>For Classics made from 1979 or older, with few exceptions. (it doesn't really fucking matter you faggots)>Everybody has their own taste, but some tastes are wrong. If you aren't sure if your car is classic or not, it's not.>Your Honda Miata doesn't belong here.>US, Euro, Jap, or whatever.>Post your classic, your work on it, your hackery, and get advice.>Any and all discussion about classics welcome, but may not necessarily generate responses; don't get butthurt.>Period correct performance > cosmetics.>Metal > plastic.>Classic shitbox > modern shitbox.>JBweld and RTV can fix anything>If you see rust there is more.>Rust and bodywork are the most difficult thing to repair.>Electrical work is difficult until you stop reading forum posts and buy a multimeter.>Low oil pressure? Worn mains and rod bearings. Use lucas and 15W40 until you afford a rebuild.>Do NOT buy a classic and plan to pay someone to work on it. You need to be able to do 90% or more of the work or you will go broke.>Mopars are the prime choice of niggerfaggots>You will spend twice your budget, unless you have years of experience. If the salty old hands agree, it's true.>No one cares about your MPG>If you can't tune a carb you might literally be retarded>Nothing is as easy as it seems>Post car or GTFOPrevious thread: >>27543095
>>27585606wew the other thread is a niggerfaggot shitshow
>>27585606>all those small peopleThat’s a big car
>>27585623FOR YOU
Anybody been junkyard parts hunting lately? There’s a flathead sans heads near me for £350 and I am thinking about getting it for the block alone if it doesn’t have cracks into the cylinder or water jackets.
>>27585606Be sure and remember to delete the s10nigger additions to the OP pasta next time. Fuck that cancerous piece of shit.
>>27585655checked and for real
Bump for a non shitposting thread.
>>27585639hell of a price for a shortblock, especially in bongland
BUMP
>>27585606The thread is already up.This one us a duplicate.Stop spamming/ flooding the board>>27585275
>>27586046kill yourself faggot.
poasting in a superior thread.
since when was /ccg/ such a shitshow?i sopend most of my time in on /biz/ in /pmg/ threads, and that places is a real shitshow nowadays too. the comfy is gone
>>27586118Arent you literally brain damaged?
>>27586170Not to place blame but a guy who pisses in his 80s shitboxes named s10fag has shit up and ruined these threads.
>>27586290>dem bracesMight as well front half it at that point.
>>27586170Based fellow precious metals and classic car enjoyer
>>27586625from other thread Car cost 1500ish. In total all parts cost around 1500. plus another 300-500 in engine oil, filters and other various items. With the market we didn't end up losing money. We could have bought a better one from the start for 3000, and we'd have a high mileage 240 with a bad engine but one that still ran. Instead we spent 3000 dollars and have a 240 which will mechanically probably outlive me if I am honest. Included in the total is the cost for tools as well. Valve spring compressor, engine lift, engine stand, ring compressor etc. I've previously worked on cars quite a lot but I've never had a good reason to lift or engine swap a car before until now.
did some coke off a hooker's penis in the pontiac today
>>27584825It's a coupe.Uncle's is a convertible.Fastback wasn't available until '65.There's a lot of debate on 64 1/2 vs 65.Fords official standing is that the first year of Mustang was "65 and the 64 1/2's were simply a pre-release (like how you can already get 2025 models today).But there's enough of a difference to classify them separately. 64 1/2 had generators for example and some interior pieces are not interchangeable with 65/66.Also weird trivia- the chrome lip on the hood was not installed on any 64 1/2, although the mounting holes are present. The supplier for Ford could not provide them in time.
Anyone heard from Lm7bird recently?
>>27586208hey want to meet up and suck cat cocks later?
Well it's coming to that time where I gotta start putting together a build for this engine rebuild or swap... I've got the basic idea I want to destroke a 360 (or the 318 I have) and basically turn it into a poor man's 302 (Ford/Chevy) Trans Am engine and spin it to 7000-8000 RPM for a road racer feel.>360 has 4.000" bores and a custom crank could be made like a 3.000" unit from the Ford/Chevy units, but has a 2.81" main journal diameter. With a 3.000" crank that would bring the displacement down to 301.59ci (exactly matching the Ford/Chevy units). AFAIK the 2.81 main journal diameter might be an issue for high speed operation, but possibly only past the target RPMs if my bubbalore serves me right so I'll need to consult my textbooks.>318 has 3.906" bores and could be overbored .060" to for a total displacement of 327ci, and like all other LA series small blocks has a 2.50" main journal diameter. With a 3.052" destroked crank that would bring the displacement down to 301.63ci (which is about as close to the total displacement of the Ford/Chevy unit as possible.)>For both, largely basing the design on the Chevy unit would keep costs down since it didn't have a bunch of added extras that would take a lot of time an extra money to add with no real benefit. I do plan on adding head studs at the very least which neither had AFAIK.Of course... Could always go with a 304.5ci like the destroked 340 units used in the T/As and AARs... Not sure how much it matters other than autism.Currently digging through my library to try and find the information I need on high RPM operation but figured I'd ask for here since it's usually pretty helpful...Before you ask >"Why don't you just by X, Y, or Z engine instead?"I want a Mopar engine for my Mopar, but I also want an engine Chrysler never built. I admire a lot of these Trans Am homologation special road racers but they're way out of my price range so I figure I'll just build the next best thing on a body style I prefer.
>>27587237can you keep your crack smoking to the chrysler containment forums
>>27587246>chrysler containment forumthe what now? I swear to God if you try to lump me in with that nu-Challenger Rentastar Stellantis heathen...
>>27586993neat, i read on some boomer forums that the 64 1/2 didn't have adjustable driver's seats, true or lore?
