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Looks like the tire has been driven on when flat. There may be internal liner damage.
Would be good for display purposes only.
50 year old tires of any condition should only be used for display purposes to be safe.
High Temp RTV or any one of many exhaust sealants on the market.
Just check on line or EBay or Amazon.
The headers will need to be sand or bead blasted before priming.
Perfect prep and breakin are required for the VHT paint to cure and not rust.
You actual driving style and type really affects parts choice.
A drag car is pedal down.
Normal city highways driving is much different
D/P carb is really not needed on the street.
If your driving is mainly around town, A rear gear change gives you the most bang for the buck and seat of the...
Excellent work. I would use bonded lining though,Riveted pads and shoes will crack at the rivet holes.
Just make sure that the pins are lubricated with a silicon type grease.
Quality pads and shoes are always bonded, never riveted.
Clean the rotors with some brake clean on a clean rag so any...
It is absolutely true that gaskets are not required when the surfaces are of the same material , surfaces are true, and the temperatures are the same. Most manufacturers have not used exhaust gasket for many years because of the condition of the mating surfaces when new.
Gaskets are used to...
Use a floor jack with a thick piece of carpet between the jack head and the bottom of the door.
Have a partner there to give you an extra set of hands to support ter door.
Remove the body side hinge bolts and mark the holes as you remove each bolt.
This gives you something to realign the...
Rear disc conversions are really more eye candy than function.
Front brakes do approx 80% of the braking. Only advantage of rear disc is driving in floods or road racing with constant brake use that will heat up the rotors in which case you should be using upgraded rotors pads and calipers...
The large washer bolts are installed on the inside/outside areas covering the non threaded, square holes.
These had a weathertight, sealant under the washer, on some cars looking like foam on some others rubber. This helps to seals the kick panel areas against water entering from the outside...
There have been Readers Digest stories of some people who have fallen out of airplanes and lived too.
Point is, Just because someone lucked out and did something with their car that was never intended to be done and got away with it. Not a good recommendation to do something.
As said before...
Tires are all sized metric not inches.
The first number of a tire size is the section width, or the widest part of the sidewall bulge. Nothing to do with tread width. a 205 sized tire is 205mm thru the section.
The next number, 60/70/ what ever is the aspect ratio or the height to width ratio...
You might sell the car someday.
And how would you feel if the guy selling it to you said. "I cut the axle by accident when I was replacing he bearings, but don't worry. Most of the guys on the website said it is no problem."
Cheap insurance and the right thing to do. You can buy new axles...