I also have to add that the top needs to be CLEAN...and I mean really CLEAN...Wash the top and completely dry it...next VACUUM the top....inside and outside...I recommend using an SV-DBSD1 ANTISTATIC BRUSH which was designed to clean toner powder from XEROX machines .......No one ever thinks about the INSIDE of the convertible top....next go over the whole top...both inside and out with a LINT ROLLER..cheap one from the dollar store works great.... ... View more

I put the top down for a whole year on my convertibles. I slowly lower it and stopping before it is in the well to carefully remove any bunched top material and flatten it out to fold down evenly, also placing microfiber towels between the folds. I do this with both vinyl and cloth tops. When I raise them....I make sure they are warm...70+ degrees...outside in the sun is great. I DO NOT fix them to the header (windshield) until the are nice and warm and will seat without too much force which may take several hours. Doing this for 25 years and NO ill effects on the tops. ... View more

I also have to add that the top needs to be CLEAN...and I mean really CLEAN...Wash the top and completely dry it...next VACUUM the top....inside and outside...I recommend using an SV-DBSD1 ANTISTATIC BRUSH which was designed to clean toner powder from XEROX machines .......No one ever thinks about the INSIDE of the convertible top....next go over the whole top...both inside and out with a LINT ROLLER..cheap one from the dollar store works great.... ... View more

I put the top down for a whole year on my convertibles. I slowly lower it and stopping before it is in the well to carefully remove any bunched top material and flatten it out to fold down evenly, also placing microfiber towels between the folds. I do this with both vinyl and cloth tops. When I raise them....I make sure they are warm...70+ degrees...outside in the sun is great. I DO NOT fix them to the header (windshield) until the are nice and warm and will seat without too much force which may take several hours. Doing this for 25 years and NO ill effects on the tops. ... View more

I still have the original sales literature and it does show a funeral coach ... View more

Airsteam also built an ambulance version on the same chassis as the shuttle transport. The Fire Department I worked for ordered 2 Airstream ambulances. I remember going to the factory to view the construction and they were being built along side the shuttle transport. ... View more

In September 2011, three NASA investigators claimed that the tin whiskers they identified on the Accelerator Position Sensors of sampled models of Toyota Camry could contribute to the "stuck accelerator" crashes affecting certain Toyota models during 2005–2010 ... View more

You hit the problem...ELECTRONICS...the problem is TIN WHISKERS....which are not dependent on the old adage of vehicle mileage but rather pure age. You can a a very low mile car and still suffer the problem of tin whisker....you even get it with NOS parts that are sitting on the shelf and have never been in a car. ... View more

Simple answer...THEY ARE JUNK!!!! ... View more

Another consideration is the rear loading door/ramp on enclosed trailers. Make sure that the door/ramp can handle the weight of the vehicle your are loading into it. I had ordered an enclosed trailer from a MAJOR trailer manufacture to haul a museum piece fire truck...14K slipper springs on a 14K chassis. The manufacture assured me that the door/ramp was more than capable of handling the 10K truck...long story short...NOPE...it bent into a u shape the first time....and the manufacturer would not fix it....had to have a new stronger one fabricated. ... View more

Have a non contact infra red thermometer with you to check the temperature of the wheel bearings. It is an excellent, and cheap, tool to determine if you have a dragging brake or a HOT bearing. Also I always recommend to boaters to check the temperature of the bearing before launching the boat. Nothing is worse for the bearing than to submerse them in cold water. That rapid cool down draws water past the seal and in the bearing area which leads to water contamination of the grease and rust in the bearing. ... View more

Must have a readable Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) plate...Had my trailer impounded because the data plate was non readable by Pa trooper in a safety check coming back from Carlisle on the PA pike. Get one that is engraved...not the cheap ones the OEM use which is just printed and after a few years in the sun is non readable...also the oem always seems to locate them on the tongue which gets battered by road debris..... and have 2 of them..just in case ... View more

Forgot the BIG ONE which was used by all 3 of the automakers....SUBURBAN....Used by FORD, DeSoto...remember the Cunningham's car in Happy Days....Plymouth...first used in 1949 for their ALL METAL station wagon...and of course...CHEVROLET which is still using it today. Now a little Paul Harvey flashback and the rest of the story...The reason that all 3 were able to use it was because the name was owned by the BRIGGS Body Company and all three companies had procured bodies from BRIGGS in the early years thus grandfathering in the name to be used in latter years...GOOD DAY ... View more

I remember an episode of the ELLEN show where they were lampooning the cult like following of the car ... the gatherings which people flocked to in droves to the "birth place" of their car ... View more

I have since done some investigation into these seats and I came across a restorer of fiberglass boats. He states these seats are from a 1957 and latter boat. I also ran it by my upholsterer and she says that the orange yellow foam visible  on the seats was not available in 1952, it would be waste cotton bat and or horse hair filling in 1952-53. The sponge rubber was not invented till 1952 and did not become commercially available till 1956. ... View more

looks like my comment was deleted ... View more

Since the cars were not built by GM but rather a company named Molded Fiberglass of Ashtabula Ohio....I think they should be able to verify the claim. They also built the Avanti bodies too ... View more