Not a bad idea, Keith ! Henry seems to be the resident expert on electric vehicles here on the list ( unless we have one who is a lurker, which means he / she would not contribute anything, anyhow. )
GAS WELDING IS NOT THE SAME AS BRAZING . Brazing is a form of soldering, with flux and brass rod ...... it has its place in some things automotive ..... building headers is not one of these . Way ba
Bob, at other end of state, I have had that same hassle for about a year now .... MOST aggrevating !!! Joe Timney just sent some metalworking photos to me, attached to an email about a metalshaper' s
Hi Keith, You are absolutely correct ! That is what I explained, ...... You BRAZE with the brass rod & flux ( heat the business end of the rod and stick it in the flux ..... that makes the flux stick
Ed, in 1999, on a visit out to California to see Darrell, I was invited to the home / shop of an ex drag racer and present day gearhead to see his collection of old cars and rods . During our long ga
Ed, just try using some of that FIBERGLAS welding wire all you Vette guys use for bodywork, and play around with the amps ' til you get it to STICK ! BDF
ORANGE MAY BE THE NEXT BIG COLOR FOR CARS The latest auto show reports from Detroit would indicate that bright orange may be the "in" color or cars in the coming years. Over the past decade, car colo
Dick, If you intend to work on lsr cars / street rods / homebuilt and the like for a number of years yet, the best way to go is to get yourself a TIG welding ( also referred to as HELIARC ) outfit ..
Most interesting, Ken ..... and in those days, the sailors in the Navy were allowed to have their wives and girlfriends on board the " Ships of The Line "..... the main warships ..... when back in ho
Jim, I believe most of the Nascar shops use MIG welding on most of their chassis and cage work ...... it is perfect for that . I was thinking along dragster chassis lines ...... you know : Woody Gilm
Hi Bob, You never told me you were a KNOTHEAD !!! Now we know ! Do you know how to tie a " Turk' s Head on a Carrot Bend ? " NOT JOKING HERE, folks !!! .... I got to know a lot of ex-submariners, sur
Keith, Slide throttles have been around for a while ...... C & T Automotive had them on one of their hemi engines ..... I think it might have set a record at Bonneville in a hiboy deuce roadster, bac
Close your eyes.....And go back in time.... Before the Internet or the Mac, Before semi automatics and crack Before SEGA or Super Nintendo... Way back........ I'm talking about hide and seek at dusk.
Close your eyes.....And go back in time.... Before the Internet or the Mac, Before semi automatics and crack Before SEGA or Super Nintendo... Way back........ I'm talking about hide and seek at dusk.
Keith, Rich sent me that great photo of his roadster and the high wing monoplane, on the salt, about a year ago . I printed about eight copies of it, and then had a friend make a copy of it that is 1
Close your eyes.....And go back in time.... Before the Internet or the Mac, Before semi automatics and crack Before SEGA or Super Nintendo... Way back........ I'm talking about hide and seek at dusk.
Jim, Kvach, The January 1966 issue of Hot Rod Magazine has five color photos from Bonneville in 1965 .... the two largest of these show the Goldenrod and Bill and Bob Summers, other three are jet and