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I used to sell Wells Cargo and Featherlite-Featherlites are nice, but spendy- while the Wells Cargo isn't all aluminum, they are very well built, and we sold a lot of them without issues-

Not sure if this helps, but you might give Nu Relics a call-I put their Power Window kit in my Car and needed matching Switches/Harnesses for my Door Locks (they were the early Chevy style (60's), with plugs that looked quite similar-they sold me the Switches and Harness-wasn't what I'd call cheap, but if you need them badly........ :oops:

I normally only lurk here, but I thought I'd weigh in-

I am building a Car with a Hilborn Stack System, and, after looking around (a lot!), I chose to go with the Holley Dominator EFI-

First off, I think the Megasquirt deal has merit, but there really isn't a brick-n-mortar place to go for help, however the price is right-the lack of direct (phone) help deterred me, but I think it's the best bang for the buck-you have to be fairly efi savvy though-

I went with the Dominator because it is controlling my Transmission, however if you don't need all of the inputs/outputs available (believe me, you will find all sorts of reasons to use them-for instance, I am controlling my Cooling Fans, paddle shifter, engine shutoff, etc. through them)-it is almost limitless, but, to save money, I would go with the Holley HP-it's cheaper, but offers fewer inputs/outputs-

Why Holley? Holley expects the dealer that you buy the product from to help with Technical/start up issues, and, if you should need help otherwise the Holley has so much popular support that help isn't far away-there are even remote tuners to help you if you need it-

I bought a set of Greenlee "Slug-Buster" punches (like these):

http://www.professionalequipment.com/xq/ASP/ProductID.1564/id.5/subID.58/qx/default.htm

and then bought a set of Dimple Dies from these guys to match:

http://www.irvansmith.com/scart/punches-hole-flares-c-3_54_55.html

They seemed to have the best price and quality, and work really well-

Boy, that really looks nice-are you going to paint in between the fins or leave 'em alone?

You might consider Powdercoating, I believe that is what American uses on the Outlaw Wheels-if you don't like that, then there is always this:

http://www.zoopseal.com/zoopseal.asp

Wish it were 1 1/4"-I've got a Pro Tools Bender and would be happy to bend a few for you-

Permastar is not just a Powdercoat (although it is used in the process)-they use  vacuum metalization (to make it look like chrome) and then Powdercoat it-here is the Company that wil do Permastar (owned by the same guy)-  

http://pacrims.com/permastar.html

I really think that Endurashine is just another name of Permastar-see this:

http://www.goodrichtechnology.com/

I heard Goodrich and Edelbrock had a falling out, and shortly thereafter "Endurashine" came out-

Where I work we have gotten about 14" so far today-it was 5 degrees when I got into my Pickup to come to work this morning.

I haven't seen this much snow here since the 80's (western Colorado Mountains)-there's 4 foot of standing snow on the level-it's nuts.

I had a Customer call me today and they are spending $4000 a DAY in snow removal (they've got a D8, a Cat 140G Blade, and Skid Steers cleaning it up)-AND we're supposed to get another 4-6" tonight-I almost got stuck in my 4 X 4 this morning-

I recently had a Grille made for my '35-offered in Polished or Chrome. At first I went polished (I was going to have it Powdercoated, but then I started thinking about Stone Chips and Insect debris-I called back and had it chromed-

I seen a thing on TV the other night that said there is a grass that has more ethanol in it than corn, its easy to grow and mantain and can be bayed.  This grass grew like tall weeds! My guess is that the powers will shut that up sense there money is invested in corn ethanol production.[/quote]

You are right-it's called Switchgrass, and it is what Brazil has used to mostly abdicate itself from OPEC-Switchgrass has more usuble fibre than Corn, but if ethanol doesn't work couild we end up having yet another noxious Weed? Don't know-Ethanol has definitely helped out Americas's Farmers though-they are making money again, and when Farmers have money they spend it (just look at John Deere or CNH Stock)-

Downside is it's driving food prices-catch 22 I guess.

Being that I work in a different State than I live, it does hurt (and never mind the fact that I drive a new GMC 4wd Pickup back and forth due to the Weather)-

I know that I probably won't drive it every day, but now I wonder if I made the right choice by putting a 496 in my Coupe (when it's finished-will that ever happen? )-

Somehow, someday this will effect the Economy (can a Recession REALLY be that far away?)-

What you are looking for is an IBI Interchange-depending on the style/size/type, I can help on a lot of them-give us some dimensions (id/width/inner corner radius, etc) and style (tapered roller, torrington/etc)-

There are many, many Bearing Suppliers out there-Bearings are classified by size/type/load rating/etc., and a lot of Bearing Manufacture's try and standardize the size to their Part Number, but a lot of them do not match (a Timken Part number will generally be different than, say, a RBC)-

I'm still working on the Body Work (but I'm getting there)-finished the Top Chop and Fill, Power Windows and put in power locking Bear Claw latches while using the Factory Handles-

Now trying to get it back into Epoxy Primer-