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Starting in 1969 Texas went to the reflectorized paint, but in white only. I have found a metallic white paint with a little pearl added that does the trick to dazzle the people at the DMV. Everyone that I have done has passed with flying colors.

I managed to find the lid to the bucket. I also eliminated the pickup hose and used a piece of 1/2" aluminum hard line with an A.N. fitting on the end. I used a grommet where the line passes through the lid: I also added a filler port so I can pour in the gear lube when it runs dry. I used a...

I can't believe I went this long without building this project. I do alot of rear end work on my own cars as well as customers cars, and it is always a pain in the A$$ to get gear lube back in rear ends and trannys. I have used the store bought pumps, funnels etc. and I always seem to make a...

I know this is a Chevy forum, but I thought the information could be used here as well. I needed a pair of plain steelie wheels for my '64 Galaxie that is built Nascar style. They had to be 15" x 10" with a 5 x 5" bolt pattern to fit the Frankland quickchange rear end. The aftermarket wheels I...

In Texas, you can use a vintage license plate that matches the year of your classic car or truck as long as you have two plates in good condition with the proper colors. You can register them as either Classic Car which requires you to re-new the plates every year, or as Antique plates which are...

Here is my dad's ' 348 powered '58 Apache. Since I don't believe in hacking up a perfectly good truck to install a Camaro, Chevelle or Mustang II: clip, it rides on the original I-beam axle (flipped) with power steering and disc brakes added.

I would say that the Autolites are by far superior to the Holleys for a number of reasons, one being that there are virtually no leakage spots anywhere, and the venturi style is better than anything out there. Throttle response is nice and crisp.

I used a simple Mr. Gasket adapter from the Autolite carb to the Chevy manifold. The carbs are common 1.08" venturi diameter Autolites that are rated at 287 cfm. The center carb has a power valve and an accelerator pump, the two outer carbs have power valves, but no accelerator pumps. None of...

I have been a lurker here for several years. I was building a 348 powered '58 Chevy Apache pickup for my dad, and I came here for information on these engines as I had never built one before. (I am a Ford Guy) The engine is a pretty straight forward .030 over '59 348 with a 340 horse 409...

Hello everyone. I have been lurking around here for several years as I was building a 348 powered '58 Chevy Apache for my dad and I needed tech advice. The truck is on the road and I have to thank everyone here who knows about these engines as I couldn't have done it without all the tech threads.