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

Not knowing the model and current pricing for that vintage Ferrari my guess is that its got to be getting pretty rare=expensive most owners of domestic vintage cars want as much history as possible i can not see any reason why a fella would spend 250K on a unrestored and not be doing a complete resto and any prior documentation would be gold to me anyway I agree its worth something its history that should not be lost.Cheers R  ... View more

Never going back to normal. Wish it were otherwise. ... View more

I love these cars and the 49-50 Mercury. I just don't have any more room. ... View more

Yeah, the Skynyrd album is at the Jonesboro train depot.  ... 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

Someone once told me there was a bunch of Falcon parts under my '67 Mustang. I couldn't find a single box of them. 😂 ... View more

Nader used the Corvair as a platform for whatever gripe he had with GM. He was the soundbite sensationalist before there was such a thing.  ... View more

We sell these at work. The whole idea is to have the Carbon look.    I suspect other colors will follow as we get complaints from customers when the anodizing comes off the rotor surface after a few stops.    Right now the treated rotors like the ones on the new GM cars have been great. No rust and they are chemically treated to be harder. My Canyon rotors are 3 years old and never any rust.    I just wish they had them for more applications.  ... View more

We bought a Cherokee sport I-6 for my oldest son for his high school graduation. He sold it a few years ago and has withdrawal pains every day. It was fantastic!! I think it was a 1996. ... View more

My current truck's name is Twomater. It's a play on the Disney Cars movie character Towmater. Long story short, I bought an old truck and named it Mater. I then rebuilt that truck (used 4 trucks to make 1). It didn't seem right to keep the same name so that's why the "Two" was added. ... View more

Shout out for Summit Racing in Ohio, many times order a part by 9:00 at night and it is there within a day and a half. A couple times got it by next day here in Western New York. ... View more

Hey pard, I think the Elkies and Ranchero's were and still are under estimated. Maybe not from the factory, but if they are set up right they can haul everything from toilets, plumbing and the body parts that fit on them  (A--)! They also look cool while doing it. ... View more

Well said Guitar74. I replied in an earlier post that we would recover but every day I get more and more worried if we ever will. I want to believe that our hobby / craft will survive and that people will wake up and see that our freedom to enjoy things as simple as cars, driving and cheap fuel / energy can be taken away. Hang in there. I am replying to so many topics that I can't keep up with all of them. Is there a way to categorize our conversations? ... View more

Can't remember if I replied to this post, but thanks for the compliments. She and I are both very proud of her Falcon. Sometimes I wish she'd let me modify it but she is adamant about leaving it stock.  ... View more

Merry Christmas to all, and I thank you for being a user of the Hagerty Community!  ... View more

Thanks! Hoist em' up and enjoy! ... View more

Thank you, sir. ... View more

I am so sorry to hear that you never received your hat. I am going to email you directly, and we'll get to the bottom of this. Thank you for your patience.  ... View more

I have really enjoyed visiting this post. Brings back allot (66 yrs). of good memories. There are so many songs about cars and gear heads and it's hard to pick out the best lyric from them. Another one for me would be  from the band FRONT COUNTRY " Baby come on let's go..... if something breaks we'll fix it on the road..... and fight about it..... on the way home.....She runs hot and she runs cold....It aint perfect Lord knows....,but if something breaks...... we can fix it on the road."     ... View more

Hey Yall. Turns out the main jet was the problem after all. And I do mean after ALL. I shoulda trusted my first instincts. I didn't have an assortment of jets to choose from, and the work shop manual didn't offer any definite advice. The original carb had a stutter at idle and a stall on initial take off that lead me to replacing it. (Trust your first instincts). I removed the new carb and after a total cleaning and re-calibrating the float on the original, it's good as new. The new carb did not have any indication of the jet size. The original carb main jet was stamped with the number 64. I thought about swapping the jets but decided to just clean and rebuild the original carb. (Autolite 1100 ??). Anyway....just wanted to touch base and brag on my new carburetor skills!! We both appreciate the kind words and encouragement.  ... View more

