needs the brass distribution block and banjo bolt along with the clevis pin and push rod for the master cylinder on his 3100 series 1/2 ton Chevrolet / GMC truck . Pictures will help as he has nothing right now . I know there's old rusty chassis lying around with these...

It's been raining off and on here so of course I was out in the more obscure junkyards looking for "new' (only 42 years old) truck parts , getting soaked in mud and ran across this : I was wondering if anyone else knows what it is ? .

Long block, bored .040" over, new Hot Rod cam and new cast iron heads . That's as far as he got before old age set in so it's still sitting on an engine stand in his garage in Westmont, Ca. (zipper 90047) . $800 , CA$H ONLY no B.S., no trades etc. . He has a 4BBL intake manifold and oil pan...

Holiday greetings to all and sundry . Here's hoping 2021 will be an improvement, hard to imagine not . BE SAFE and enjoy your families ! .

12.25.2020 Wow, I really expected some folks to be in here, I'm old so early Chevrolet & GMC trucks were a large part of my working life because they're so well made, simple ad easy to maintain, repair and keep running with engine and tranny swaps, bolt in....

I hope all here have a nice Father's day, my son is away in Arizona so I'm sitting in Denny's setting up my lap top after the memory died and I lost everything .

I didn't see any threads related to this so I thought I'd add one... I get off list queries, that's nice but I prefer to use the entire brain trust here . I've been busy in my back yard, eventually I got bored and bought this rare and completely worthless vintage Honda Motocyle, it's a 1984...