Oh yes, that's a way more relevant place for a can of spray paint!  ... View more

To be honest, I've never been a big fan of the Ford Motorsport letter cams. The 5.0 Mustang magazines at the time always found better aftermarket cams, even found one that idled better than an "E" but made more power. I'd buy a used one for a dirt cheap price, but its gotta be dirt cheap.   Wish I could remember that specific "E-cam vs. others" issue right now!!! I think I saw it in Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords, that was my fav magazine of the genre.  ... View more

This story really spoke to me, as I didn't care for the early-mid 1980s car games but the simulators afterwards really got to me, especially the Test Drive series, Vette!, and the Hard Driving arcade game.    @JimR you bring up a good point, but it'd never have worked for me because my parents woulda grounded me for life if I left the house to go somewhere, anywhere they didn't approve of. And since I knew nobody in any form of motorsports, I was never going to a track. That's why video games have a lot of merit for kids like me. That and car magazines, I guess.    Except I'm not a kid anymore and I do go to race tracks now...but that's not the point.  ... View more

I like the new look of the grill. Is your a 5.0 a roller engine or the earlier one with the flat tappet cam? Not entirely sure (since I didn't do the work) but odds are it's a roller motor from an 87-95 Mustang.  ... View more

Good question, I bet it fits even better in the LTD than it does the Mustang, as these are a coupla inches wider so you have more options for wheels.  ... View more

Yeah but don't worry as I had no intentions of making this meaner looking. Just a better looking sleeper.  ... View more

That's gonna be tough, but check with Green Sales:   http://www.greensalescompany.com/ ... View more

Well said, Rob! Luckily the changes I did are mostly reversible by switching back to silver paint (there are horizontal chrome bars in the grille that I scuffed with sandpaper so the paint would stick) but overall I am blown away with the change in the car's look for only the cost of a can of spray paint.  ... View more

I am using Google Sheets to document the parts I need for my latest restoration project, but it would work the same way to document everything.  Google is great because you can share access and have someone else fill out parts of the spreadsheet concurrently with you.  It also makes it easy to share as most folks can access it via a gmail account.  oh, and it's free.  Just get a Google/Gmail account and you're good to go: https://www.google.com/sheets/about/.  ... View more

They are still a Chrysler in my book, as I doubt Chrysler fans and MB fans spend a whole lot of time together on the Internet. Am I wrong on that?   Oh and here's an article we did on Crossfires (and other cars, admittedly):   https://www.hagerty.com/media/market-trends/future-collectors/ ... View more

Hi and welcome!  You do need service receipts to get the most for your Challenger. One of my bookshelves only has binders fulla receipts for my classic cars. That said if the vehicle is well maintained and everything works like new, people will recognize the quality when they see it and pay you a fair price for it.  It really depends on just how good a condition the vehicle is and an honest description of what works correctly and what does not.  ... View more

Very interesting project! Not knowing much about the GMC straight sixes, I did find GMC's external canister filters that you could install, see this one on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/GMC-Truck-228-236-248-256-270-302-Motor-Oil-Filter-Canister-/373013098471   I know some trucks from that era didn't have a filter, the Citroen HY van in Europe instead had metal mesh near the oil pump that collected junk and it would supposedly release most of it when you changed the oil (provided you got the oil real hot). Of course you had to change the oil far more frequently too, but hey, that's what they did back then.  ... View more

I love it! This is a great project and I wish you the best of luck!  ... View more

From what I've read on the subject, it's a lot of work to make sure the shroud fits on a universal aftermarket radiator and it gets pretty bad if you have an automatic: You gotta run a separate trans cooler as they aren't likely to have the tank for ATF fluid cooling too.   Or you can spend big money for one of these, odds are they are worth it to many folks: https://www.dewitts.com/collections/corvette-aluminum-radiators    Honestly, if it's a stock automatic C3 and you don't take it to racetracks often, I'd either get a factory replacement or support your local radiator shop and let them re-core it.  ... View more

I used to feel that way too, but I learned something living down here in the Gulf Coast: you literally have to tell people to not go outside during a hurricane because they are likely to regret it. And I don't mean it's a case of "well, the hurricane is 50 miles from me so I'm safe" I mean more like "that's not the eye of the storm, that eery calmness means the hurricane is over!"    Granted my parents let me play outside for 20-30 seconds when the eye of Hurricane Alicia hit in 1983, but I'd see kids playing out on the street! Even the local news media now says "Hunker Down" when a storm passes, in hopes that people can easily digest that phrase to respect the impact of a hurricane.    My point: the same reason we made the phrase "hunker down" for hurricanes is why we need to have COVID emergency guidelines. You know better, but plenty of other people will still find a good reason to drink at a bar, ice skate and cough/pant on others, etc. during a spike in COVID infections.    Just my $0.02...which might be $0.026 for my Canadian friends. 🙂   ... View more

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if I bought that from Rock Auto's discounted/clearance section, but still this is the first time I have had a problem with a damaged part coming back into stock.  ... View more

@oldcars I was hoping someone would mention this!  I know you are right, this didn't look like a manufacturing defect, rather a fraudulent return that went back into warehouse stock when it shoulda been discarded.   ... View more

@Pilott I feel you pain, as rebuilt alternators are generally a crapshoot. You can lower the chances of problems by getting a local alternator/starter repair shop to rebuild yours, as they normally test the alternator before delivering it to you AND they are likely to do a better job because they aren't a faceless company (i.e. local businesses have more accountability).   ... View more

Brilliant work @husker_boxster I love seeing this kind of ingenuity, especially on a Porsche product!  ... View more

I do this as much as I can, which was easier in Houston...but then I got a work-from-home gig for Hagerty where I get to interact with you lovely folks.  Now, sadly, I barely drive!  I'll drive a lot more whenever I get a vaccine, but that's a whole 'nother story.    I need to dig up a photo of me with my 1965 LTD. Your XL is bringing back all those great memories!  ... View more

That's a really good point!  It's sometimes hard to trust a rebuilt carb, you gotta make sure everything was done correctly!  ... View more

@ACE_Sonoma I think you are right. We shall see what we can make together!  ... View more

I bet they were, as I have a feeling they all use the same warehouses for parts that won't normally fly off their shelves.  That said, when this part turned out to be a dud, I couldn't wait for RockAuto to ship me a new one so I ordered it from Autozone and got it the next day.  At least the rest of my brake job/restoration was affordable thanks to RA.  ... View more

Starters are certainly heavy, so I can imagine how, um, uncomfortable that moment was for you.  Sorry to hear this, I hope you feel better soon!  ... View more

Good info on the coolant, never considered that, but it totally make sense!  ... View more

Awesome build!  Thank you for sharing, and your daughter is lucky to have such a cool father!  ... View more

That would be awesome.  Take lotsa photos!  Maybe we can partner up and make an article for Hagerty Media together...something like that will be interesting to a LOT of folks.  ... View more