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When I was a kid we had a scrappy old male cat. He took on every dog and cat in the neighborhood just because he could. Even the neighborhood boxers started avoiding him. His ears were all chewed up and I’m sure under that fur he had tons of scars. He was a sweet old cat to the family...

Well, try leaning out the idle mixture and then try richening the mixture to see which one works. Let us know. At closed throttle the idle circuit is the only one operating.

I started rebuilding my own. Bought a bunch of 1/2” brass bushings, found clip, screw and wire reproduction small parts sources and went after it. Unless it’s a rusted mess with a rusted cam they can usually be fixed up to work fine again without much trouble. Of course if the shaft is bad or...

Actually I think popping in the exhaust at idle or coast is a common symptom of a lean mixture, and exhaust leaks could be a contributor. Sometimes just backing the idle mixture screws out a little to richen the mixture can stop or reduce it. Also, check for exhaust leaks. Also a good idea to...

OK, guess I can buy that.

I had just the opposite issue - as good a close friend as I’ve had, from work died of underlying issues and covid complications in early days of the Wuhan Red Death. His wife had unexpectedly passed a couple years before and they had no children. Never got to visit him in the hospital, no...

But the boat isn’t providing lift like a wing. It does seem the pointy end forward might cut drag slightly. Maybe?

When I first read this for some reason my memory jumped to Connie Stevens. She was another cutie who I had a crush on as a little kid. Took me a minute to get my bearings back on Connie Francis. RIP

It would be interesting to see a picture of this. Did the shoulder belt have a retractor on it or when unfastened did all the strap just lie loose on the console and seat?

Apparently he didn’t know most of the General Lees jumped on Dukes of Hazard had trunks loaded with concrete.

I believe those have been discontinued now and are being retooled to go back to the Hemi. So it may be a bit of a rarity in the future. Not my cup of tea but hope you enjoy it.

I’ve been using 91 no-ethanol in my old cars for a couple of years now and tuned them all with shortened advance curves to keep base timing up while cutting back max timing a degree or two. They do just fine, even my Vette with 12:1 compression and 256/266 cam, although it does have L88 heads...

I read that there are 2 different size ball joints used but I’m not sure if they are talking about the socket size or the thread diameter (or both). I’ll get you back to the top anyway.

Not sure I’m following you, but none of my 4 old cars have anti-lock brakes so it’s kind of a non-issue for me. Works great in my 2 MY66 cars.

To be clearer, your old 3rd is re-geared through the countershaft to be an overdrive (not 1:1) and becomes your 4th gear in the “H” pattern by installing the transmission lever upside down. The old 4th gear is direct and is impossible to re-gear so it now becomes your new 1:1, 3rd gear, again...