Recent content by jeff alder

I believe the 65 Barracuda in the video with the 273 was running in the 12ves. I'm not positive but I think it is one of our very own ForAbody guys.

The open-minded guys will always say...I have this in my garage. What can I do with what I have to maximize the performance with what is left after bills, taxes, groceries, beer and dog food. (Or cat food...sorry Rusty) or maybe hey...my car came with this engine and I want to keep the original...

Yes, that's nice and clean and very shiny! They always look great with that fresh machining. Looks like a fun build.

Yep...I totally get the larger displacement to start with and the cost savings there are to make horsepower. It's not all about that. If it were we would all have a 426 HEMI and the site would be boring.

the bed length on that 1500 ton is massive! That's one of the widest ones I have ever seen. Cincinatti makes a little of everything for metal working. We are installing one of their lasers right now. We have one hydraulic break and one of their shears. That mechanical 1500 ton is no joke for sure.

OLD AND CRANKY! :thumbsup: The beauty of making a 273, 318 or even a slant produce horsepower is the age-old adage of feeding the underdog. I enjoy beating up on my local Chevy guys a lot more with my 273 than I would a 360. Either way is fun but the disbelief on their faces is far greater when...

How about a little 273 with 318 heads? LOL

One of the best engines I ever ran was a 318 with 360 J heads, a themoquad cast intake with a quadrajet...LOL. It was in a 67 fastback Barracuda with a 411 Dana three speed manual on the floor. It was a real Frankenstein with the small lug chrome reverse baby moons and Hoosier 60's raised white...

Thanks Tommy...we did some cool stainless gas tanks straps there. Gas tanks...several parts for Caterpillar, Komatsu and the big 3. Pretty much anything they could stamp and sell we would do it. We had an old 800-ton mechanical press that exclusively did the old round bases for Barber shop...

These are giant hammers... I was employed to rewire this eddy current clutch press (the 1800 ton...it's actually physically bigger than the 2000 ton) with a state-of-the-art OmniLink control with far seeing horizontal and vertical light curtains. It's a monster. The die cushion cylinders for...

The Green One...LOL

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It only took 4 pages for someone to make the adjustable rocker nonadjustable...LOL

I liked the barrel roller. There were a lot of sick people that stumbled off of that ride. I saw a few that hurled. Don't get on a ride like that if you get dizzy easy. It's a shame that Old Chicago closed. Shopping for the adults and an indoor amusement park under the dome in the middle. That...