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One thing that has helped me in the past…… instead of installing a relay, just replace the factory purple wire with a heavier gauge wire. I think...
In my mind, a blanket type heat shield like that will help keep the heat out for a while, but after a long drive it will also help hold the heat...
I bought a new Auto Meter speedometer a couple years ago. It failed completely about one month after the warranty expired, with about 7000 miles...
I used to drive stock cars, my car number was 50x. (At one of my first races, someone else already had number 50, so they told me to grab some...
Man I’m sorry to hear that. There are WAY too many drivers out there that just don’t care, and don’t pay attention. The number of car crashes...
I spent 15 years building and racing stock cars. Worked as a mechanic in a Chevy dealership. Did a short stint on a pit crew for an ARCA team....
Sometimes making your own one car cruise is the best plan of all.
Beautiful ride……
Put some engine oil dye in it. Run it a little bit, then use a black light to find the leak.
You may want to at least pull the head off the pump. On my compressor, one of the screws fell out of the reed valve. The screw ended up stuck in...
As others have said, it does help a lot if you have high compression, and advanced/locked timing. It has nothing to do with a carburetor that is...
FYI, checking it is super easy to do if the rear end is out of the car. Just bolt the tires on it, and use a couple wheel chocks/blocks of wood so...
What exactly is a headlight tag, and what were they used for?
This is a great issue. Nice and thick. It has the best cover I’ve seen in a while, showing a low budget Funny Car. Also a large article called...
That tells me that your pilot bushing and throw out bearing are fine. It sounds like some kind of internal transmission problem. I find it hard to...
Does it act like the clutch is disengaging correctly? With the engine running, and the transmission in neutral, can you shift it into gear?
Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
Sweet car, and best wishes to everyone involved.
“The Go Shop” in Lansing, Michigan. It’s long gone now.
Thanks. That sounds awesome. I’m going to try to make it to that.
I’m just up the road in St. Petersburg. We should go cruising sometime next season. I grew up in Michigan, just North of Lansing. @gnichols is...
Sometimes I like to drive over to the gas station, get me a coffee and doughnut, then sit outside at one of their picnic tables, and gawk at my...
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I say get that baby running and cruising and enjoy it. At 16 years old that is a big enough project for you.
My clicker Craftsman wrench died after about 40 years, so I recently switched to a Napa clicker torque wrench. It seems pretty decent. Batteries...
This is a beautiful car. What a great project, and adventure.
RIP man. It’s a true loss in the car culture community.
Personally, I would throw that Jegs starter in the trash and get an AC Delco mini starter. You can get them pretty reasonable from Summit or Amazon.
I have changed a water pump at a gas station.
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