>/CCG/>For Classics made from 1979 or older, with few exceptions.>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 multi-meter.>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.>You will spend twice your budget, unless you have years of experience. If the salty old hands agree, it's true.>If you can't tune a carb you might literally be retarded>Nothing is as easy as it seemsPrevious thread: >>29066863
I used a tyre machine for the first time the other day. Getting the tyre off was a complete fucking ballache, but getting the new ones on was pretty easy. Still not as easy as fitting tyres to widow maker wheels, but oh well.
>>29117496>Getting the tyre off was a complete fucking ballache,You were doing something wrong... I have a rim clamp machine, but honestly 90% of the time I just bust the shit down outside with a slide hammer bead breaker and spoons because I don't want to sweep up afterwards. Kek.
>>29116341sheesh, you're not methin' around
>>29117490is that larger diameter tires than OEM?we all know they were a tall truck but certainly that's not factory
>>29117496Was the old tire rotted and hard as shit? That makes the job harder
>>29117596Theyre a couple sizes larger but the truck is a "highboy" or a highboy clone.You can see on this factory (appearing) highboy that the top of the tires line up at a different point in the fenderwell but the wheels line up the same with the bodywork (pretty obvious in the rear).It was a factory 2" lift because of driveshaft angles needed for a divorced transfer case.
>>29117622those are actually different bodies (bumpside 67-72 vs dentside 73-79)they had different frames with different wheelbase. the earlier trucks actually had different track widths front vs rear. i've heard the earlier trucks were taller
Anyone know anything about 50s International trucks? I kinda like the look of them, and would like a project.
>>29117628Youre overanalysing.I have '76 beams and spindles on a '66 (disc brake conversion).Theyre "different" but also the same.
>>29117644>beams and spindlesare you trying to inject your 2wd experience into a discussion about highboys? they're completely different
>>29117558See >>29117597. The tyres were 20 years old and utterly knackered. Hardest part was de-beading; some came off easier than others, but they were all virtually bonded to the wheel. Could also be that the near 50 year old machine is a little tired, but either way, the job is done and I have 5 fresh new tyres. Hell of a difference in ride quality, I tell you h'what~
Quads
>>291176464wd frames were the same 67-77
>>29117637If you want to do a restomod, go for it.If you want to do a factory restore, find something with more support or it will be an absolute money pit and youll spend more time hunting for parts than enjoying it.Either way just get a donor with solid frame and sheetmetal. You can fake a headlight bucket but a rotted fender is limited on sources.As for the vehicle itself- its like an old jeep or bronco. Mechanically simple
>>2911764667-79 use the same windshield.There are more similarities than differences. Those 2 gens are functionally interchamgable with major overlap with the 65/66.
>>29117860no they fucking weren't.for starters, the frames are narrower for 4wdthen the crossmembers are differentactually that's the easiest way to tell a highboy is the front crossmember sticks out from the bumpercompletely differentin fact you have to lift the truck AT LEAST 4" to 4wd swap a 2wd frame because the crossmember will hit the front dif
>>29118062>the front crossmember sticks out from the bumperWtf is that even suppose to mean?
>>291180662wd, f100,f150, f350 don't have thisonly the 76-77 F250 4x4
>>29118062I'm not talking about 2wd you dumb nigger, I'm talking 4wd. Bump and dent shared the same frame width(front and rear widths) all the way until 1977.
This is going to turn into a giant shit flinging thread where EVERYBODY is wrong on some aspect of the F series (including myself).The highboy had a narrower frame but the 1/2 ton 4wd was the same as the 2wd.The term "highboy" itself is not even an official designation and has been used on the early as well as the later dent sides.
>>291180861/2 ton 4x4 is kinda gay because they don't even have leafs up front like god intended
>>29118086>>29118093I don't even think about the 1/2 ton 4x4. Because it's gay. Might as well call it a low-woman.
>>29118101i have to admit that GM got the 1/2 ton format right back then. don't know anything about the dodges
>>29118093>>29118101LFA/front leafs hasn't won baja since... oh thats right. Never.
>>29118275why would i want to win a gay race
>>29118634Just stay a loser, you seem to be good at that.
Finna start cobbling together my interior for the nova tomorrow, so far got my carpet and insulation, door sills, door panels and the rear panel. Sail panels are unobtanium and I still have no headliner but fuck it
>>29118275>discussion about real trucks>BUT CAN THEY DO THIS ESOTERIC THING shut up soiboi
>>29117860Your mom was the same from 67 to 77. What a time to be alive
>>29118953Y-you too
Taking apart a factory ford 302 block from 2000 (exploder i guess) and it has stainless freeze plugs, kinda interesting
>>29119067I'm willing to bet theyre aftermarket.Enjoy the Xander Cage block.
>>29119093Did the explorer blocks not have the issue of splitting at high rpm/power levels? If so, might have to get one.
>>29119403No difference in the blocks. They had gt40 heads and intake which is why people grab them for junkyard builds.Theyre not LS power levels kind of a block but they can handle 450hp easily.Those that say they split at 300hp are retards who threw a 150 shot of nitrous on a block with 10psi of oil pressure. Ive seen a few cracked blocks (even snapped a crankshaft and blew apart a block myself) and ive never seen a failure under 500hp that wasnt some backyard build with questionable parts and tolerances.If a con rod snaps at 5k and binds up the rotating mass causing the block to crack some yourtuber is just going to hop on bandwagon and blame the factory block instead of his temu stroker kit.
