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A couple of things are happening in the antique car hobby. Background: The Ferrari 250GTO is generally considered the most desirable "classic" car. Won LeMans, only 30-something built, beautiful, etc. In 2013, one set a record, selling for 38 million dollars. Then, one sold for 52...

I have a customer with a '66 427/425 Corvette and he spent $165K building the car (nut and bolt, total perfection restoration, date coded air in the tires kind of thing). He already owned the car, so that doesn't include acquisition costs.

I am in the process of writing up an enormous how-to article on 24V and 12V compatability issues. Just not quite done yet. First, if all you wanna' do is add reverse lights and have no other 12V needs, the easiest thing to do is either use some 24V back up lights or LEDs that run from 10-30...

I don't have a link for the harness I bought, because I got it from Napa but I suspect this one will work: https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/TWR3032BX I have seen this work on a truck that had rear LEDs, incandescent fronts. That's my only LED experience.

Antique stuff is it's own challenge. Any time you hear somebody griping about modern stuff being hard to work on, you can rest assured they don't actually turn any wrenches. When I do maintenance on modern stuff, it just blows me away. Everything unscrews & unclips like it should!

That is nice, really nice. I love the ... sockets that attach to the truck that the poles then slide over.

I have a takeoff M38A1 exhaust system. It sounded fine, my customer bought a nice repro system and is just finishing up his jeep. Peter DeBella sells new repro systems for $165 plus shipping. I can bring this used kit to the rally for... I don't know, how's $75 sound? If you're building...

Well, most everything Newstar sells is trash. This is probably more of a reflection on Newstar's mgmt. decisions than on the Chinese their outsourcing the actual manufacturing to. I agree that the Chinese have/had a spotty reputation. A friend in manufacturing once told me "The Chinese are...

A. The 4419s were made in the USA forever. At some point in the last 2-5 years (I just can't remember, sorry), I noticed the change to China. B. It's the Horror Freight phenomena. Businesses are greedy, no doubt but consumers are cheapskates. C. I've probably installed at least a hundred...

At the end of the M44 service career, even the military was buying the wrong wheel cylinders. It's hard to say if they knew and didn't care or of vendor(s) changed the spring and didn't say anything and no one caught it.

How to muffler.

I bought these NOS cylinders for a halftrack. This is how they showed up. To use these, you'd have to sandblast and hone them to get all the corrosion out.

No, they're bare metal with a very thin layer of cosmoline (so thin it might as well be WD40). I paint all the wheel cylinders I install to keep them from rusting. The WWII halftrack takes the same 4419 as the M44 series, this is a set I just installed.

U/rustyjunk's truck had a failed dogbone and it had allowed the axle to get about 3/4" out of alignment. I used a come-along to pull the axle to where I needed it.

Yes, there is a difference. Look at this wheel cylinder spring: Now look at this wheel cylinder spring: Notice how the first (top) pictured spring has straight ends but the second (bottom) is tapered on the end? The second (bottom) spring is what's correct and what you need and it's what...

Original tires versus G177s

I have a friend who put 177s on his truck with the Waterloo kit. The left front did mildly rub the arm. He remounted the front tires on M135 rims which have a couple inches of offset and that took care of it. Alternatively you could adjust the axle stops but they're welded in position, so it...

Time to call Tom................ :)

Yes and yes. Here's what we're working on. Our rally attorney and D-town have signed off on combining the rally and D-town waivers. So you're only going to have to sign off on one. Next, the convoy. Sorry about the multiple pictures. Insurance company that covers the rally wants to make...

I've edited my original post, I no longer need an M44A2/M44A3 dual chamber air tank for my dual circuit conversion. Much thanks to Wheelspinner who brought a set of tanks to Denton, even though his leg was messed up from major surgery.