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No, as noted above. About the only good thing about the Chevy 400 was that you could stuff the crank into a modified 350 block and make a 383 stroker out of it. A friend and I built one for a '68 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD. It was a snow plowing sumbitch until it shelled the ring and pinion in the...

Pontiac had it's own 400

Well, I guess technically my '90 Vette is "vintage", but it doesn't seem that way. Except at registration/insurance time that is. There are some advantages to driving an antique. Being one, not so much...

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm.... "Empty Weight 313 pounds" "8 x 112 lb. electric motors" with 2 batteries each. What am I missing here? I mean, besides a zero...

^^^Jeebus!

Basic structure of trestle finished. Had to hack at the scenery a bit as I misjudged the placement of a couple of the bents. Easily fixable, plus I'll add more detail. Looking for some train-related bits to use as debris in the gorge, I'll add some fire barrels to the trestle, some rusty...

First trestle bent installed. About 20 scale feet tall. 40 individual nut/bolt/washer castings installed one at each place a brace crosses a piling.

One of the grandkids got me this metal kit of the USS Arizona. I've done other models of the type which is likely why they thought of it. To give you an idea what I'm working with, this part includes 3 sub-assemblies, each with 2 or 3 parts. Bend to shape, insert Tab A into Slot B, fold the...

Interesting exercise, but for the money tied up in that re-build, I'd have just bought an adventure bike to begin with.

The service truck is on hold due primarily to procrastination. I have the body basically assembled, the next step is filling imperfections, sanding, filling, sanding, spot filling and sanding. Hate that. Of course it's necessary or the paint will show EVERYTHING! Right Jim? :laughing: So...

Do NOT go truck shopping. I'll be driving the '13 Tundra until the wheels fall off...

From the "manual" that came with my new Vevor 4" mill vise. The actual vise is pretty nice, especially considering that it's 1/10th or less the price of a Kurt. BTW, it's advertised on Amazon as a "Happybuy" and a few bucks cheaper than the one listed as a Vevor. Came in a Vevor box. Of...

The old Seneca Falls just went down the road. Some feller drove 3 hours from Augusta getting here after 6PM to grab it. The cash from that transaction will be turned into a 4" mill vise for my benchtop mill and maybe a set of ER32 collet blocks and collets. Vise has been ordered, still...

So, I contacted McMaster and asked about returning the reamer. They said "Don't bother. We'll credit your card and send you the right reamer for the difference." I've dealt with McMaster professionally and personally for many years and you can't beat their customer service.

Trying to sell my old Seneca lathe. One minor sticking point is that I seem to have lost the "rocker" that goes under the tool in a lantern-style tool holder. I want to try and make one, but wasn't sure about the geometry. I have the "cup" that the rocker sits in, so I was able to determine...

I guess that WOULD be a zippy ride!

Some years back, I got REALLY tired of wimpy snowblowers that would bog down in anything other than a few inches of light fluffy stuff. A friend had an 8/24 blower with a blown up Briggs and Scrapiron on it that he just wanted gone. I have a torch and a welder, so... I sprung for a 13 horse...

I expect that's a lot of fun to drive! Any idea of the horsepower-to-weight ratio?

^^^I bet the price tag on that would make yer bag sag!