>>29118013I was wanting more of a restoration than a restomod, but you're probably right it'd be a parts hunt more than anything. Getting quite sick of nucars, so I'm not that set on any particular thing yet, just like the look.Thanks.
>>29119427ah I knew of the GT40(P) heads being on there as well as the intake, just wanted to cover the block base in case there was something I was missing. I've got a 90 fox 5.0 that I'm hoping to keep the stock bottom end but rev it to 6500 and put about 6-8 lbs of boost on top. Already got the ARP con rod bolts and new head/main bolts as well. Yes, I will have my machinist do a rework of the big end for the ARP bolts, what else am I missing? Seems like I am :/
>>29119510Nothing wrong with "old", just find something with support.Someone bought some original tooling from Ford and you can get brand new doors ($500) and tailgates ($900) for 68-79 F series. Theyre even Ford officially licensed products.Dynacorn has a bunch of GM and Ford stuff (pic).And my personal favoritehttps://broncograveyard.com
>>29119546>I've got a 90 fox 5.0I have an '89 and a "90.The '89 has 89k original miles (had it since 2000 or 2001 and it had about 44k and had sat for 5 years). Its getting close to rolling to 90k and I drive it less and less.The '90 i went stupid with.Shattered the engine so I started with a new block from ford. Its just a stock block but one of the last NOS they had in inventory.347 stroker kit. 5140 crank (4340 was still a big price jump back then). 4340 h-beam rods, SRP pistons.AFR 185 heads w/ 58cc chambers, no air injection, with their "strip" porting (they had 3 levels, street, strip and track, not sure if they even do that anymore).Factory style chromoly lifters (link bar noise is annoying, stick with the spider), chromoly pushrods, 1.6 aluminum roller rockers, shaft mount with girdle.Need tall valve covers to clear girdle (and its friggin close).Shorty equal length ceramic headers. Reusable header gaskets with graphite inserts. Stainless locking bolts (the type with anti-rotation tabs, im not a fan of wire). Full stainless exhaust, x-pipe, no cats. Mufflers sound like a dump truck, I miss the 40 series flownasters but they only come in aluminized steel.Main bearing girdle (have to do a little dremel work on the oil pump and a little tweaking on the sump pickup tube).Melling high volume standard pressure pump. Chromoly oil pump driveshaft. MSD polished distributor w/MSD 6AL and coil.Gear drive timing set and a modified 302 cover (ate my 5.0 cover when I shattered the engine).Fluidamper harmonic balancer. Aluminum underdrive pulleys.Custom polished aluminum accessory brackets because I didn't like where the Paxton would mount so I changed everything.BBK SSI intake. Custom 3/4" phenolic to clear the valve covers. BBK aluminum fuel rail with adjustable regulator.70mm TB (polished), 80mm MAF (polished), 42 pound injectors. About a grand in ARP bolts including 12 point stainless for anything thats visible.Chrome oil pan
>>29119656Just to clarify-I built that bottom end and ran the stock top end for awhile. I didn't have the money for the complete build so I had to penny pinch on the 5140 crank.A few years later I had excess funds and went retarded with finishing it off.I had kind of planned it that way. I would rather have a stout bottom end and just swap heads later rather than have some hypereutectic pistons and nice heads for immediate satisfaction and then have to pull the block again.
>>29119665Ok, moving on...The A9L/A9P in the mustang is the best computer available at the time. People will pull a mustang EEC and slap them in their F150.The Mustang was Fords flagship model so they played dirty (literally). Because of the A9 series they never hit Corporate Average Fuel Economy requirements and were fined every year for 87-93.My MAF has a "green tube". So it's suppose to be tuned for 42 pound injectors (green top).That shit doesnt work.You can get away with 24# injectors but after that theres just too many other parameters besides pulse width to compensate for that you have to run some type of aftermarket or piggyback EEC.If you run 19# or 24# injectors the stock EEC is pretty good at compensating even with a stroker and a cam. Just be aware that if you go too far that it becomes undrivable (like fouling the plugs to the point it wont start after 50 miles).Megasquirt has come a long way since it was just a breadboard kit sold out of some dudes garage. Holley and Accel have some pretty easy plug&play kits.The piggybacks dont require any physical modifications other than plugging into the EEC service port but they ARE NOT plug&play and have a steep learning curve.
>>29119656>Custom polished aluminum accessory brackets because I didn't like where the Paxton would mount so I changed everything.Ah sweet, I saved your PAxton pics from last time I asked, but not on this computer, so I can't see what brackets you have/had. What brackets? lol
>>29119687Well I actually had 2 issues. The factory paxton kit moved shit around and put the alternator down below the crankshaft centerline.Here's a pic with a vortech (same bracket, ill get to that).I was not a fan of the thought of having my alternator 6 inches from the asphalt and sucking up mud and road debris.The other issue is that I didnt like running 2 belts.So I ditched the air injection pump (duh).Lost the A/C (I was young, I regret that now), Put the alternator where the A/C compressor was, cut down the paxton bracket to bring it inline with the stock crank serpentine and then figured out a tensioner.I had to find a 6 rib pulley to match the factory ratio when combined with my underdrive crank pulley and machine it to fit (unfortunately its the only non-polished pulley).The power steering pump uses a standard aftermarket polished aluminum bracket.