>>27587085kek
Kinda bullshit I can't reasonably use trailer tires on my car,unless the internet is lying to me, which it never doesIt's the only place I can find tires in my size 195/75/r14Is the size up 205/75/r14 just as good? Can I change rimsize on my car easily like I think it is? Just new bigger steelies and get thinner tire? What changes? Less smooth ride?What's this weird flaky metal paint they used on old cars, was upset I couldn't shine it up
>>27587730>What's this weird flaky metal paint they used on old cars, was upset I couldn't shine it upMetal flake?It's like metallic or pearl but big chunks.Popular in old fiberglass jet boats.And yes you can change rim and tire sizes that easily (to an extent).Going from 195/75/14 to 205/75/14 is minimal. No need for different rims.It will be slightly wider and slightly taller- 10mm wider and 7.5mm taller to be exact.But the "wider" portion is at the tread- because of rim width and how the tire "balloons" on the sides it may not be any wider at the midpoint of the sidewall.Extremely low chance of clearance or fitment issues.
>>27587299I'm guessing the seat adjustment thing is boomerlore but I'll check when I get a chance this afternoon.Never driven this car.It's been sitting for 30 years.>ran when parked.It's been in the family since new. It might be 100% original, I haven't found anything that's been replaced (including factory brake shoes) so I know for a fact the seat has never been changed or modified.
>>27587730Are you referring to the part that's flaking off metal or is the paint actually a metallic?
>>27587237The Ford 302/Pontiac 303 for Trans Am racing was just to make sure they didn't go over the 5.0L cap.1970 Camaro (for example) with the 305 is legal in Trans Am.The Ford 302 is 4.949L so there's plenty of cc's to work with.https://speedtour.net/articles/50-years-ago-1970-trans-am/
>>27588140Yes, I know. And I want to build a Mopar version of that out of a readily available LA small block that isn't a 340.
>>27586208are you mad or something
>>27588330>>27588330What car will it be going into?
>>27587299So I would say boomerlore.Although there's an incredibly slim chance that some pre-production cars shipped without adjusting rails- like maybe the 64 1/2 used in the James Bond movie (?).But again, very slim chance and I'm just playing devils advocate for some bullshit Fudd tale that MAYBE a couple of cars, somewhere, for some reason were shipped that way.And for the record, I checked the consecutive unit number and this is actually an early 64 1/2
>>27588140The 340 is just another LA block.Since it's not a matching numbers build it shouldn't matter if you start with a 318.It would be cool to come up on a set of vintage heads and intake but just grab the summit catalog and build accordingly.
>>27588604Meant to link>>27588330
>>27587237>>27588330this is pretty complicated for a LARP
>>27588101Thanks bby, cause I can still find 205s for 100$ thankfully, just not Whitwalls like i want>>27588136The flaking off bit, it's actually hard and sharp, like a real layer of metal
>>27588957>The flaking off bit, it's actually hard and sharp, like a real layer of metalIt's enamel. You can still find places that will sell it online, just is kinda expensive for shipping.
>>27588993>enamelProbably, if it's original.Could be powdercoat. Doubtful but not sure what that is (grille on a DeSoto?).But powdercoat is going to have that look (my Cobra R knockoff rims are silver with pearl/metal flake) and be a lot easier to fidlnd a shop to do it.Hell, you can do it at home in an electric oven (gas will probably blow off the powder), don't even need a static charge if you have a steady hand.
>>27588957I misspoke earlier.I forgot metric is from the rim to the tread.So a 205/75/14 is 205mm tread width and then 75% of that 205 from the rim to the tread. So the entire tire would be 15mm taller.Still not a big deal- I've seen 4x that difference just in tread depth between manufacturers in the same size tire.205 is basically interchangeable, you could probably get away with 215's or 225's, but you'd have to go down to 70 series profile or smaller to compensate.For comparison a 1990 V8 fox body has 225/60/15 from the factory.275/40/17 fit in the rear without rubbing and 245/45/17 fit in the front without rubbing. Even though one is 40 profile and one is 45, they are basically the same height because it's a percentage of the tread width and visually they look the same from the side.Metric system is lame.Why couldn't they just stick with the 33x12.50x15 format....
One of the more beautiful cars ever made. Volvo P1800.
>>27589178Oh ya.1990 mustang with a 4 banger factory tire size is 195/75/14.That was kind of my point , just skipped over that line when typing and not going back to make surr my train of thought made it into the post.Not saying you can squeeze in 275's but that gives you an idea of hiw much room is in factory wheel wells.Oddly enough, there's a plate welded onto the lower a-arm on a fox body that a 17" rim will rub on....
>>27586170>i sopend most of my time in on /biz/ in /pmg/Please kys yourself
>>27588581thanks for satisfying my curiosity anon, it also might have been on the weird 62 or 63 models in that one detroit museum, or some kind of rumor because one boomer didn't want his woman or kids touching his precious car
>>27589563So about that color....It's called "Rangoon Red" for us, but also called "Carnival Red" in later years.Different paint codes on the VIN tags but same formula in the computer when you go to buy a pint at the paint shop.My uncle's is Caspian Blue.I buffed off the oxididization just out of curiosity awhile back....
>>27589479r u d e
>>27589801i dont blogpost about how much silver i buy, but analogue osciliscopes... are holley snipers really so fucking new there are 0 used examples on ebay? someone fucking sell me a 1100 sniper tb for 750 or less
>>27588604Yeah, I was kinda thinking that early on but unless some X or J heads fall into my lap for the right price and come clean after magnafluxing them then it's unlikely, especially since putting the wrong size heads on either of those blocks would probably lower compression without some tricknology with the decking and pistons which I'm not sure I'm quite as comfortable with doing. I have some rough ballpark figures for CCs I need to push on combustion chambers and will try to just match heads roughly to that and port them or modify them from there accordingly, and if that doesn't work move on. Might consult a more experienced engine builder first about the heads issue for an opinion if I don't figure something out between now and then. I'm unsure if I should get a custom ground camshaft copying the Duntov 30/30 or not... Or do a weird hybrid of the 30/30 but with an offset closer to the 273 HiPo/D-dart so it gets a bit closer to the cackle those had even if that's purely vanity and would probably hurt performance. I'll have to do the math and see if I can get a nice middleground that will get the sound and not hurt the performance metrics I'm aiming for. >>27588918Why would it be a larp?
