Recent content by BruceMc

After a lot of crawling around the internet, I wound up ordering a Raybestos MC36440. That seemed to be the consensus in a lot of forums. https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=309132&cc=0&pt=1836&jsn=141

Thanks Jeff. Afraid I'll have to find another source, though. They want $50 to ship it to AK. :eek:

I've had a complete disc brake set up from Drop-n-Stop for my '55 sitting on the shelf for a few years. At the time I ordered it with the power brake option, but have since decided to go with a manual MC instead. This winter it's on my to-do list to finally get it hooked up. On the old site...

I replaced the leaf springs on my '55 earlier this year with a set from General Spring - https://www.generalspringkc.com/Default.asp New springs, shackles, and u-bolt kit was just under $300 total. I'm quite happy with them.The old springs had the shackles flipped. I installed the new springs...

From the '55 shop manual --

Smoothies are definitely the cleanest look and also seem to work with the widest variety of tires, big and small, blackwall or whitewall.

If you can, borrow or buy an endoscope/borescope. I was able to get the block casting numbers on my 289 without pulling the starter. I bought this model last year and it's proven to be pretty handy for getting into tight or inaccesible places --...