The Jalopy Journal
A few things you may want to consider: 1. It never hurts to pull out the mixture screws and shoot some carb cleaner in through the idle passages....
My '63 Riviera was stored in a damp situation for a long time. I had to do a lot of cleaning and even soldering to fix bad connections and...
That's too bad, but a floor isn't too big a deal to fix. The back window kind of stinks because you'll have to blend in some paint. Great car...
God, that car is clean. Look at that firewall!
I recently had a pinion seal go out on the 8" in my M-car. I pulled the whole pinion assembly (keep track of the orientation of the pinion so you...
I feel your pain! My '63 T-Bird 390 has almost the same leak as yours. I didn't build the engine, but I did remove the intake a couple weeks ago...
1958 was the first year.
I use that adapter, as well. After a while, you can kind of sense what the AF numbers are going to be based on the car's driveability, and the...
I had a dead miss in my T-Bird's 390 that turned out to be the brake booster; the bellows had ripped, causing a huge vacuum leak on that cylinder....
I'd be worried about what ELSE is wrong with it! You might want to get some pin drills and make sure nobody hogged out any passages for "more...
Yep, these guys have steered you right. My '53 Special is slow, but more like 0-60 in 15 seconds slow.
I have an Innovate that I use to get the carb right, and then it goes back in the box. Long ago, I bought a tailpipe adapter with a long cord so I...
You may want to check the hub size on your brakes/axles and compare it to the new wheels. I've never looked into it carefully because my '63 still...
It's cheesy, but I've had good luck for years with a Mr. Gasket "Gasket Stack." It has something like three gaskets with aluminum plates in...
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