>>27585606How much would it run me to modernize an old Mustang? Buy an old one with a good rust free body; but otherwise ruined and then go to town on it until it runs like a modern Mustang, maybe throw a Coyote crate engine in it. I love the look of the old Mustangs but I'd like something I could daily and that had a decent amount of speed.
>>27589844How old? A v6 foxbody is cheap and plentiful. Mustang II can be had, but will be difficult, earlier than that and you're spending dough. there are plenty of restomods floating around, buy one and figure out if you even like the car or not, most people who go through the effort of restomodding a car realize power wasnt their problem. seems like that would save the effort.
>>27588387Feels like forever since I've worked on the car, but I got her running on her own today with the new SU carbs!She runs really really high at idle so I gotta figure that out.Couple other things I gotta figure out too, like emissions, tuning the SU's, flushing the coolant, and some electrical stuff but if all goes well, should have her ready to go within a month... I hope.
>>27589949new gaskets?reman or new carbs?can use an aluminum ruler to check for flatness, i suspect they arent flat
>>27589961>gasketsnot yet, gonna be putting new ones on soon though>reman or newheavily used, I'm waiting on a gasket set for it atm>RulerOkay, I can look into this! thanks!
>>27589821I've seen a few on my local marketplace. Check there.
>>27589821>are holley snipers really so fucking newThey've been out for a decade.I know you're a retard but did you just buy your first wrench set a month ago?
>>27591101Find me one used then fag
>>27589844I actually bought a fox body donor to restomod a '66.Made the mistake of driving the fox first.Hated the "66 after that.Ya the '66 looks cool but it's archaic.Even if you heavily mod it to get it to handle better you're still dealing with the ergonomics of a 1960's couch.The '66 is long gone but I still have the fox 25 years later.
>>27591107Wow that was really fucking hard.....
>>27591109The world needs less of this. If the 1200 idiots who think this is a good idea keep passing around the 50 cars they nigger rigged together we wouldnt have to watch them destroy cars on a closetted furry blog.
>>27591115Oh wait, you want the 1100 1 barrel for $750 used..That's only $900 new.....There's seriously something wrong with you.
>>27591115Why is ebay being a collosal faggot and not showing me results like that then
>>27591121Oh ya, tell us again about all your plans to slap an F250 cab onto a suburban frame or whatever the fuck else your crack-adled mind came up with this week.
>>27591127https://www.ebay.ca/itm/296293169806
>>27591131A body swap that dimensionally aligns perfectly and technically is no more complex than any other LS swap. Both being clapped out shit heaps no one is paying more than scrap for, and something im not even doing now that F250 parts became an optionversus A closetted furfag paying other people to restomod an immaculate car, ending up with a dysfunctional piece of shit that doesn't even make 300hp, overheats and vaper locks, then doesnt even get what the car was worth when he bought it. very comparable, cry me a river
Absolute retard here. Hypotheticall, let's say I have a '75 3-speed and was driving it at 75mph in second gear. What kinda damage couldve happened? Could that cause the car to overheat and puke antifreeze all over the place? Haha
>>27591155What vehicle are you referring to?A falcon that wasn't worth the scrap price and was left to rot in fields by the thousands 30 years ago that someone like you now thinks matters in this world?No different than an F250 today.Just because YOU think something is special doesn't make it suddenly worth more to everyone else.And conversely something that has value to others isn't suddenly trash just because YOU think it's crap.Go eat a dick.Oh wait, that's actually your thing.
>>27591297>u rune klassik!!!>theyre all worthless none cares lolchoose one
>>27591328Why not both? I get a lot of hate for ruining my Rolls-Royce, despite that it was already ruined when I got it.
>>27591328I never said a thing about "ruining a classic", that was your rant.I said one vehicle may have value to someone but not someone else. Your opinion has no value to anyone but yourself.Bitching about not being able to find pristine random nameplate X is akin to some neckbeard complaining that Chads have all the Stacys.
>>27591412monetary value is generally a pretty good indicator of value>>27591340that's why i play with junk and ignore 5 figures boomer trash, no one cried about a couple rusted out foxbodies except larpers here>>27591126needs to be the 1100 tb, i want to put a high impedence injector and chevy style sensors on my geo, its a nice package deal to do exactly that, not paying 4 figures for it though, 500 is reasonable, 750 max
Well, we have bought a second V8 pilot not 3 weeks after we sold the first one. Had to travel all the way up to Wales to get her, but worth the trip.
The bushings came in and i remembered to go take a gander to make sure the z bar would mount. The frame has the holes for the mount but the block does not. Have to figure some way to drill and tap this boss, perhaps the block will tilt back enough for the drill to clear the frame. Z bar is gore porn ill post when i drill it out for the bushing.
>>27591583Or maybe...
>>27591885Im looking, dont see any for the sbf housing for trucks, but i dont see why it couldnt be made too
Luv swapmeets, me
i should probably just drill and tap the block, after all, i told some fag to get the fuck out of an eagle group if he couldnt drill and tap any block for the diff mounts. fucking boomers.
>>27591554nice. gonna keep her stock?
>>27591177Give us more detail, lad. Could have floated the shit outta your valves, depending on what exactly it is from 1975.
