I had a white 87 Buick century that I got for $300. Great car, it had just seen better days body wise. The headliner came down, and i couldn't see paying nearly the purchase price of the car to replace it, so i got some grey spray paint (interior was grey) and sprayed the foam fuzz left behind from the headliner grey. unless you looked directly up (which no-one ever does) it was indistinguishable from a normal headliner ... View more

My neighbor's buddy (retired - fixed income) wrecked his truck and pretty much flattened everything from the bumper up to the first major crossmember. after a lot of debate about heating and straightening and so forth, i finally said why don't we just cut the front of the frame off and weld on a donor?   not the most elegant repair in the world, but 500 bucks later and he was back on the road ... View more

Most of the folks I know start talking about bypassing cats when it comes time to replace them... due to the relative cost compared to the rest of the exhaust system. The cost of the cat is easily half of the price of a new exhaust The problem with cats and older cars, as indicated by some of the other responses, is that if you do not have optimum mixture, it will cause performance robbing backpressure Its nice to know that a well tuned modern motor can make 700 hp on cats, but I won't be putting them on my carbureted 454 vette any time soon ... View more

My 91 Allante I love the car, but it is loaded with 20 year old electronic gadgets and Allante-only parts   Want list: Jensen Interceptor iii ... View more