>>29119707The alternator was actually an aftermarket bracket that was intended for stock placement on the passenger side that I basically just lined up on the driver side and simply drilled and cut off the excess (pic)
>>29119707The vortech uses the same bracket because it was designed by a paxton employee.Paxton thought that nobody would want the noisy gear drive unit so the engineer that deigned it was given their blessing to take his design and start a new company.Oddly enough another employee designed a belt driven unit and paxton didnt like the perceived failure potential of a rubber belt so he left and started Procharger.And now the paxton ball drive supercharger rights are owned by a tire shop in California (not even kidding)
>>29119724>And now the paxton ball drive supercharger rights are owned by a tire shop in California (not even kidding)Yeah, Paradise Wheels. I've bought an oil cooler off of Craig for my flathead McCulloch/Paxton SN60 build, but will use your pics for drilling and tapping a larger cooler like you did for my Fox. Thinking about going the VR-4 upgrade route as well. I'll be piecing my kit off of Vortech parts and that one supercharger parts guy down in Dallas. All of this slowly and eventually lol.
fugg. my chinesium radiator is letting me get by, but it looks like i'll need to fork out for a decent one. chinesium rad core is only 42mm in depth, while the more expensive repros have 2 30mm length-tubes. rad seems to be able to just cope as long as it's not on the highway. temp will also very slowly keep climbing in hot traffic, once moving again it'll drop down a bit but not much.
>>29119733Just for the record those fitting placements are just what I felt was "right". Other SN owners might think "wtf dude" or "oh ya, that makes sense". Worse case scenario you stick a plug in the hole. And ive welded up and polished clean larger holes so the case can never really be destroyed. And if I didnt mention this before-My cooler is mounted in front of the driver wheel (pump is on the subframe next to it- nice flat mounting surface). That might be relevant.I would have gone to the passenger side but I had intercooler piping taking up a lot of room over there (also why I didnt just put it in front of the radiator).I dont have the intercooler hooked up anymore. I knew it was a double edged sword to begin with. Ya theres a slight power increase under sustained boost but the responsiveness becomes sluggish because of the volume and after I grew out of the peak dyno number phase of youth I went back to the "instant on" that superchargers are intended to be.So if you drill be sure to lay out where your hose routing is going to be- you might want to mirror my drills depending on where youre mounting the cooler.As for the vr4 impeller- ya theres a substantial boost increase.Real world numbers iirc on the 60 is 7 pounds (peak). Later models spun them a little harder to get 9 out of them.My GSS is the last of the ball drive units (I just read that in my head like the legless mechanic in Road Warrior) and I still have the standard impeller.The real question is how youre going to build it for that 14 pounds of boost.Im running 11.1:1 compression so shes plenty happy when I hit 5 pounds. If I get froggy with it I can spin the tires going into 3rd. Thats cool if youre trying to get likes on YouTube but in the real world you start to understand what the boomers said by "drivability".
>>29119759get a Mexico copper/brass unit from Summit
>>29119759Had mine for 20 years.Just buy the good shit and be done.
>>29119763I took a factory 2 core brass/copper radiator to a shop back around '93 and had them swap in a 4 core. Simply because if I was going to rebuild my leaking radiator I might as well go full tilt.I still have that radiator in my truck.But do those shops even exist anymore or is it just a throwaway product because some slave labor warehouse in Mumbai will undercut their profit by 500% ?I had the speedo rebuilt for the same truck around that time- from a local shop. Does THAT even exist anymore?
>>29119763i did check them, but they're all 26 inch wide and i need a 22 inch one>>29119765yeah for the amount of time i've spent dicking around with timing etc. i could've just bought it once and cried once. my only solace is that i'm at least able to still drive the thing, just not for road trips.>>29119775>But do those shops even exist anymore or is it just a throwaway product because some slave labor warehouse in Mumbai will undercut their profit by 500% ?recoring these days costs as much as a new radiator, usually more. i still have my old copper brass one that i wanna practice desoldering and rodding out though, nobody around here does it without asking for as much as a brand new unit, so i figure i could try my hand at a new side hustle.>I had the speedo rebuilt for the same truck around that time- from a local shop. Does THAT even exist anymore?burgerland still seems to have that, but probably done by retirees or something. the guy or shop will likely have a website that looks like it was made in the mid 2000s or earlier too lel
>>29119789>>29119775>burgerland still seems to have that, but probably done by retirees or something. the guy or shop will likely have a website that looks like it was made in the mid 2000s or earlier too lelYeah I had my '53 Ford's speedo rebuilt at a guy out of Falcon, CO with a 1 page website. Had him make me a new cable as well. This was like 3 years ago.
>>29120038Always get the cable done as well.My speedometer read high (worn out springs) but also bounced around at lower speeds (cable twisting and releasing).
lmfao i got carried away shopping for radiators at work and i ended up leaving like an hour later than i normally do and i got called into my boss's office for it today. he thought it was highly suspicious that a guy who regularly comes in late and leaves early (by like 5 minutes each time lol) and whose last day is next friday would leave late one day. never mind all the other times he randomly left late>>29120304lube should help with bouncing shouldn't it?