>>27591955Pretty much, yeah. She's already had a 12v conversion, but sans a couple tempreture gauges, she's pretty much original, so would be a shame to ruin that. Only thing we might add is electronic ignition as the points are awkward to check and work on.
>>27592357You should look into doing a Chevrolet distributor conversion.
>>27592379nah, make a reluctor wheel, code up a suquence in an audrino, and go straight for cop ignition
I just dumped $400 on a headliner kit with visors and sail panels. We fuckin ballin
>>27592390electronics are gay
>>27592422then do a hot plug so you have 0 electronics whatsoever technophobe
>>27592433Or a Cummins diesel.
>>27592433Hence why I suggested a chevy points distributor conversion.
>>27592406Better be moonskin.
>>27592448electricity still happens tho... its big gay...
>>27592465
>>27592463It's saddle
>>27589844>>27589857>How old?Gen 1 is what I had in mind. They're the best looking in my opinion; but also the most obsolete so if I was going to get one I'd want to hot rod it.If I got a Fox Body I'd probably just do some basic performance mods otherwise I'd just get the 2005-2015 model since I thought those were pretty good looking.
>>27592478Elanor, obviously
>>27591957'75 Buick LaSabre
>>27592560Your fine
>>27592573You're*
Fuck I need a 1st Gen Monte or a Toronado.
>>27592585ur gay
Removed the fuck usless old cleaner air box on the carb, didn't have the hoses or anything to it anyway, and they didn't sell the slimline filters for it anymore, the bypass gas from the case was venting straight into my cabin.Just worrying about the bend in the bypass hose a bit,might cut it to lessen the kink it's getting, not sure if it will plug eventually
>>27592708The older one had the crank case air (with oil in it) on the other side of the filter,new cap has the filter on the outside,is having that oily air enter the carb gonna fuck me up? Should I just run the vent hose straight under the car and not my problem this shit?
>>27592573Define "fine"Also is it ok that i replaced the spilled antifreeze with water? Hypothetically speaking
>>27592720>is having that oily air enter the carb gonna fuck me up?No. It's the earliest form of PCV system. I'd run it that way.
>>27592573Why your battery got so many points, is there varying levels of positive and negative I don't know about?
>>27592741it's fucking fucked, mate
>>27592773It's gonna shellac his system m8
>>27592777NONOOOOI JUST NEED TO CHANGE THE FAN CLUTCH AND SHE'LL BE ALRIGHTplease...
>>27592775
>>27592379British Flatheads have the crab dizzy, not the "modern" 8BA style. By the time I import/source all the needed 8BA parts and swap/covert everything over to what's needed to do a Chevy conversion, I'd be well above the price and effort required for just a simple e-fire dizzy that bolts right on.
>>27593265Isnt there a pertronix crab dizzy
>>27592778>>27592778Ah, well then run it to a port in the intake then.
>>27592720You can just run it to the intake like other anon said.Some carbs have a port for this in the baseplate.Some 1" spacers (between carb and intake) have a port for it. Good luck getting a boomer to let go of one of those from his parts box though. And no, you can't have one of mine.Or you can do pic related which would be the "proper" option.
>>27593439No idea, but we have a Stromberg e-fire on our 1st pilot and they're easy to come by, unlike the petronix which would need to be imported. If the points ever go bad on this one, we'd probably just put an e-fire on it.
>>27593513Do you have a shed big enough for the both of them?
>>27593531Well, the garage we do have has a Mk2 Daimler V8 and a Vanden Plas 1100 in it, so... technically yes, but also no, because it is full. It'll sit on the driveway for now until we get rid of things and make space. We've sold the 1st Pilot to a friend of ours, so we only have to worry about space for one.
>27592720>Should I just run the vent hose straight under the car and not my problem this shit?Since the engine has more blow-by than the PCV can handle (There is vacuum at the PCV, right?), then I'd just set up a road draft tube off the fresh air inlet somehow. That much vapor return will make it run poorly which I learned with a Chevy 305 in a Shamu Caprice some years ago. Have the hose hang below the engine a bit into the airflow under the car and cut the end at a 45 degree with the angle cut towards the rear.I used 3/4 since that's what I had. Not sure if 5/8's would make for a stronger "pull" from the pressure drop at the end or if larger would help flow due to pressure from within the engine.Just remember, when looking for a replacement engine Ford changed the internal balance from 28oz-in to 50oz-in in 1981 so you can't use the older dampers and flywheels on the newer assemblies
bump for the niggers
>>27593818>Ford changed the internal balance from 28oz-in to 50oz-in in 1981 so you can't use the older dampers and flywheels on the newer assembliesWell you "can" if you have the crank rebalanced. Obviously not worth it for a run-of-the-mill stock cast crank but if you have a forged setup you can convert over.
>>27591177if you didn't have tach heres some calcuations.205/70r15 tire, th350, 2.73 rear you would be 3977 rpms. a taller tire would lower you rpms as well as higer ratio like 2.29 2.56. a shorter tire or lower ratio like 3.08 3.23 3.73 would raise rpm at speedhttp://chevellestuff.net/tools/rpm_calculator.htmHow long did you drive at this speed for? could have built up some heat in both engine and trans especially if low/poor oil levels
>>27585606Just picked up a Datsun C80. They were branded as Nissan but they were made when Datsun was still the main hegemon.I needed a truck to move my patrol and 120y.
I don't know what the fuck I did differently when fiddling with the carb but after taking her on the highway at 3AM I was able to get the secondaries open and scare the shit out of the drunks (God bless glasspacks.) even if I had to roll the car in neutral half a block down in front of a McMansion so I wasn't starting the car beside the neighbors I actually likes's houses. Anyone know of any decent CO detecting equipment? I've got all the windows down currently any time I drive and my eyes are burning every time like I'm getting CO dumped into and trapped in the cabin. Had a pretty nasty headache after driving for about 4 hours today that went away after a 3 hour nap. I suspect because some interior parts have been removed in prep for eventually stripping everything for painting that there may be CO getting in through larger holes.
