Hideously ugly. ... View more

...landing an Alitalia 747 in Hamtramck would be quite a trick, and sure to throw the locals into a quite a panic! To clarify, these specially equipped 747's could carry 56 Allante' bodies each, and they were flown into Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus, MI (Detroit's main airport, a.k.a. DTW) - they unloaded in a very visible area. I remember coming-in from various business flights, and seeing one of these unloading - all those beautiful Pininfarina bodies in different colors - as I went to my car in the "Big Blue" parking deck. I was working for Car and Driver, and Road & Track at the time (owned by the same publishing company), and had one of the 1990 4.5 L engined ones (in red, of course) - for a couple of weeks - it had good power for its time, and what a luxurious, sports tourer it was - particularly with the top down! ... View more

Had a 69 and 71 LTD with cloth seats. People said it was like riding on the living room couch.Very nice. ... View more

Hey, the guy was overcharged $320.71 in NC sales tax! No sales tax is due when the vehicle is sent outside the state! ... View more

My advise: any car 20 years or older should be investigated as to what troubles that particular model encountered over the years and some spares should be carried on trips especially the parts that are known wto be subject to frequent failure but more so parts that might fail but are not stocked every where of course one cannot have everything that might go wrong but some things are good to have good example: on 30s 40s and 50s cars fuelpumps would often fail ( They were well made but the diaphragm material would just give out) and it was common to carry a spare Fuel pump ( and a few tools) ... View more

Jack, I think you are overlooking the difference in finances between those whose race a Micra or Spec Miata and those who race Ferraris and Porsches. I bet many of these racers have a greater percentage of the family income tied up in their Micra or Miata than others have in their Ferrari/Porsche. The "cheaper" class racers have just as much to lose from a collision as the higher dollar racers do. ... View more

Attention Hagerty, We NEED a thumbs down button ASAP!!! ... View more

I just checked Mallory's website. The Unilite distributors require a full 12v at idle. Much like the pertronix, you need to lose the ballast resistor, or bypass the resistor wire. The resistor wire has a thin strand of wire for a reason. It lets 12v through at startup, but as the voltage continues to flow through that thin wire heats up and creates more resistance (resistance creates heat in an electrical circuit) so that the points don't burn up. My suggestion would be to install a Pertronix 12v relay which will supply a constant 12v, or go with Rocketman's relay setup which will allow you to also have a valet setting on it as well. If you go with the relay, don't cut a bunch of length off of the resistor wire. This way if you go back to a points system, you can just disconnect it and go back to the factory setup. ... View more

Hey, dreaming feeds the innovation that feeds progress. Nothing wrong with dreaming. It's completely off topic, but what if the young Jimi Hendrix, Les Paul, or Eddie Van Halen didn't have a dream and follow it? I know MY guitar playing would suffer from it from having a bar that wasn't set quite so high for everyone else that followed. ... View more

You got a point.  That's a tough line to walk when you write for Hagerty and your focus generally is vehicles much older than a '99 Silverado.  ... View more

Forgot the Chevy 454 and the 400 also used in Pontiac firebird ... View more

Turquoise or Blue were dominate colors of the 50s. Not so much in the 60s. Seemed rather daring for these models, given the quirkness of the design. Did the manufacturers think, what the hell - what do we have to lose? ... View more

Well, I made the tool and it fits just fine. After I finish refurbishing the urethane front bumper I'll get started on the timing belt change. ... View more

ford in 1957 sold more cars than chevy but there are far more chevys left .ford used garbage steel from france to save money ... View more

Great piece Kyle. I have a 36 Chevy, a 66 Cutlass Convertible, a 66 Ford Econoline Van and my daily, an '06 Magnum SRT8. Took the Chevy all the way on the Hot Rod Power Tour last year. The Cutlass is a 75% completed project. The Econo was sitting next to a guy's garage on the side of the road for at least three years. It needed a new home. My wife let me bring it home. It was showing it's 50+ years, but apparently somewhere in it's past it had run. One tire blew out on the way home and the tow truck driver had turn the van around and pull from the opposite direction. Time and money . . . the car sat with a little work here and there until after A LOT of work, it finally fired up, and after a little more work actually idled pretty well. Happy days! Air high fives! But then there was that clacking valve. Off came the valve cover. It looked surprisingly good under there, expect for the one rocker that was not quite right and it's pushrod that was not as perfectly as straight as it should be. Now the head has to come off (it's a Ford 300). I wrench on . . . ... View more

1.  Using chocks in front and back of all tires is also a good idea. 2.  Weaving your straps back through the buckle is a good safe way to prevent the                 straps  from ever slipping.  This is something my son, who is a trucker, showed me. 3,  When inspecting your trailer and tow vehicle, make absolutely sure your hitch is the          same size  as the tow ball.  Failing to do this could end in a catastrophe you don't            want to even think about. 5.  Make sure your trailer safety straps are correctly attached to your tow vehicle. You have a lot of really great tips with good  photos. ... View more

Good article. However, I will disagree with the comments made about the effect of toe in, or toe out. Certainly toe needs to be close to zero in all applications. But toe out is often used by autocrossers to make the car turn in slightly faster. This is at the expense of the straight line stability that slight toe in supplies.  One thing not mentioned regarding caster, is that positive caster will cause the camber to go more negative as the wheel is turned further away from the straight ahead position, also beneficial for autocrossing.   ... View more

Great story. My dad traded his 19?? European Beetle for a 63 Corvair. I wish I had that vehicle now.   ... View more

Hello, is M&R salvage still in business? I would love to check it out.  ... View more

I was pretty fresh out of vocational school for auto mechanics back in '78 when I started working on co-workers cars.  This one car had a weird sound that I couldn't determine what it was.  I went to an old-school mechanic friend of mine.  He took a length of heater hose and put one end to his ear and started listening around the engine for the source.  Within a very short period of time he determined that the spacer block between the intake manifold and the carburetor had a leak in it.  Sure enough.  I went into town, bought a new one, slapped in on and it solved the problem.  I was so impressed that he diagnosed it so quickly with such a "crude" tool.  To be "book smart" is one thing but to have real-world knowledge is even better! ... View more

When you hit the reply button (not the quick reply) do you see the screen below and the camera icon?  That's how we can see your Jaguar!    ... View more

My neighbor had one of these growing up, he was about 16 when he got it used and he never quite got it working right. I think it had some issues from the get-go when he picked it up, and I always wished he managed to nurse it back to health because it hurt to see such a cool car always parked in the same spot! ... View more

had no idea. Thanks !  Found one on ebay for $20.00     PN 3B5857806 ... View more

I bought a '90 IROC-Z convertible in 1996.  I was in Atlanta, and the car's owner had just moved in from New York.  Too much daily-driver dirt for me, and I set about to do a detail job.  Long story short, the task included 8 hours under the hood with a toothbrush.  The nice thing was - once done properly, it was easier to keep it that way.  It looked so nice in that Bright Blue Metallic, I ended up taking it to local car shows, and all the work paid off with several trophies.  ... View more