>>29121065>lube should help with bouncing shouldn't it?Only on a good cable thats dry.A cable thats been stressed/fatigued and is not longer "stiff" is going to twist/release no matter what.
they don't know about my easy access air cleaner
Bumping so the thread doesn’t get slid by fagsla shills
Finally got around to having a good look at this little roadster we bought the other day. It's actually in pretty good nick despite the rotten castle rails and lower arches, and the paper work seems to prove that it's a 2 owner car with 50,000 genuine miles. Need to replace one of the fuel lines as it's pissing petrol when the fuel pump turns on, but otherwise it's looking very promising~
>>29126115v8 or l6? i forget which engine options these had
Need ID on some cars
Second pic Film is set 1919 but I get the feeling these are late 20s models
>>291261571.8 I4, 2.9 I6, and a 3.5 V8. The I4 is far and away the most common, the MGC was the I6, and the V8 was the rarest and only came as a coupe.>>29126435>>29126436What movie? imcdb.org is mega useful for stuff like this.
>>29126612It’s “Beginning of the Great Revival” a Chinese film from 2011 with no IMCDB page
>>29126435>>29126436CHING CHONG PING PONG DING DONG
>>29126836Well, that's annoying. Off the top of my head, the really wide track width of the wheels and lack of obvious badging, emblems, and mascots, makes me think they're kit cars based on modern underpinnings. Something like an Asquith or Regent. Bit of a rabbit hole, though, as kit car companies often disappear just as quick as they pop up.
>>29126876Thanks for the help. I watch lots of Chinese movies and noticed they tend to not get the era 100% accurate so I assumed those cars were just obscure 30s era cars. I saw one kino set in 1927 where the main character has a wwii era Mercedes Benz. >>29126868Racism is funny. You must be a hit at the trailer park.
>>29126876Thanks This looks really close.
>>29126921No worries, happy to help~
>>29126915when i see >>29126868 i can't really get mad. it's just way too absurd and over the top to not laugh at. everyone knows they don't talk like that.
>>29126915>Racism is funny.Yes.
>>29117490While driving a few weeks ago and lost spark on my Bel Air (wtf), small block chevy. Narrowed it down to an electrical problem, we had power coming from the ignition coil... so I replaced the distributor and no dice. As soon as I replaced the ignition coil and ballast resistor is started instantly. Probably didn't even need to replace the distributor...
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>>29127495>tracing spark to an electrical problem#1 troubleshooting guru in the universe
>>29127497She finally started tonight but doesn't sound too good bros. Cold start idle, closed choke, high RPM, sounds OK:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N2li8Dhcx2uwCaDCxaHZeroBEN-6uOAC/view?usp=sharingOpen choke idle after a few minutes, sounds really roughhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1hIM2oc4RhOx05NKTjQrWQY_vJETz0Lr3/view?usp=sharingTiming light looks like either I don't have all 8 pistons or I'm dumbhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1s46S02wRmxHi_-L8gPWPzozl6T2WYNiR/view?usp=sharingAnyone familiar with small blocks and what to do next? Adjusting distributor cap doesn't help>>29127501Not sure why the sarcasm. This is the first time I've done something like this so I'm pretty happy I got it started.
>>29127503sarcasm is because Spark is inherently electrical.timing is out so you're going to have to learn to do that. you're also going to have to learn how to tune a holley carburetor. good news is that it's easy and after that you know how to tune the entire car and many other cars. why are you blindly working on a tri-five chevy?
>>29127505Yeah, I think I'm just going to have to retime it from scratch. I don't seem to have a bolt on the front of the crankshaft to turn it manually, so my only other option seems to be on the flywheel.>why are you blindly working on a tri-five chevy?Said it yourself, once you go through it once it becomes easier. Gotta start somewhere. If I can't I can have a shop retime it or figure it out. My car I've owned 10 years
>>29127509you should have a bolt in the middle of the crank pulley but i don't think the timing isn't out enough that you need to spin the engine without the distributor installed... in fact you shouldn't do that.
>>29127511Yeah I mean... I feel like I lined the new distrubor back up almost exactly and cap adjustment should account for anything small right? What else besides manual crank rotation and adjust cap, carb vacuum advance issue? It sounds a lot better on a fresh start than after a few minutes running, so maybe....
>>29127517you haven't even mentioned setting the idle sped, floats or the idle mixture yet. don't spin the engine without the dist installed please
>>29127521Indeed, thank you Mr. friend. The carb hasn't been tuned in 10 years, so it might be time to learn about that and see what's left after. How hard can it be! Famous first words.
some freshly machined cylinder heads that my dad had got covered in surface rust. they were sitting quite a while so they have more than just the usual light film, but not quite pitted (to the naked eye)what's the best way to clean the sealing surfaces?
>>29127523tuning will be a lot easier (and more fun) if you can get an afr and vacuum gauge hooked up
>>29127525Runs miles better by timing first without vacuum. capping the vacuum line and adjusting it to be 8-10~ degrees BTDC. At 0 degrees it smells and looks far too rich... as I've learned that is expectedhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1aF3IWfC7-QMYIwPh7g7OJJZvzhBwbgMh/view?usp=sharing
Am I just hyper-autistic or do I not understand what "Coke bottle" styling means?
