Recent content by JonR

Double Yuk. I used to watch Mecum and B&J a LOT 20 years ago. For me, today's auctions are completely unwatchable. You almost never see an unmolested restoration. I just can't stand the endless parade of restomods. I still give B&J in January a try but I can't stomach it for more than a few...

I had that engine back in the 70s and 80s in my previous 66 Coronet. It was 5 quarts with a filter.

Just to clarify.....I tried 1/4" NPT fittings first which led to the sensors bumping each other in the tee, then I moved up to 3/8" NPT fittings which physically worked but created a rather ugly mess and, more importantly, did not bathe the sensors in coolant properly.

I thought the same thing on mine. I was trying to use a nipple plus a tee out of the head. Did not work for two reasons, 1) the two sensors were too long and met in the middle of the tee before getting tight, and 2) the water would never really get up through that contraption to put the...

I have the Slant Six with a standard looking water outlet containing the thermostat. I drilled and tapped a hole into the water outlet for my second sensor. The water outlet had room for the sensor to stick in there. Now I have the dashboard temp gauge in the head before the thermostat and...

Man these are nice!! It takes very little to mess up that brushed aluminum - be careful. I had these on the 66 Coronet I owned from 1974 - 1983.

8 years old in third grade but already fascinated with cars and helping Dad work on them. We had a 1958 Edsel Ranger 4-door sedan. My uncle had just purchased a new 1963 Dodge Polara. I thought that was a beautiful car! I loved the Edsel too

REALLY nice Coronet!! I thought my original survivor looked excellent but yours is a step above!! I really need to change to those nice full wheel covers.

We used Sigma Kore for my wife's Mini. They HAD 3 or 4 locations including here in Myrtle Beach. Unfortunately, there must be business problems as the MB location is now closed up with no warning. I am attempting to get them to honor the 6 year warranty with that includes annual inspections...

My wife had her one year old Mini Cooper convertible ceramic coated in November 2024, just the outside. It cost $1000 plus $200 for swirl mark paint repair prep. It's been 11 months now and I am very impressed with the shine and durability - and it sits outside here in sunny/salty SC all the time.

Oh, I also have roadside assistance!

I know my Dad always carried a small floor jack which was very useful. For my 66 Dodge all I have is the bumper jack but then I won't be changing the tire because the spare is the original from 1966 in the trunk!

I was just very slow and very careful smoothing my MC to not get any grit in the fluid - very slow process.

I tried to smooth out the master cylinder mating surface for the cap. It needs to be very smooth and clean even with a good gasket.

I had the same thing with my 66 pot. I always thought it was from a fitting or that bottom boss. Finally it had to be that the cap was weeping slowly down the sides. I sprayed the pot with brake clean to get it perfectly dry and eventually saw the very slow weeping. I cut a new gasket for...