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I am going to do a step by step on how to convert your regular engine stand to one with dual bearings supporting the engine allowing the engine to be rotated easily as the bearings are doing all the work. I am using an old Ford 9" axle and a piece of 9" housing with a housing end on it. I narrow rea...

If you have a Ford 9" rear end in your rod or race car, you no doubt know the advantages to being able to swap the centersection, pig, chunk, pumpkin or jackpot easily to change the gear ratio. One of the things Ford almost never installed was a drain plug, I have seen them on some '57-'59 car and t...

It is a common problem, once you modify something, you have to change something else. In this case, I installed a set of roller rockers on a 351 W, and the stock height valve covers would no longer clear. A set of aftermarket valve covers would do the job easily but nothing really caught my eye. The...

There may come a time when you need to notch a piece of tubing or pipe. Most will use this knowlege towards the installation of a roll bar or cage in their car. Here are three methods that I use to do some notching: The first is the chop saw method, and it requires no notcher at all. It does require...

I have an engine test stand as well, it is set up mainly for SBF's, but it has also seen SBC's and others.

There may come a time when you have an assembled engine ready, but the car may not be ready to accept the engine. You could leave the assembled engine on an engine stand, but if you are like me there are other engines waiting to be assembled. You need an engine storage stand that will allow you to b...

Here is a small article on how to build an engine lift plate. You can buy them, but what fun is that? Save the debate on engine lift plates for another thread. I have used them for 25 years with great success. I used a piece of 1/4" plate for the bottom plate. The extra hole will be welded shut: htt...

Here is a pictorial on how to shorten your driveshaft. You may need to shorten your driveshaft because of a tranny change, rear end change, or in my case because I had no driveshaft at all for the '65 Mustang I am working on. This may be one of those projects people shy away from because they think ...

Here are a couple of the '69 and up plates that have to be reflective. I used a metallic white with a pearl on top, and they came out pretty awesome: http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/tommyzees/plates001.jpg http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/tommyzees/plates002.jpg http://i45.photobucket.com...

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 pro...

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 found had a dual bolt pattern that I did not like, plus they were abut $160.00 each. I decide...

Here is a small pictorial on how I straighten 9" Ford rear end housings. This method will work on any rear end housing. Nine out of ten housings that I work on will require straightening on at least one axle tube. A bent housing will cause uneven tire wear, ill handling and possible bearing failure....

I am going to show the steps involved in narrowing a 9" Ford rear end housing. I am narrowing the following housing to accept Maverick 8" Ford 28 spline axles and housing ends to end up with a 56 3/8" wide 9" Ford rear end that will bolt in to a '65 Comet. -First off, to clear up some mis-conception...

Welcome to the site!!! Fred fell on his head a few years ago,still thinks 64 Comets are economy cars and need little engines!!Give us a run down on your suspension parts! ROY. I hope this does not sound like a plug, but I make a front coil spring compressor for shock tower equipped Fords and Mercur...