>>29127904o yea i forgot about that. get the timing right first, then tune the carbbtw if you didn't know already, if you remove the audio from mp4 files you can upload them straight here. 4 MB limit though
first time using chassis saver paint, stuff is gnarly. I put two coats on and it was not satin at all, very glossy, turns out you're supposed to stir it up really well because the satiny stuff settles out. I did that for the third coat and it turned out ok but the can started fizzing, the stuff is really chemically active. And holy shit the drip marks dry thicc.
the underside which nobody will see, they're all like this, the craters are drips that partially dried before I picked them off
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>>29128287>>29128290what stuff are you using?
>>29128358That resembles a modern 20oz bottle more than anything.
>>29117490Nope. The term "classic" means anything 25 years or older. Vehicles from 2002 deserve to be here.
>>29128413>age does not a classic makeBuy a fucking dictionary.
After driving a while, then turning the car off, I get a faint smell of gas from the carb. I can see fuel dripping down the carb barrel.Thermal gun says the fuel pump and carb are warm (150F), so I'm guessing the fuel is expanding and forcing its way past the seat. I already put insulation around the fuel lines. How hard is it to add a regulator and a return line to the tank? Can I just plumb the return line to the intake side of the fuel pump instead?
>>29129166Stop trying to make up a scenario to explain a fault.Theres a million V8s with holleys and mechanical fuel pumps on the freeway right now that arent having any type of "boil over" issues. A carb can easily hold 10psi of fuel line pressure.Hiw old is the needle&seat in that carb?
>>29129184>bro just like don’t think bro thinkings bad bro trust me
>>29129307Finding an imaginary fault isnt "thinking".If the fuel pump is 150°, then how long does it take for the fuel going through it to heat up? (I.E. was it already at maximum expansion when the key was turned off).Whats the expansion volume for gasoline between 80° and 150°?How much pressure would a theoretical "cooking" of the gas create vs how much pressure is a properly functioning needle&seat capable of holding? Why doesnt any of my carb'd V8s need insulation on the fuel pump or fuel lines?Now what's the odds that the consumable portion of the carb (needle&seat) is worn out or gunked up?Is the float itself sticking?Has the weapon hooe been checked?
>>29129362>*has the weep hole been checked
>>29129184>>29129362Valid questions. The carb was redone back in 2018 before I got the car. This is a really tiny Weber (30DGS), so I don't know if it can actually hold 10psi. The shop manual says the pump should put out no more than 3.5psi.There's no weep hole on these carbs. Apparently they just weep into the main throat...
>>291294958 years is a long time for a little brass needle&seat if you dont know the history.If its viton tipped then being left to sit for any period is a death sentence.
>>29129583>2018 was 8 years agomake it stop...
After seeing that my Rose and this roadster are basically twins, I'm really tempted to sell my MX5 and keep this Roadster instead... it'll depend on how slow it is, I suppose. The MX5 isn't exactly a powerhouse, but considering that it's nearly 40hp up on the B-Series, I wonder if the MG will feel too slow... I suppose I'll find out once I get it running.
I have been thinking i getting a Corcel GT after I move out.
>>29130652wrong image
>>29129658Man those were the days, Coastie was fucking up every car he got, Cutlass was being an autistic purist, LM7 was being gay, Drac had a new shitbox every month, 79Camaro was living the socal Mexican life. And all the other name and trip fags making the general lively. Its all gone now, like tears in the rain
>>29130753good riddance, identityfags belong on literally any other website except this one. They abuse the website and its users when they do that.
>>29130753>>29130758nothing stopping you from being the new age of tripfagsjust buy a dildo and put that trip on
>>29130761I dont own a car
>>29130761hell of an ignition switch
>>29131435it's the headlight switch 6 positions no relays
>>29131484it wasn't even the issue, just some bad bulbs and corrosion on the bulb bases. Now I know the electrical a lot better thanks to it.
>>29128468You are a broken record bub, just stop
>>29130753Drac is still around on other threads. He sold the DeLorean for a Chrysler convertible and something else that's a hundred years old.
>>29131620Drac is the one true king of /ccg/
>>29131865Why does he go through so many cars?
>>29131907he flips them
>>29131484oh shid is this the mog?
>>29131907a pimp has got to do what a pimp has got to do
>>29131907I asked him once. Dude just legitimately loves wrenching on shitboxes.
>>29131574Classic =/= vintage
>>29132215No one cares
>>29132235Youre the product of The Dumbing Down Of Society.Congratulations.
>>29131941yes sir
torqued in some new lca bushings today, 210 ft/lbs, holy fuck that sucked, one ratchet click at a time. I haven't lifted weights in a month or two and my arms got skinny, big mistake if I'm going to be working on an old dodge. check out the gallon of dirt I scooped out of the engine crossmember
>>29132721how is that crossmember not rotted out
>>29132728haha it's coated in oilthe inside was dry though, but no rust, surprised the hell out of meI took a little video of the dirt in situ, I'll webm it in a bit
man I love webm for bakas
>>29132734you can also upload no sound mp4s now
>>29132412WHAT ARE ALL 6 POSITIONS OF THE LIGHT SWITCH FOR?
My old man's car just broke down.We've spend about 40 min to see the issue, when we discovered that the wires connecting to the distributor were severed.
>>29132314You can't even capitalize words properly.