>>27595997Hope it was damn near free since I can see it needs 6 truck tires and a muffler right off the bat.On a positive note, turning it into a flatbed and the needed repairs will improve its value when you're done with it and sell.
>>27595997You in Manila?
>>27596006>>27596006GG?
>>27596109If your selling parts, I will consider buying. What do you have?
>>27596834I'm in USA. Manila was just a lucky guess lol
>>27596834How is the PH? Considering Indonesia.
>>27596006GLASSPACKS ARE GAY
Preventative maintenance bump
>you travel back in time to 1955 and need a carWhat are you buying?
>>27597859Ford Ranch Wagon or a Tbird
can anyone id this alternator bracket so I can get a tensioner for it?it's a sbf bracket but I don't know what year or what vehicle it would've been in.
>>27597946
>>27597946looks like it came out of a 1969 piece of shitt. MOPAR GANG
>>27597961give me your throat
>>27597950google says its a tesla part or some shit... Wrong thread for that...
>>27598024
>>27597964
marketplace/item/882914913094060Thoughts, looks decent, does it look like a 25k car, or has it rolled over?Are Cordoba unwanted orphans to the parts market too? Obviously anything specific exterior interior would be a nightmare but what about just parts to keep it running?
>>27597474GT350, and '65-'66 Formula S Barracuda says otherwise.
>>27598068bread on hood, etc.
>>27598101https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Mustang#1st_generation_(1965%E2%80%931970)
>>27598101I don't own either of those, I'm just saying both had factory glasspacks... Which I am using to justify putting a copy of either exhaust on my 'cuda since both sound great and are glasspacks.
>>27596006Your tune is fucked. But just because, check your timing too.
>>27598245Well it was on my whiteboard checklist of things to do this week, alongside checking the carb with a vacuum gauge past just blindly fucking with the tune. Otherwise I watched a couple videos as a refresher and have everything else setup to basic default settings for the model carb but it still isn't quite right.
Anyone else fancy a sample of some feline penis today?
>>27598591MEEEE!!!! MEEEE!!!!!!
>>27597946E2SE would signify its a 1981/1982, seems to be all the 10039 are truck parts but not finding a complete matchbtw your fans are waiting for you in the other thread
>>27598604>cast aluminum on pre serpentine and fuel injectionidk man sonethings fucking odd about this, I may just go to shartozone and have the cashiers hand me pulleys untill one bolts on.
>>27598674or just wait until that ford fag with his catalogue shows up to decode part numbers
>>27596044I'll find out if it needs a muffler once, I have it running and need a rim along with tyers.Plan is to turn it into a flat bed to move cars and small trucks around.>>27596834I'm just after parts if it worth the import then sure, but otherwise i'm not located there.>>27596852>>27596907>>27596109
>>275979461982 Thunderbird.
>>27598866I should also add that it's off a 4.2L windsor (ya, I know, "wtf is that?").Most people just think of the 289/302/351 variants but there was a shit ton of different displacements thrown into non-flagship vehicles (mustang & F150) to try and beat CAFE regulations.It never worked though and Ford was fined for not meeting fleet mpg basically every year.
>>27598674>>27598866are you telling me this came off your own fucking car you took apart and you dont know where it came from goose? fucking gapped loose
Anybody else prefer the '55 Chevy to the '57?
>>27598912>>27598885I forget where it came from and i couldnt remember where it came fromits possibly from my damn v6 but i couldve sworn it had stamped brackets on it.the 3bolt head flange looked like it would go to a sbf., it may still work anyways.it was in the pile of parts i had left over to build the 408w and asumed it was from this 94 351w I bought a year ago or possibly off another car
>>27598885yeah from 80-82 i think they introduced the 255 for foxbodys and it was not well received, it also had retarded oval port heads so you couldnt just put a 302 4barrel intake on it
>>27599199Me, but my wife prefers the '57.
took off the john deere scrap iron and all thread rod that was previously holding my alternator on, it does not fit but I think I can make two bolt holes line up on the head.if I can swap this serpentine pulley on and sight it with this crank pulley and it lines up I'll probably try and modify it to work so I'll have a matching cast aluminum truck ac/ps bracket.then I'll just be missing a water pump pulley and will have to make an ac bypass idler till I get around to finishing that.
>>27598912when I bought the v6 car the very first thing I did was cast the car aside untill I came up with a 302, I dont recall ever trying to make it run or if there was an effort made I completely forgot about it,i do remember trying to make it run on the shop floor but discovered that atleast 7 cylinders were completely destroyed by rust which I figure was from a blown headgasket.
>>27599212>possibly from my damn v6Was it from an '82 Thunderbird?Because Ford used "A" as the generic part number place holder for generic components that were used across multiple models but "S" was only used on Thunderbirds.
>>27599442it was a cougar but theyre kindof the same car.
>>27591885Ive been wrapping my head around this for a minute. This says car only. The boss on the block is in the same place regardless of car or truck. The hell is the difference?
>>27589844>throw a Coyote crate engine in itWay too big.
>>27599751Yup. He'd have to chop the shock towers and run M II suspension
>>27599751>>27599768And?Kar Kraft did it before your parents were born.Not a difficult task.
>>27599822When someone asks "how much $$" it means that they can't afford exotic builds.
>>27599822Notched vs chop them out completely
>>27599822If your going to cut up the car to fit a big engine, then why not go with a Ford 460?
