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I’ve noticed that many Stock Cars, up to the early ‘60’s, used some sort of hood “tie downs” instead of the later “hood pins”. These tie downs were typically in a “V” pattern, starting from the left side of the front bumper, up over the hood ornament, and back down to the right side of the front bumper. I’m thinking in the 1:1 world, these tie downs were some sort of elastic? I don’t know. Anyway, if you gentlemen are incorporation these “tie downs” in your builds, what are you using for material? I’m imaging the eyelets are just some gauge of bent wire?

Monty........for grins and giggles, I just went to the J&P Cycles website. Perhaps you and I do a parts search differently. Under type/year of bike, I entered a hypothetical 1986 FXRT. The site came back with 7,394 separate part numbers for this Harley.

The first year or so of the FXRT’s were built with Shovelheads. The remainder were built with Evo’s. Literally, millions of Evo’s were produced over the various models of Harleys. It just follows that a vast industry of aftermarket parts for these engines and transmissions developed (you mentioned you could not find “service parts”). Again, unless you are looking for OEM frame, forks, or body parts, I fail to see what the problem could be. Give me an idea of what you actually need (“service parts” is too wide of a description) and I’ll see what I can come up with.

Something doesn't sound right here. Monty, do you live in the United States of America or overseas? Are you looking for just honest to goodness Harley OEM parts? If that is what you are limiting yourself to, yes, you have a problem. Just as you would if you walked into a Chevy dealer and asked for an OEM 1969 Z-28 staggered intake. Pick up a Drag Specialties and/or J&P Cycles catalog. I have a Panhead, a Shovel, and an Evo. For the uninitiated, that covers Harley engine design from the '50's through the '90's. You will find whatever you need, as long as you are not wedded to the idea of an OEM part.

Kyle....you gotta promise to come back here at 5,000 and 10,000 miles and give us a review. I've been thinkin' about getting one of those things...... Tell me.........it's Friday. What type of self respecting car salesman lets you get away and "making an appointment" three days out to close the deal? Lotta things can happen in those three days!

Ol' Steven here beat me to the punch! I'm looking at my 1:1 400 as I write this.......don't forget about the Pontiac valley pan. Chevy intake acts as it's own seal against the lifter valley. The taller the runners on the Pontiac manifold, the more you'll see of the pan, as the "Butler" photo above shows. Got me a polished pan on mine! Think it added 25 HP.........LOLOL!!!!

I believe we have a WINNER here Greg!!!!! Thank you very much. Poly’s were a little before more time, so I thus tend to forget about them. My hands on experience didn’t come in until late ‘60’s/early ‘70’s with the LA’s. Anybody running early ‘60’s Mopar stuff around me had big bocks. Correct me if I’m wrong, but there was no such thing as a factory 340 poly.

Gentlemen........appreciate the thought(s), but I’m afraid that ain’t it. Yes, the Chrysler LA series of engines has the distributor in the back. However, the two inside exhaust ports per side are right next to each other. You could say they are almost touching. A quick look at a set of 340 headers almost appears that there are only 3 pipes. This “AMT” engine has four equally spaced exhaust ports with four equally spaced header exhaust tubes.

This weekend, I picked up the AMT 1941 Plymouth four passenger coupe. I realize there was various iterations of this kit. The one I got is the “AMT by Round 2”. I plan on building it as a late ‘50’s/early ‘60’s Modified Stock Car. So, there are two engines included in the kit. First, a stock flathead 6 cylinder. Second, some type of unidentifiable V8. And here lies my question: what engine does this purport to be? It has four equally spaced exhaust ports per side along with a distributor in the back. The water pump is of some indiscriminate design. The oil sump is in the middle of the pan. The valve covers are too narrow to be of a Big Block Chevy. I find myself debating whether I should leave this”mongrel” in the box and use a Pontiac I have laying around, or maybe something from VCG.

I know I'm really gonna catch it here, but I always liked the looks of the 392 better.

Red Baron........followed up by the Beer Wagon.

Hey Tim.......you can solve I problem I’ve been facing for a long time: where did you get those numbers? I’ve been trying to find outlined gold leaf or silver leaf numbers for eons!

Ah yes.......wiping out lobes on a solid lifter camshaft. Know the problem well! My experience has been having it occur on initial start-up, right after a rebuild or new cam installation. Seems like if you can get past the first 10 minutes, you’re in the clear. Hemmings posted an article a little ways back. Seems that they attribute the problem to the way that motor oil is now formulated. Supposedly, it’s different then “back in the day”. Of course, Hemmings is now selling their own motor oil, so take that into consideration.

..........Saturday, April 27th? Are you setting up a table? If so, perhaps I'll stop bye and drop some coin on ya........LOL!!!!

Bob.......I've got about a 45 minute drive up to NNL East next weekend. Maybe see you there?

I don't think Plastruct brick patterns would be the way to go. Those Texaco stations, as pictured, were covered 100% in rather large porcelain panels. Smooth and glossy, they made it EZ to hose down and keep clean.

If you're staying at relatively the same RPM, i.e. circle track, I'm going with a carb. If you are varying the RPM, i.e. street/strip, I'm going with fuel injection.

Gary.......it’s funny the stuff you recall when you get old! I can’t remember what I had for lunch today, but daily, I have these worthless, non sequitur tidbits of information I picked up over the years pop into my head...........LOLOL!!!!!!!!

Specifically, say, a model from 1969 to 1975. I see that today, examples in primo condition are going for +$15,000. What was your opinion of the bike? Speed? Handling? Build quality?

And, by the way, that “Win This Car” give away was for real! That speed shop REALLY DID give away a full blown nitro funny car!

In 1981, I graduated college. A buddy and I moved into an apartment in what most people would charitably call the “wrong” side of town. Nothing but on street parking. He had a 1974 Cutlass. Ya couldn’t put anything in the trunk because the floor was half gone along with the bottom of the quarters. Anyway, my roomy hung a big Mr. T air freshener from the interior rear view mirror. None of the brothers ever messed with it!

That Grand Am has pretty much the same interior/dash as that Grand Prix pictured.

I second that. Ken Veney ran alcohol.

Nice one Bob!!!! Love the radiator work.

Been thinking about the same thing......”Downsizing” that is. I have a 4 door Ram with an 8 foot bed. Large does not begin to describe it. It has served me well. However, I sold my enclosed car trailer along with the boat. No need to haul around sheetrock and 2x4’s anymore. I DO have a need to pick up an engine block, mounted racing tires, or a fender now and then. I started giving a good deal of thought to those new little Ford Mavericks. Took one for a test drive and I liked it! Did I pull the pin and make the swap? No, I did not. What was the major overriding concern that stopped me? Cannot get the Maverick with a bench seat. The dog is not able to fit his fat butt in a bucket. Forget about having him ride in the back seat vs shotgun. He would have NO PART of that!