>>29133123I dunked my nuts in your mother's pussy, fag
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>>29133459ooo a military vehicle
How come fiat 124 spiders are just not worth shit? I saw a super nice one on facebook listed for like $1,500.
>>29133690she is ex military only the blue manual is in Englishthese are all the papers that came with it
>>29133756Because fiats are gay
>>29133443lol pretty much. We tried to fix it, but the wires were too brittle, and so shattered more.The Uno ended up being toed into the local mechanic.
>>29133459>>29133768based. Should come in handy when you're running from the rozzers.
>>29133920I have a 1981 Superbike and during restoration I noticed a little toggle switch on the bars and when I traced it back I discovered that it killed the taillights when activated.I can imagine this thing being packed with 20 kilos of cocaine and doing weekly runs.from Miami to New York.Kind of funny when you think about classics that wind up in our hands after people have been living life in them for 50 years.>Losing their virginity in the backseat.>DUIs.>Mafia informant that got a trunk ride to a deserted field.
>>29133920with a top speed of 50 I don't think I'm gonna get away
Another week of hating fleet maintenance.I have spent so much money this year to still have 3 shitty vehicles.Oddly the TR7 has cost me basically nothing this year.
>>29135249Weak. Here's my list:>1927 Pierce-Arrow Series 80 Club Sedan>1950 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith Limousine>1966 Imperial Crown Convertible>1966 Imperial Crown Sedan (Parts Car)>1966 Imperial LeBaron>1973 Mercedes 450SE>1977 Dodge Adventurer 150>1977 Jaguar XJS 350 swap>1977 Mercedes 450 SEL 6.9>1978 Lincoln Mark V DJE>1978 Mercedes 300SD>1978 Mercedes 300SD>1984 Mercedes 230CE>1994 Lincoln Town Car Hearse>1995 Cadillac Eldorado>2009 Lincoln Town Car LWB
>>29135370nice>>29135275too late I already did
>>29135370>1927 Pierce-Arrow Series 80 Club SedanIs that a new addition to the fleet? Where did you find the perfect car?
>>29135715been keeping track of my fuel economy just to see how bad things really were, and somehow i've managed to double it. Up till now it was averaging 8-10 mpg.this is in my 67 dodge phoenix/plymouth fury with a 383, 727 and 3.23 diff. Mopar C body, so definitely not a small or light car...i swear something is off, but i triple checked the receipts and i definitely didn't make a typo...only other thing i can think of is that during that time i was fairly easy on the throttle, but also turned on the auto-tune feature on the carb cheater. But that shouldn't have THAT much of an impact...definitely not complaining, but still, wtf?
>>29135814oops forgot screenshot
>>29135715It's far from perfect; an absolute abomination that I'm going to pull the body off of and run as a speedster. The previous owner died, but he'd kept it in a barn since '75 and did NOTHING with it.
>>29135882>Soon™
>>29135814>>29135815just remembered one other thing...i did move the vac advance from ported to manifold vacuum...maybe that's why
>>29135918>i did move the vac advance from ported to manifold vacuumIt's the same thing once the throttle is opened.
>>29136399true,,,guess i'm just grasping at straws. really weird
>>29135882You gonna try your hand at making your own wood wheels for it?
>>29136452Honestly, I probably will because it's never going to go above 60 and it's a novelty for me that would be a parts car for anyone else. There are some expensive things missing; the hood, rear bumper, spare tire, etc. so I'll be keeping it in case I get another in better shape, but I want to see if I can at least get it driving.
>>29135370That you Drac? You sold the Deluxo?
>>29136477Yeah. I got sick and tired of the BTTF crowd. I love the car for what it was, but prices got insane and my latest shitbox got me a '66 Imperial convertible with just over 60k miles and no lame pop culture jokes.
>>29136473Look at an aircraft parts dealer that specializes in wood stock. Probably the best bet for finding wood roundel stock to make them when you get to it.
>>29136504Thanks, I'll add it to my notes. The thing is an utter POS, but I'm loving all the time I spend on it. I've already done more with it than the boomer PO did in 50 years.
>>29136521Crusty! You gonna overhaul her heart and make it nice and glossy again?
>>29136526Assuming I can find all the missing parts.
very tempted to buy a rhd 96 civic
Found this heap in the woods.
>>29136552Someone stripped it of quite a few parts at some point, including the transmission, rear end, glass, and VIN plate. They left the engine though.
>>29136552>>29136554someone's property? or just somewhere in buttfuck nowhere?
> >For Classics made from 1979 or older, with few exceptionsDoes a 1980s Oldsmobile pass the test??
>>29137551no (yes) [i don't know]
>>29137561It was the preferred car of Mrs Hillary Clinton when she was still entering politics.
>>29137569I wonder how many young girls were raped or murdered in the back of it?
>>29137818You always be sure and ask about that Trucoat.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B2LLB9CGfLs&pp=ygUbQXNrIGZvciB0aGUgdW5kZXJjb3N0IGZhcmdv&ra=m
>>29137462Just bumfuck nowhere. There was another one even farther gone about a hundred yards away. Probably stolen in the 40s or 50s or something.
>>29137864Where in the rockies are they located? I’ve seen talk of some off of the old abandoned narrow gauge railroad grades in CO, namely near Telluride and Ouray.