>>27597859Nash Metropolitan because it's fucking funny.Also because the Pinto wasn't made yet.
fit u fuckin cunt
>>27600311why dont you just get some chevy shit then it wont matter if you forget where the parts came from
>>27599863Coyote is smaller than a BOSS 429
>>27600343not buying stamped or boomer billet dogshit, i'd rather drop a hammer on my cock
>>27600351you WILL buy the $2200 valve covers
>>27600349NOTCH THOSE TOWERS
>>27589821You don't buy any silver, you're dirt fucking poor. Shit for brains loser has to lie in the internet because his life sucks so hard.
>>27591127Because you're literally too stupid to know what language to use to search for shit
>>27600343>says the dipshit that literally posted about GM pulley brackets he couldn't get to fit.
>>27600349But bigger than a 460.
>>27585606>take heavy slow turn>idle is set high because too low just stalls>riding the brakes a bit in traffic >*pop,clunk*"Pop clunk?">smell brake fluid>car begins shifting hard Fuck
>>27600783dentside?
>>27600538>>27600542>>27600572>obsessed samefag
>>27601162shhhhhh, let the jimmies rustle softly
>>27601234Shhhh just keep that cat penis in your mouth
>>27601162It's almost as though half the /ccg/ posters hate you....
>>27601318I'd put it at half the board. Dumbfuck samefags as p all the time as well.
>>27601369only half? i put in too much effort for this
>>27601599Stfu desperate newfag gaped loose buy an ad pmsl
>>27600783>idle is set high because too low just stalls>riding the brakes a bit in traffic>*pop,clunk*
>>27601126Looks like it's that brown Mercury Monarch
>>27601736Kek, was waiting for it
I notice these threads start to pitter out around 150-200 replies, with only a select few anons/tripfags keeping it alive. are anons just too lazy to read ?
>>27602716it fires up every other weekend it seems, the whole beard is really fucking slow as of late
the bracket fits, need to get a few odd bolts to mount it, hope to fuck I'll find a tensioner that'll fit, not sure why the damn thing pivots so I put a tab of 1/8th flat to affix it in place.put a choke cable in the capri this afternoon.
>>27602763I choked ur mum with my cock
>>27602773are you trying to suck my dick cause I will defend myself, retard
>>27602763it might not have a tensioner
>>27602783then im shit out of luck, I figured that flat section likely was where a serp tensioner would go but now that I think about it I don't think the car it came from was a damn serpentine at all.that being said I'm sure I could probably drill a hole into it to key the tensioner pin in if it's spaced from that point to run in alignment.
>>27602788>dementia be damned, my boy can operate a cotton gin.
>>27601804That's a sexy car, very niceAnyone who wants to be cool should have one
>>27602805>v belt in conjunction with serpentinewhat in the fuck kind of retard operation are you running?
>>27602843im converting to serpentine i dont have a water pump pulley yet
>>27602854ah ok makes sense
>>27602854just spin it with your hand its not like it take that much effort fucking baby crying over here 'i need someone to spin my water pump for me i cant do it wahhhhh'
New carb on the new Pilot. Think this is pretty much all it needs, for now. Once I get the logbook we can get her taxed and insured, and then start enjoying her on the road.
Dumbass here, best way to clean 40 year old dirt/plantmatter off a camshaft?.t thought I fully cleaned the intake before pulling it off.
>>27603986This is bait, right?Because this is what bait looks like.
>>27603585Very cool.Did you actually fire it up?
>>27604041I'd rather second-guess myself than assume it's a simple wipe-down with a rag. I'm new to this and read about how fast new cams can wear down from improper install, don't wanna fuck up an old one that already works.
>>27604045Yup, fired straight up with no problems. Used to have a slight delay when jabbing the throttle, but now she responds immediately. Tuning was pretty much spot on out of the box too, which was nice, but I'll double check everything after we've gone for a proper drive and gotten her up to temp anyway.
>>27604123Look up "camshaft wear pattern".Easier if you look at the search results rather than me post 50 pics and try to explain it.But in short...That wear pattern looks like ass and was an issue before the car was parked.
Engine is resealedWaiting on cam shims and a headerHigher amp alternator is fittedEngine is painted shittilySuspension is painted shittily Suspension is together I just need time to put the suspension inI just need to get time in to put stuff together between work and house shopping
>>27604247
>>27604249The car is taking longer than I thought.But such is life, once all the big bits are in it I don't see the detail work taking much longer than a weekend or two.
>>27604254>I don't see the detail work taking much longer than a weekend or twoFamous last words, Mr. Twink... Famous last words...
>>27604190Fair enough, thanks, time to do some more research.
>>27604276Man...you are probably right.I have a week off work here soon to sit and throw a good 40 hours at the thing
>fix timing>all the online resources bang on about timing lights,spark plug,vacuum advance,degrees of turnIm kinda retarded,just turn it left or right till it dies, then back offit works, I'm a mechanic brothers
>>27604660
Long time no see ccg.Little update: Shop that's had my Galaxie had some issues which delayed a lot of shit, so motor still isn't done. (Which is fine with me as I've been super busy with everything else). And unfortunately I lost my expedition due to some chick running a red light. BUUUT... Im thinking of using the insurance money for the Galaxie. The 390 is almost done, but he just pulled a 5.0 and 4spd auto out of a foxbody and offered it to me installed for the 390+2k. Super tempted, but gotta see what insurance is gonna give me first.
>>27605260>5.0+T5 for a 390 to drop in a Galaxie.Blasphemy.Don't be that guy.
Bronco unfortunately has more rust than expected and my dad is kinda bummed due to it being one of the first broncos off the line. But he's still happy he got it and will be on the look out for a new tub/saving for a reproduction. This past weekend he must've spent 6+ hours trying to get the doors off because the screws holding the hinges on were seized and stripped lol.>>27586118I haven't posted in months, and yet you still wanna be me...
