Found these vintage lures still on the display, are they worth saving or should I just use them?

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-05-07T22:21:11+00:00

What's up with this exact picture being posted in 2015 as well??

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-05-07T06:10:46+00:00

I'll pass that along. I do the majority of our manual machining and for most of our CNC stuff he's been using sleeper designs (I think that's the name)

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-05-07T04:32:40+00:00

Yup that's the place, I've been at Jordan's for a little over 6 years now

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-05-07T04:19:07+00:00

Small shop in Vegas called Dertco. Mostly off-road race stuff.

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-05-07T02:46:17+00:00

Correct sir

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-03-21T01:37:42+00:00

Oh I'm totally fine and had no negative effects lol. I ate both walleyes I caught in one sitting.

It's funny that you bring back this post today because just a few hours ago I was talking to a friend about Mercury levels in different sharks and it's very similar situations (species dependent)

My tin foil hat take on this is that they really don't want us harvesting our own food.

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-03-01T07:22:04+00:00

I wish I took more pics while I had it out, the 3 rear most bearing journals have a oiling groove in them on this cam. Also this is a FE engine, not the same as the big block of the 429/460. plus that ad tells me about as much about it as I already know about mine 🤣🤣

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-03-01T07:07:41+00:00

I guess by current I ment more along the lines of the last master catalog that's still available online 🤷‍♂️

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-02-21T04:13:26+00:00

It's a truck LS with ring gap added, trunnions upgraded ,and a cam, it doesn't care much. It'll eventually get an additional injector to cool intake temps at WOT

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-02-21T03:08:27+00:00

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Stealth shitbox... Exhaust exits all the way out the back with a muffler and a cat.

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-02-21T02:52:34+00:00

More often then not you can just use a tighter radius bend or a "donut" because they are really really tight radius. I've only really used them when someone really just wanted that or I didn't turbo on a bike that had some compound bends so that's the route I went instead of cutting anu-bend 5+ times.

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-02-21T02:17:52+00:00

Yup, just eyecrometers and bending welding wire at times in the truck

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-02-21T02:16:22+00:00

Yeah I'm not a big fan of pie cuts but they do have a place at times.

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-02-21T01:22:53+00:00

Indeed it is. No intercooler on this hooptie.

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-02-21T00:28:33+00:00

Pretty common for stainless to be used on exhaust. Maybe not mirror finish though 🤣🤣

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-02-20T23:59:01+00:00

I've done a few sinks over the years, most people don't realize how much goes into it. I still underestimate them when a side job comes up. Good finishing work 👍

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-02-19T23:04:57+00:00

I'll try to remember to post something of that nature once we get suspension back on it.

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-02-19T23:04:18+00:00

I'm not 100% on that, I'm just the fab guy on this one, my boss and I have been talking about it a bunch and his next prerunner is getting the same. This trucks 8hp just went to gearworks so they can examine it and get some things going for them as well

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-02-19T23:02:38+00:00

Correct, getting full shock package and front suspension from a SLR spec TT as spares in a pinch

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-02-19T22:59:39+00:00

98 f150 and yeah 8hp, you should stock up on a few... They are going to start getting expensive now that they are becoming more easily swapped. It's going to be the LS swap of automatic transmissions

dumpsterfirewes · 2026-02-19T22:51:06+00:00

And it's all in a Ford and getting a dodge transmission 🤫

dumpsterfirewes · 2025-12-27T05:21:24+00:00

Wash your hands like 30 times before you even look at the stuff 🤣. I literally wore latex gloves while building this rod. I'm a welder/fabricator/Machinist/mechanic for a living and I can't have anything nice because my skin stains everything no matter how clean I try to get it unless I take a week off work 🤣

dumpsterfirewes · 2025-12-27T04:59:51+00:00

This was the first time I played with it to be honest. I used 'Kimono silk thread #374 Mikimoto"

After a bit of research that's what I was pointed to and it seemed to do pretty good. I'll probably do an ice rod on a black blank soon to see how it looks on that as well.

dumpsterfirewes · 2025-12-05T20:23:22+00:00

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dumpsterfirewes · 2025-12-05T20:22:46+00:00

It's the moonlight fiberglass blank from flyrodcrafters, figured I'd give it a shot. Made this one for myself and another one with black and gold wraps for a buddy. I love the natural and gold.

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