>>29137893It's actually out in southern Ontario. As far as I know, no railroad ever came through here. There were some logging camps back here in the 50s though, could be from then.
>>29138217Ah. I saw the Aspen and just figured Rocky Mountains. A lot of logging areas were railroad served, thoughbeit
Well fuck. My dodge burnt down last night. Was backing it out of the driveway then as I get to the top, I see the glow of a fire from beneath the engine bay. Bro had bought a CO2 fire extinguisher for something else a while back but it was a puny 2 kg one which didn't do much. Only other thing we had was a garden hose with my thumb squeezed over the end of it, and unsurprisingly, it just couldn't put out the fire.There was a fire station literally around the corner from my house but it took 15 mins for a firetruck to arrive, these guys must've been out to another call so they probably had to get another one.Seems to have started by the fuel pump. Still quite confused because all the rubber fuel lines were only a few months old, and there weren't any sections that might've been too tight. We suspect the bucking from the engine might've weakened the line over time somehow, but who knows.Gutted because I had wanted to race the thing on a circuit, and do other shit with it, but also somewhat relieved because it was kind of a running basket case; leaks at both windscreens, rust spots/holes that were getting worse, and the bottom end was tired and making a fair bit of noise.At this point I'm just glad that I got to daily it for as long as I did. Put about 3000 km on it in two months. I don't think I could live with myself if it was just a garage queen. Made very, very close friends with it, got to larp as a tofu delivery driver, and never got old seeing the looks on randoms' faces as I drove around. The 5 speed V8 I'm looking at might dampen the blow a bit.
>>29138770pics of before and after?
>>29138770Hope you don't get kiked by insurance.
>>29138770Oof. Sorry man. Pics?
>>29138854call me an idiot, but I didn't bother getting insurance. I went shopping around and they were all asking like 2 grand a year with how much I'd be driving it. I figured with how little I spend and how much I earn, I'd just be the insurance.>>29138847>>29139088I'll get them later in the day, will be a couple hours though.I forgot to mention that the firefighters also fucked the body with some sort of prying tool, they had to force the hood and trunk lid open. Wasn't too happy about the trunk lid because it was totally avoidable, I had the frigging keys in my pocket but the cops wanted me to stay back for muh safety...the fire was at the front of the vehicle ffs.
>>29138770Sorry about the loss.>all the rubber fuel linesFWIW, in the future you might want to pull a page from NHRA tech inspections and not have more than 6 inches of hose over the entire car.
>>29139270>NHRA tech inspections and not have more than 6 inches of hose over the entire carhuh, never knew that was a thing. i know for sure my car definitely violated that from the factory. It was basically fuel tank/sender > hose > hard line > hose > hard line > hose > fuel pump > hard line > hose > fuel filter > hose > hard line > hose > carbWould've been at least a foot of hose over that entire path. I wonder if using fuel injection hose would've changed things...
>>29139092and fugg. the wreck is currently at my mate's house but we didn't go there today else I would've taken pics. From the front it reminded me of Christine. And talking about that, while it was burning, it actually tried to start back up again lmao, the classic mopar starter sound just kept whirring till the battery cables melted.I should hopefully be at his place tomorrow to help out with some shit and to grab bits I need from the car, will definitely take pics then.The alternator's aluminium body actually melted at the bottom where the flames must've licked it. But the heads were completely intact, guess it must be aircraft grade aluminium in the heads or something. The alternator was a reman I got off amazon for 40 bucks lol.We didn't go to my mate's place today cuz we checked out the 81 Ford Fairlane I had been eyeing for a while now, pic related. Was listed for 35k originally, then dropped to 30k, then deleted the ad, then it reappeared at 25k, then 22, then deleted the ad again, then relisted it for 25k.I could tell he was really attached to the car, he told us it got him through some very rough times in his life. He reckons he owes his life to it, it was one thing that gave him purpose to keep moving forward.I told him I was gonna drive the piss out of it as a daily and fun car like I did with the dodge, and he also felt bad about what happened with that car, so we ended up at 22k. I wanted it for 21k, but honestly, the paint and body was was actually in fan-fucking-tastic condition for its price, plus it has a 351 cleveland with a T5 gearbox behind it.It does need some minor work to it, but otherwise it really is in good nick. Fuel gauge and possibly stock temp gauge inop (aftermarket gauges are there though), and the sunroof is currently stuck open, and it does have a leak from the rear main seal. But otherwise garage-kept all its life and he kept on top of servicing etc. The test drive was absolutely fucking fun.
>>29139417the previous owner before him had also sprayed the shit out of it in fish oil as a rust preventative so the body is extremely good for its age. There's like two or three very minor, almost superficial rust spots at the bottom of the front passenger door, and a rust hole the size of a ballpoint pen tip in the firewall near where the hood closes, for the former, doors can be got easily because quite a few generations/models used them, and the latter looks like it has been halted in its tracks.The wheels are 17 inch chasers with 235/55s on the rear and 215/55s on the front, but I do want to go down to 16s, maybe even 15s. He also installed 1 inch lowering blocks on the rear which is why the rear looks so stanced, I'm gonna take those out. It also has an LSD in it as well. I think it's the ford 9 inch end.Disc brakes all around but a bit meh, gonna see if I can get some better pads for them.