>>27605271I love the idea of a big block, but the 5.0 probably makes the same power + a better transmission. The 5.0 is already built up quite a bit as well which is nice
Only a retard would trade a built FE for a windsor
I had a curiosity strike me today. The fairmont dropped in 78 with the 200ci. The mustang dropped the next year and they tried to use the 2.8 but 'couldnt build enough' so they started using the 200ci. What was the fucking point of that? Did they not realize they didnt have enough of that engine? Was the 2.8 substantially more driveable or had better economy? Or were they like 'yup well its the last gen mustang engine it needs to part of this platform'. For how rare it is ive seen a lot of 2.8 foxbodies. >>27605260Please extend your absence indefinitely
>>27605396
>>27605293out of the box the aod fucking sucks, it shifts way too early, it might not be so bad in a heavier car but in a foxbody it's unsatisfying to drive.
>>27605286God damn that's beautiful.And yes I'm fordfanatic.As for the Galaxie. HP doesn't matter (!?!)>Nobody in history has said "I can make more HP with a windsor than an FE"The cast iron FE intake is 76 pounds.An aluminum Edelbrock is 14.With aluminum heads, water pump and brackets you can trim it down just over 400 pounds which is just a few pounds away from the (iirc) 385 lbs for a stocker 5.0If you're doing the min/max for a drag car it would make sense (maybe).But a full tank of gas will make more of a difference than an engine swap.
>>27605293390 has the torques the 5.0 won’t have, especially down low where you’ll feel it. You’ll regret going 5.0
>>27605507but think about the fuel economy he's gonna gain! almost as good as fuel injection!
>>27605988It's really impressive how long you stick to trying to make fun of others when you were literally a homeless person who used their car as a toilet AND YOU SLEPT IN IT. We've seen photos of you, you look like you're still homeless somehow, despite somehow getting into section 8 housing, and somehow you support your drug habit while buying a slew of what can only be described as scrap metal.You lack mechanical aptitude, social skills, and probably personal hygiene. I may not be a great mechanic, but I don't pretend to be better than anyone here.You're one of the main reasons I stopped coming here, and I put up with a lot of shit over the years, yet somehow you make every thread a waste of digital space because it's just retard wrangling when you're involved. I'm currently battling lung cancer and yet I'd say my life is still 100 times better than yours.
Would I be insane to buy this 1976 Mercedes w116 280S listed for $3000USD?>330000km>Automatic (was reconditioned not long ago) >Freshly refurbished holly carb >Aircon (cool but not cold) >Double din wireless car play >New speakers all round >Near new battery>Just replaced all brake lines >All chrome is intact and undamaged >Absolutely beautiful car and drives incredibly well >Has a tiny trans pan gasket leak (10c size in roughly a month)
>>27606008I like the Euro bumpers. If the interior is decent, the price is fair. The 116 platform is vastly superior to the 123 and you'll be surprised by how well they handle.
>>27606005leave already you dumb fuck
27606146see, we actually like Coastie despite the dumb stuff he does. don't @ me you insufferable faggot. I would contribute to this thread often if not for you.it's unbelievable how bad you consistently shit up these threads.
>>27606330stay mad
hotdog down a hallway
>>27606005Damn, get better bro. Asbestos exposure onboard your vessels?
>27606146Kill yourself
>>27606005>lung cancerShitty dude. >>27606330I also lost a lot of interest in the thread when he showed up.
I love the transition from blatantly showing that he's fucking stupid and can't even afford a$30 part to trying to pretend he's a real mechanic. I can't imagine how shitty his life must be that he has to come on here and lie about it to try and impress internet strangers.
>>27606580Meth is a hell of a drug
>>27606592tired of your threads getting deleted yet? >>27606575Ive been here for a decade. You arent tired of me and im not leaving. I dont care if trolls burn this board down, most of you earned it.
>27606600>your threadsyou make the fucking thread half the time and you treat it like it's your personal blog - yet you don't even own a classic. you are stupid and we hate you here. the world would be a better place without you.
suprised to find no rot under the ragtopi probably wouldnt have disturbed it but the po gutted all but the driver c pilar.my plans for this car are convert to serpentineput ebay turbo header/hot side ondo the front control arms and tierods and rear control arm bushings (I have a spare set of stock control arms with the circle bushings that you can still get replacements for)probably put fuel tanks gromets and vents innitthinking about putting a jenny shifter and a shift kit cause I dont want every single car I have to be manual swapped and i hate the lokar push buttons.Id rather it be a column shift but that shits all missing and somebody already hacked a floor shift into it.might also put a minispool in it.dont know alot about turbos but I think itd be badass.the motor needs to come out because theres a motor mount bolt broke off in the block, I cant get a good eye on it but i figure if I cant get it out the welding shop in town can.
I can't breathe
>>27606560Thanks. Not exactly sure what's the cause, but I got exposed to a lot of shit while in Michigan.>>27606575Ya, but luckily it was caught early so I've got an 85% chance. Chemo sucks ass though.
The real losers are everyone else who stays here and keeps posting even though the thread is garbage. Do you guys really have nothing better to do? You know there's other automotive forums where everyone isn't retarded, don't you?
>>27606633>i cant filter you and its YOUR faultgo find a forum where they have picture book threads you illiterate shithead
>>27606685Kek>>27606700>Automotive forums where everyone isn't retardedNope, doesn't exist. All car enthusiast are on the spectrum.
>>276066565.0?>>27606685damn groid floyd
>>27606700i want to talk about classics AND say nigger.>27606701>dances around the fact that he can't post a classic.heh. if you want to talk about living in your car, i bet the san fransisco subreddit would be more your thing.
>>27606753I think it's possibly a 302 but there is a % chance that it's actually a 255.
>>27606146remember when you used to simp so hard for that stolen-valor faggot? pepperidge farm remembers
>>27606767This. Anonymity is king. Also, we all share a common 4chan backgroundOther forums are plagued with normie culture and ethics.