Anytime I am behind the wheel.  Yes I even love the winter driving if it is RWD. The deeper the snow the better as it keeps the amateurs off the roads.  RWD good tires and limited slip and no electronic aids are the way to go.  Any years in my RWD trucks I just steered with the throttle.  I was drifting long before it was a sport.  Today cars just prevent you from really leaving car control and many today have never mastered the skill of a controlled skid or slide. ... View more

Don't know the HP but as far as bikes I'll have to say my 2009 Yamaha 1600 Road Star.  Stripped down version.  Thought about getting the Speed Star options but didn't see any good reason. It aint a HOG but it gets the job done.  ... View more

I love it. Kids love to get their hands on stuff. Dad let me shift the four speed in his '57 Bel Air, and his '69 Superbee when I rode with him. I don't remember this because I was too young, but Dad tells me this story all the time. He's at a stoplight in his '57. Mom and I are beside him on the bench seat. This Chevelle SS 396 pulls up next to him and blips the throttle and Dad obliges. The light turns green and they launch. Mom is yelling, "Slow Down!" I am jumping up and down on the seat yelling, "Go, Dad! Go!" He said I was maybe two or three. I don't remember the race, but I remember the car. Dad gets a big belly laugh talking about it even now.   I asked Mom about it a couple of years ago, and she told me the same story. She also said that he burnt the Chevelle by quite a bit by the time he hit the next traffic light. Dad always said he felt like a hero with his little boy next to him yelling , "Go Dad! Go!" ... View more

Great post Larry3. I can't remember that far back but I think I've always been hooked. In 61 I was 7. All the cars I'd ever been close enough to touch were classics. The only customs I remember back then were in magazines. I think that was when I got bit. Grandpaw always upgraded every other year with a new Falcon. Momma and Daddy got his left overs. latter on I got one of em and attempted to customize it. Nothing fancy. Couldn't afford much from pumping gas at the local AAA station. Rims, and fuzzy dice is as far as I could get. I still have Falcons to this day. Oh how I wish we had kept them all!  ... View more

I had a LeBra on my 88 Mustang GT - and I agree with your assessment!    A friend had a "Car Phoney" complete with the fake antenna.  It was so real that I once picked up the handset to make a call.   I hope that some day in the near future, the 'donk' dies. I have an 85 Monte Carlo, and I see a lot of G-bodies in my area that are riding on 24 or 26 inch rims and they look like jacked up trucks.  To each their own, but those are horrendous looking IMHO. ... View more

Hang in there SamAdamsPaleAle, I'm with Sajeev on his advice. If you are near a dealership, anything they will let you do, go for it. I think that's how Leno started. Actually I think his favorite is the 1963 Falcon Sprint. However..stay in school and study math, science, mechanical drawing and SHOP.!! You will never regret it. I understand the lure of the British, Japanese, European cars. Been there, done that and still have a couple of em. (MGA's). I cut my teeth on early ford falcons and still got a couple of them also (1963 futura convertible and a 1964 Futura two door hard top. They are really great cars. Also the early (60-65) Ranchero's would make a good all around ride. Above all be patient. I would advise to start with something that's mostly all there and running. Also take into consideration the availability and cost of parts. Did I mention Falcons? lol   ... View more

I never was capable of a resurrection and father time has given me a 2 hour work limit with a days rest in between.So for me Im the third owner of original 59 VW transporter and a 69 Jeepster Commando,both with about 100K on the clock.All I have to do is keep them up,thats in my wheelhouse.My 'new' car is a 98 Lexus LS400.A simple alternator/power steering pump became an 18 day adventure when I stripped the blankety blank left hand thread on the serpentine idler pulley,meaning the front of engine required a teardown.Why Im a buy the best you can guy and why the newest joke on any auto repair in my family is "Do you have an 18 day block of time scheduled out" ?LOL!! ... View more

Panty Hose??? Good to see you're back Rip Van Winkle!  🙂 ... View more