blunc

was the moron supposed to give you the old hard drive back?

looks almost exactly like the Futureliner rebuild I saw on the "Bitchin Rides" car show, great work on a fascinating subject.

awesome, doing sci-fi builds are not as easy as it looks. I have a scratch built fighter from the original Wing Commander computer game resting in a dark corner of my hobby area. it may make an appearance in a show/contest some day.

Joe, get a buddy who does have PayPal to order them for ya, then pay yer buddy... just a suggestion.

and are ya gonna have the driver sitting out in front of the car on a swivel seat (and wearing a beanie) too? just kidding, I'll be watching to see how this build runs out.

oh, now you're just teasing us...

from what I recall about generators/alternators... generators and alternators have similar requirements; they both require a voltage supplied to them before they will produce a charging voltage/current (unless they were built with permanent magnets...I've never seen one like that). they both require a circuit that limits max voltage, generators usually had an external regulator, most modern alternators have an internal solid-state regulator. the main reason an alternator is called that is because the raw output is alternating current (like house electric) and is rectified with diode packs to produce direct current. generators produce direct current without the need for rectifiers but are not as efficient as alternators.

dang...SWEET!!! I'm bookmarking that as soon as I get to my regular "bookmarking" computer. thanx for sharing.

she's a beauty!

I second that.

great job on a beautiful custom classic!

it looks appropriately "busy".

1957 Ford Town Victoria 4dr, factory black enamel. I found it odd that a factory black Victoria came with a 6cyl in it but that's how it was when my father and I rescued it from an Arizona recycling yard in the mid '70s. the floor was rusted out because it had sat through several Arizona floods. I was actually driving that car when it hit 128deg... no air conditioning and the headliner had rotted out years ago, I only touched the steering wheel when I really needed to and inhaling was actually a little painful.

excellent detail work, I don't think I've seen very many builders add a proper steering box to their builds. If you want to make smaller gauge throttle return springs, I have found that dead HO scale slot car armatures yield some 28 to 36 gauge wire that can be wound around needles or whichever size small drill bit you care to use.

is it safe to assume you put in urethane bushings when you modified the front suspension? they really made a big difference in my '67 Tempest along with the 1-9/16 front sway bar upgrade.

I've been in the electronics/semiconductor industry since the late 80's and seen a lot of nifty electronics thingies that add interesting detail to builds. really small "solder wick" can also be used in some braided line/cable applications and in vintage builds as "earth cables" ( we call them ground or negative cables now).

now that's some great info!

well, you can go fast for a short distance or you can go slow for a long distance but till there's nucular power you aint getting both.

that seems like a worthy idea to try, it would resolve the problem of melting through the plastic with the heat gun or flame.

there was a "caster" selling bodys of the Monogram 1/32 drag cars, most likely for slot car use.

Boss WIllys is getting rereleased?

so THAT"S where they put those durned things.

yeah...switching diodes, in use for over 20 years.

and then we got emissions controls...

I see your point based on your reference pix, I believe (based on my experience with carbs and manifolds) that the one reference pic that leads you to connect it to the side of the carb is misleading due to the clutter and lack of zoom on the photo. I say this because I have encountered a few Holley carbs and have never seen or touched one that had the large vacuum port for the PCV on the side or bottom-side of the carb. What I gathered from the (culprit) reference pic is that the PCV hose wraps around the carb to a port in the intake manifold right behind the rear corner of the carb. PCV valves need to have manifold vacuum that is common to both planes of the intake (in cases where the intake is dual-plane) so that any vapors from the crank case get fed to all cylinder banks equally.