>>27606814I remember when i worked for daddy gooberment myself because america is so fucking great and all that shit they indoctrinate you with. These past few years have been a lesson in giving anyone benefit of doubt.
>>27606767I HATE NIGGERS
slight fuckup with the serpentine conversionthe truck bracket hits the mechanical fuel pump going on.I think i could possibly cut it for clearance but my concern is that itll still hit the pump itself.
>>27607125forgot to clarify i mean the power steering pump will hit the fuel pump
>27607014ok but do you have a classic car?
>>27607148stop feeding it
>>27607125clearance it with a die grinder
>>27607125Math never lies.Measure how far away you are from sitting flush, miunt the punch and measure how far from it is from the pump.
>>27607235*mount the pump
>>27607148yeah, i do. dont know if i want to try nigger rigging the buick or just put it on a c1500 frame yet. until then, 80s truck parts are on blog duty
>>27607239>>27607235I did some measuring and I think the ps pump is going to hit it, but because I don't have bolts in the head that fit it's just sitting on som 1/4 extensions as dowels I can't get it to sit exactly straight but it's definately not looking good.
>>27607260Call Wild Horses and see if they can fix you up
a piece of wood got lodged in my undercarriage and my parking brake "equalizer" broke off. luckily i found it. Should be a $0 fix. At least my car doesn't have a vacuum release parking brake, my god. (picrel)
>>27607260I've modified the shit out of brackets.Completely moved them from one area of the engine to another.Get it on the upper hole, pivot it out and drill a new hole.
Fucking pain, 20 gallons of pain
>>27607447I have a 33 gallon tank.I did a road trip of 1440 miles.All freeway.65mph the entire way.Averaged 9.5mpg.I've never calculated city.
>>27607642this thread needs more flatfenders. they're like $1500 go fucking buy some anons
>>276078251500 for a dustpan full of jeep, what a deal.
>>27607338Imagine if you had the vacuum cruise control...I thought about trying to find one off a T-Bird and fit it to my '53 but after seeing the schematics, no fuggin thanks.
>>27607616what motor? rear gears?
>>27607869I have a NOS speed control kit from the 70s i believe.if you're interested I could dig it out.
>>27607860i expect you all to wrench on them, come on there's a 64 with a clean tub and no brakes in like indiana or some shit for 1500, cant be that hard, a couple years ago i would have made the trip no questions
>>27607888checkedDo you know what brand? I ended up buying a Rostra universal kit for it, but the closer I can find period correct(ish) stuff has been my goal on my build. If you remember to grab pics, that'd be cool.
>>27607920i don't know the brand. give me a few days. it's buried in my parts shed, and i'm working 12 hours days for the next while
>>27607930No rush home slice. Pics of NOS parts get my juices flowing. Heck , I'm on a Moroso and other vintage parts faceberg page that's got some pretty sweet nostalgia flowing.
Alright! My C80. Arrived. Plan is to eventually turn it into a flatbed for car transport.
>>27608369
>>27608373
>>27608377It's a long term project. In the short term going to use back for storage while working on another datsun
Look at that absolutely disgusting shitheap of rust, rape and rock auto magnet magnetShe's beautiful, I'm watching warmly
>>27608369>>27608373>>27608377>>27608383Reminds me of the Jeepers Creepers truck. Good luck, anon
>>27608369You a kiwi?
>>27608373Glass is intact.That's half of the cab so you're off to a good start.If any of the seals leak I would suggest trying black RTV to seal it up before you start pulling glass (im guessing those seals are out of production and not easily sourced)- once you go that route it becames an entire new can of worms.You can pull back the edge of the seal and lay in a bead and/or fill in cracks and wipe the surface smooth before it cures and get decent semi-permanent fix that looks ok.
>>27607873Warmed over 351w. Edelbrock intake, holley 700dp (only good carb I had when I did the engine swap), shorty equal length headers, dual Flowmaster 40 series, no cats, msd 6AL, C6 with an 1800 stall converter, NP208, 4.11's on a truetrack torsen in an 8.8", sitting on 33's.Engine was rebuilt before I got it, ran well with no leaks in the donor so I didn't crack it open. Everything else listed is new/rebuilt
>>27608680Here's an example of another C80. But it's really simple to spray and rebuild.I've gotta talk to a sandblaster about the cab and then i'll paint it myself.Going to connect up a battery and see if it will start atleast check if the starter motor is good and alternator/generator
>>27607642Is this in Cali?
>>27608993It sure looks like it.
*sips*they dont make em like they used to
>drove by the yellow 4th gen Nova again that's been sitting for 10 years, never moved>fantasize about offering the boomer like $1500 for a year>during a day it's actually bright out>see SS badgesIt's over isn't it, that boomer knows what he's got and probably would want $20k wouldn't he.
>>27609893Maybe I'm saving it to restore with my grandson when he's a teenager.
>>27608369>>27608373>>27608377>>27608383>Update.I may have just been offer another C80 for free.
Jefferson was dusty as fuck, old guy said he was surprised I walked for at least 2hrs carrying a 1931 model a drivers side door for 2.5 hours, car club elder bros gave me 20$ off new headers @120$, and a modifiable seat base from a coupe for 35$. Model A guys tried their hardest to sell me things that I already had that weren't panels
>>27610611there's some guy with the gmc motorhomes on youtube. Literally bought one to restore, then one for parts. three or four more fucking gmc motorhomes people just gave him because he already had one. hope you're ready for a collection
>>27610620You picked that shit up at Pate?
>>27610620It looks like you're trying to build a model a, would you like some help?
>>27610996>>27610996>>27610996>>27610996new thread
>>27610997fuck off, car pisser
>>27611152rent free
>>27611152morning piss in the f250
The new, not-a-classic thread will only be bumped by car pisser.
>>27611526so far it's holding true
