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I have both versions of that kit, the custom version had a chrome dropped I beam and Mickey Mouse EFI and some chome parts for the 216, plus a different rear axle the vaguely resebles a 10 bolt GM rear, no IFS or LT1 engine. It did have the wheels/tire you mention, though (I didn't like them, either).

I have one, very nice peice of equipment to have. No so bulky when you're doing tight/fine detail work. Got mine off the clearance rack at the local Menards for about $25.

I like it!

He would not have the authority to tell the gas station manager he "had to let her go without paying". That was what I meant. Telling him to accept the check for payment, since it wasn't posted, that I'll agree with.

The officer was overstepping his authority in that case. Only a judge can make that call.

The block is the same, the differences are internal. The only external differences, depending on year and application, are the oil filter ports ('59-'62 w/full flow filtration, 2 ton truck only), bypass cooling system on the heavier trucks, and the "Captains Bars" casting marks on the drivers side of the block, which ID it as a 261 ('55-'62). Note, "Captains Bars" also appear on the '53 full pressure block, as well as some '54 235 blocks.

I just did a little looking, and while the COPO Nova caps are somewhat similar in design, the caps from the '57 Black Widow are even closer. If you do a little work to them, filling in the ribbed area around the perimiter, you should be able to fab up the '56-'56 truck caps from those. Plus, the Black widow has the correct '55-'60 Chevrolet truck wheels.

The original use of the Blue Flame 235 was in the '50 Chevrolet with the Powerglide transmission. It was essentially a slightly modified 1 1/2-2 ton truck engine, using a hydraulic cam instead of solid lifters. The early version ('50-'52 Powerglide, '53 with manual trans) used the same low pressure oiling system as the 216 "Babbit Pounder" that dated back to 1937. In '53, the Powerglide cars (including the Corvette, which only came with a 'Glide until '55) got a new version of the Blue Flame that had a high pressure oiling system. All Chevrolets got the new engine in '54, redardless of transmission. Of note, while the oiling system did go to full pressure in '53/'54 on the Blue Flame (pass), Thriftmaster (light truck), and the new for '54 Jobmaster 261 (2 ton truck), the oil filter was still optional and of the bypass type. This went on to the last year of production, 1962, exept for the '59-'62 261, which got a full flow filter std. Also, the Corvette Blue Flame, in addition to the split exhaust and 3 carb intake, also had a different camshaft, using a solid lifter cam with a similar grind as the 261 truck engine. There were also a few other unique to Corvette parts, such as the rocker cover, engine mounts, and some cooling sytem components.

Here's a couple of mine And here's my 1:1 ride, 235 inline 6 with dual Holleys, 3/4 race cam, and Fenton split headers.

If you look at some of the posts on the gaming sites (including PSN), many people are trying to blame Sony for the whole mess, like as if it's their fault it happened. Some of them are even threatening to sue over it. There's still plenty out there that are smart enough to understand what's going on, and realize that there was nothing Sony could do.

If you were "aware of who made them", you should have stated so, rather than imply that Ardun Mechanical manufactured something that they did not.

There's several things that will work. Bleach, oven cleaner, floor degreaser (Superclean, Purple Power), lye (the active ingredient in floor degreaser). I'm certain there's a few I missed.

I didn't find aout about it until Sunday night, as I had been offline from PSN since a week ago last Saturday from my PS3 getting YLOD. Found out when I went to setup my new one. While I think the whole deal sucks, I certainly am not going to bash Sony or theaen to go to the Xbox (not going to bash the Xbox either, I'm not a hater). Hopefully, they will catch everyone involved and punish to the max amount they can.

I have some of Norms Flathead stuff (well, a complete engine actually) and can attest to the quality of his products.

IIRC, Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland has an Ardun conversion in resin.

Nevermind, I found out wat they really are. They are not real Arduns, but a later version made by Norm Frick. I only spoke for real Arduns manufactured by Ardun Mechanical from '47-'49 for the 24 stud Flathead.

Got a link to the article? Not everyone reads Rodders Journal.

Ardun never made heads for the 4 cylinder, only the V8. I've never seen any mention of or any proof af a 4 cylinder head manufactured by Ardun. There were several heads manufactured by other companies that resembled the Ardun (hemispherical chambers, cross flow ports).

Ardun heads will not fit a 4 cylinder Ford, or at least not on the 1:1. For that, yuo would want a CraGar or Riley.

The way I understand it, it was pronounced "cray-po". Either way, I wouldn't want it for a middle name.

Correction, the Chevrolet Brothers made performance parts for the Model T after Louis left the company, not before. Before the Chevrolet Motor company was founded (actually by William Crapo Durant, not Louis Chevrolet), Louis and his brothers were factory racers and mechanics for Durants Buick division. Before that, they raced Fiats, and even before that, they raced and manufactured bicycles under the Frontenac name. Frontenac was also the name they used for their business after splitting from Durant, which included not only speed parts for the Fords, but also for the Chevrolet cars from the same time, as well as purpose built race cars. Also, Duntov din't work "with Ardun", he WAS Ardun! The name was from his last name, ARkus DUNtov.

It would still qualify as Flathead. The ArDun heads would be considered speed equipment, no different than a set of Thickstuns or Offenhausers.

Not necessarily. While they all can cause Death, they are easily capable of causing suffering without being fatal.

The insurance companies were involved in it as well. That was actually one of the driving forces behind the creation of the Yenko Deuce with the LT1. To the insurance companies, it was just another smallblock powered Nova, nothing special.

I have one in the works, too. Actually, mine is 2 of them spliced together, and will be a 3 bay shop when it's done. Like Art and Ed pointed out, the wall are too thin. I'm adding thickness to mine as well, but I'm using brick sheet as I'm doing up as a brick building. Not following any specific plan, it's loosely based on my Uncles Gulf station in Marrietta GA. His has a 7 bay shop, though. Tools and other equipment are a mix of Fujimi tool kits, Scale Equipment, assorted resin peices I picked at the last model show I went to, and lots of leftover goodies from the older kits in my stash. If I had it to do over, I would have built it from scratch, though.