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I'm also in the "leave 'em be" camp. From the photos, they ok. The result you might have to live with may be worse than living with what you have....
It's close. I was learnt many years ago to shoot for 050" radially, .100" piston to valve on the exhaust and .080 minimum on intake if you have...
I like my stick shift cars. One is a go-fast drag car, the other is my '65 f100. There are times when I wished the Ol' Furd was automatical. Such...
Rust is the deal breaker. A clean $6000 car is way, way, cheaper than a $2000 car that needs a bunch of rust repair, regardless of the make.
Another shirt design for one of my VW racing buddies [ATTACH]
A new t-shirt design for one of my VW racin' buddies. Both of these cars run 5s in the eighth mile. Bad mamma jammas! [ATTACH]
I've gone through and reviewed the state of Ol' Furd after the 550 mile trip to Monterey, then down to Morro bay and then home. 18mpg on the way...
Noel, if I could do it again, I'd go up the Oregon coast. I understand it's beautiful. You won't be disappointed with Beartooth! Unless you hate...
I'll look forward to that thread Gene. I reckon that's the thing about driving old stuff. ALWAYS something needs to be done. On the future...
Thanks! I did that illustration a month or so back after scoring a workable version of Adobe Illustrator. My younger son did the printing for me....
We took Ol' Furd over to Monterey for the Rock 'n' Rod Festival at the Custom House Plaza next to Fisherman's Wharf. What a great show! However it...
Car Show poster i just finished for Ol' Furd. Adobe Illustrator using a pencil sketch as a template[ATTACH]
DRD, that's a sweet lookin' truck! Gene, that sounds like a great time. 300 miles is quite a chunk in these old rigs, for certain. If I had it to...
Ol' Furd is all buttoned back up. The pedal effort is higher than it was, but it's smooth. Wilwood recommends a 3/4" bore master. Mine is 7/8". I...
I used to do that stuff, and I still can. Not simple photoshop color changes either. Full on hand drawn illustrations. The trouble i have is that...
The Muriatic acid will only strip the chrome, which isn't very thick. Probably a few micro millimeters and the chrome is only there to keep the...
We've had a pull slave in the Karmann Ghia drag racer for a long time. Probably 15 years. All Wilwood stuff. Never had a failure. But a street car...
Most people of a certain age have done what you feller describe....at least car guys like us have. Not fun. My reasoning for the hydraulic TB...
Monday morning I got into it and yanked the trans. Everything looks normal, and the clutch surfaces look nearly new. Still, I've made my mind up...
Yeah. Phoenix in July. Or anywhere in Arizona, except for the northeast corner is just brutal in the summer. Vegas too for that matter. Even here...
That's it. Those three bolts also attach the exhaust manifold to the intake. If you choose not to use the EGR plate, a spacer may be needed. I'd...
Dang! And there I was in Utah too. We are home. Not everything went according to plan. Or I should say "envisioned." Because we had no set plan....
We're on the last lap as of tonight. I'll fill in with some more photos later. Right now, we're bone tired and just wanna get home. Both wifey...
Into Yellowstone today. Weather report said light snow in the morning, then light rain in the afternoon. No rain in the morning. We got to Old...
Headed out from Missoula this morning, Tuesday, May13, and we had a nice smooth ride...in the rain all the way...to West Yellowstone. Ol' Furd has...
I think I'm pretty much done worrying about it. Aside from the change in feel when its heat soaked and the chatter, primarily in reverse or...
[ATTACH] We made it into Missoula yesterday without a hitch. Picture is at a rest stop aling highway 12. Followss the Lewis and Clark trail. My...
I've been thinking about this since leaving WallaWalla this morning. I think you just might be right. Perhaps, just perhaps, that hydraulic...
All the mechanical linkage is ball bearing, with a hydraulic throwout bearing. Top of the line quality Tilton. Aside from the pedal rod, there is...
Holy cow what a day! Left Alturas this morning, and drove ALL THE WAY across eastern O-Ree-Gone. 430 miles. Arrived in WallaWallaWa bit after 6pm....
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