>>29138770fuggg, i weep for youi have a medium sized CO2 fire extinguisher in my Lincoln
>>29139672thanks guys. Maybe it's just the time passing, but at the moment it really does feel like a>sad it's gone, but happy I got to experience itsort of thing. As previously mentioned, it had some problems that were frankly kinda killing my motivation for it. But I learnt so much about carbs and generally just classics in general, did way more than I ever thought I'd end up doing.>>29138847>>29139088Before and after pics are finally here.
>>29139900I forgot to say, the bent parts are due to the firefighters forcing it open with the jaws of life. The damage to the rear was entirely avoidable...I had the keys and really I should've ignored the cop telling me to stay away from it for my safety. Could've just given it to the firies myself to pop it open. The trunk latch was destroyed as well, you'd need to weld on a new one because they cut/ripped the part that was welded onto the body.I haven't taken the head unit out yet but hoping it's still okay - it's one of those retro/80s styled continental units. I only paid 100 bucks for it and they're like 3-4 times that brand new.
>>29139672also, may i suggest to you and anyone else that has a classic to get a blazecut. Ironically, I had been eyeing those things for a while but kept putting it off, instead working on the electrical system to make sure a short wouldn't create a fire...It's a couple hundred bucks depending on the length you get, but from their demonstration videos it looks like very cheap insurance. It's a plastic tube of some extinguishing agent that spontaneously releases when the temperature gets hot enough to melt the tube. You could probably run it right near any fuel lines to reduce the amount of time it takes to activate it. I don't know what the chances of reignition are, but seems better than nothing. Fire extinguisher is a must but if you're in a panic the blazecut will do its thing right then and there.
>>29139900RIP...
Did some cathartic painting this weekend.
>>29136494Doc this is heavy
>>29139672What 1911 is that?
>>29139914>i checked - it's actually a Halotron fire extinguisher. I'm reading that they're not available for residential purchase because they're terrible for the environment so it's probably more effective than most.>>29140173Ruger SR1911
>>29140591>halotronoooh interesting. These seem to be readily available to the end consumer, I see a few online shops both in oz and the US that sell them.
>>29140591>>29140732Many different kits available.https://shop.formulamazda.com/products/fire-suppression-system-2024-update
>>29140750buy an ad, ain't nobody installing that
>>29140801that's probably more for those who need something that's SFI certified. Don't think blazecut will pass, even though it's a lot simpler to install and operate.
>>29140801It was just a page Im familiar with that has sone good basic information and was easy to link real quick as I was passing by.
>>29140911it's a tough sell.i don't want to wrench on my car for safety purposes because it's gay. i can just buy a high quality fire extinguisher and shove it in the back seat.what to do if there's an underhood fire:>crack the hood open>discharge halotron through the crackhopefully the displaced O2 is enough to extinguish the fire
>>29140985the blazecut thing would be one step better - you can just zip tie it to the hood or on the inner fender/wheelhouse wherever you think an ignition source will be. Could also use steel zip ties if you're worried about plastic ones melting and dropping the tube.
>>29140985Car is dead>>29138770We also lost an Edsel wagon.Will you be next?
>>29141066i actually thought of you when posting that. I think you posted the pic of it on fire beside the road, RIPIt would've hurt for you even more because as far as I was aware, that wagon was in really good shape. My dodge, not so much. One of the reasons I drove and made it look like the bluesmobile.
>>29141100Edsel anon wasnt me but we all feel his painThat Fucking Sucked.On a related noted I worked with a douchebag trust fund baby and apparently their broker picked the wrong stocks and after the 2008 bubble they lost everything and he had to get a job.Not "a real job" but "the first job at 50 to pay rent".He rolled in to work late one day and pulled up pics of his Range Rover burning up on the side of the freeway.Still had his snakeskin boots on from "the club" when he was rolling home.I laughed my ass off when he showed me the video and didnt even fucking care what he thought.
>>29140591Noice i have a Springfield 1911a1 milspec but I think my designated nova gun, other than my mandatory j-frame in the front pocket, is gonna be my wildly impractical 357 mares leg
>>29141132is that a real gun? looks so smol lol
>>29141147Yupp it’s a 357/38special pictured here next to my 12 gauge. It’s a blast to shoot, I can spin it and do the terminator thing but I never do it loaded.
>>29141122lmao, was it the typical soccer mum range rover? if so, nothing of value was lost
Damn anon I should really thank you, I went home and undid all the sheathing on my fuel hoses and found 3 different standard SAE hoses currently being used on my car, one of which was apparently like fuckin power steering hose or something. God damn miracle my shit hasn’t caught on fire too. Went and ordered the correct gates fuel injection hose for the entire car. I guess at some point I must’ve grabbed the wrong shit from my shelf just thinking it was all 3/8 efi hose. Could’ve burned my house down. Ironically this started as a returnless system and then I ended up doing a regulator and return line too so I think that’s likely when I made the mistake
>>29141581>fuel injection hosethat shit's expensivedoesn't sound like a classic, though
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>>29141178>was it the typical soccer mum range rover?Yes.Dude was an absolute tool.Imagine the iconic creepy guy at the bar in the 70s with an unbuttoned shirt showing off his hairy chest with a giant gold zodiac emblem necklace.That was him.
>>29141602>MSD EFIinteresting. that's quite the ground strap.
