DAMN!!!!  331.5 MPH while getting pushed sideways by a cross wind...  DAMN!!!!   What a car and What a driver! ... View more

I love the story!  Now this is what I call a Rustification!  Restoration for cars that are too far gone to take back to factory, so just make it safe and reliable (or some semblance of that) and drive it for the fun that it was originally intended.  MOPAR guys from the 70's and 80's will understand what I'm talking about.  Sure that's a swipe at Chrysler fans, but they're used to it and it might generate more feedback on this story.  🙂    This is sort of Rat Rodding for the European crowd.  I dig it.  Hope it becomes a trend.  it gets more people working on cars and having fun with cars.  It might start a whole new movement, like Billet Proof, or The Race Of Gentlemen for the old style hot rod crowd.  Not sure what to call it, but it could be interesting.  There could, eventually, be Concours events, like Concours d'lemons, but more on car labor involved.  It might even sprout it's own online magazine... Eurotrash Chronicles or something along that line.  The possibilities are out there.  🙂 When working on such a project; I like to recall the wise words of Red Green:  "Any tool can be used as as hammer..."   Now, I need to get back to my buddy's '63 Chevy II hulk, that needs to be running for back to the 50's next Spring.  Weld on! ... View more

Nice bike.  Now tell us about the Hot Rod in the garage pic and the Sports car next to it.  🙂   ... View more

I've installed a lot of Pertronix kits and a number of their distributors over the last ten years.  Their stuff is top notch.  I've also had excellent luck with the Crane XRi kits.  One thing I will point out for those who haven't done this type of conversion is grounding.   Having good body and engine grounds is ESSENTIAL for these systems to work properly.  I know this from personal experience.  Oh sure, the stock grounds are probably adequate, but sometimes they are not.  These systems are very sensitive to good grounds.  When I do either a complete distributor or just a replacement kit, I always double check and sometimes add another ground between the firewall and engine and the battery and engine block.  An extra between the body and frame isn't a bad idea either. It can eliminate some headaches and even a Mea Culpa to the Tech Service guy who suggested the inadequate ground to begin with.  🙂 🙂 🙂 ... View more

I NEED that!!!!!  Put headlights, tail lights and turn signals on it and go t the Optima Street Car Challenge!  Now that would be fun.  What a track day car.  🙂 🙂 🙂   Ear to ear grin on every shift.  Don't think I'd stop smiling for a week. ... View more

Huge fan of the Joe Isuzu commercials!  They made me want to buy an Isuzu.  Way too funny. Not a fan of the Chevy Real People ads either.  Loved Crocodile Dundee selling Subaru's.   ... View more

I'd say it's time for a supercharger and/or Nitrous oxide and figure out just how many pieces you can break the crankshaft into.  🙂   Oh, just kidding.  Since it's a more desirable '68 model I'd rebuild it with a little more cam and maybe good aftermarket heads and a bigger radiator.  The new combination will create more heat and Corvettes don't have the best cooling to start with. ... View more

One more thought guys:   Why the electric fuel pump?  The Ford mechanical fuel pump is excellent.  It could be the volume of fuel, from the electric pump, is too small for heavy load applications.  Where is it located?  Most electric fuel pumps have very low vacuum, so they need to be as close to the tank as possible, preferably with gravity feeding the pump.  If the pump is under hood, then it's having to draw fuel from the rear of the car to the front and may not have enough vacuum to do that under high load situations.  It could even be the alternator or battery is getting compromised and, again under high load conditions, the battery voltage is falling down enough that it affects the electric fuel pump. ... View more

Good day gents:   Does the engine have the original points type ignition or an  upgraded electronic one like the Pertronix Ignitor series of drop in ignitions?  If it already had the Pertronix in it, you don't need a ballast resistor or resistor wire (GM used a resistor wire) in the circuit.  If you're still using the old points type ignition, I'd double check or possibly change out the condenser.  I believe the coil should have about 1.5 ohms of internal resistance, maybe a bit more, but too much would also cause that problem. ... View more

In a previous Post Script it was asked:     "whatever happened to Naugahyde?"  I heard, some years ago, there was a serious push back by some people; who found the Farming, or Ranching of Naugahyde birds to be environmentally destructive and those who were farming the birds were shamed into allowing all their animals to go free and get eaten by foxes and coyotes.  🙂    I also heard a California District Court found the Naugahyde's to be Sentient, much like the Emu and therefore couldn't be harvested anymore.   There was also a third story, about a bird flu, ( SARS-N, I believe) that ravaged all the Naugahyde flocks and nearly destroyed all the Naugahyde bird population, so there aren't enough left to make a viable product anymore. What?  No, I don't know any of it, i'm just saying what I've heard, kinda like most of the talking heads on the ..........  We're sorry this diatribe was getting too close to a truth that we aren't willing to admit yet.  __ Them   ... View more

That's funny right there I tell you what...  🙂 I'm with GThielen, and JLM.  I can cross off needing to own an RV.  Thank you for the public Service.  🙂         ... View more

Here, Here; and Harrumph!  Excellent article, sir.  Particularly the last paragraph.  I can't afford a new truck, but I do own two older trucks that come in handy all the time.  I'm a Suburban dweller, but much more of a country mouse, than a city mouse.  I lived in the city, in my younger years and never could get comfortable with the neighbors house being so close to mine.  So, I have a nice house, in the Suburbs that has a large building on the property where I build and maintenance my hot rods and trucks and other people's also.  Gotta help your friends when you can. I am a member of the 'red tribe' but I've always felt (like much of my red tribe brethren) live and let live is a good way of life.  I just wish more of the 'blue tribe' (including members of my family) could understand that.   ... View more

Rob, Rob, Rob...     You shoulda bought it!  Who cares if it only lasts a year.  That year would've given you a lifetimes worth of memories.  Much like that smokin' hot young lady at the Honky Tonk.  I'm not a fan of the C3 vette either, but I agree that has "it".  Those stripes remind me of the Baldwin Motion corvettes.  Very Gooovy baby, YEAH!   ... View more

Dan Gurney for President... ?  Yes, I need one of those.  Getrag...  Yes I owned a Chevy truch that had s Getrag 5-speed in it...  Weber, Castrol, Hesketh...  Yes, yes, yes... OK, I'm in; and Obsessed.  Damn Covid!  🙂   ... View more

I vote for the oversize MINI.  🙂   Especially an early version.  That would be really cool.  I'd power it by a Olds Toronado front drive like the old GMC motorhomes.   ... View more

I think it's a great idea.  You didn't get radio silence, because they saw it just as it was intended...  for entertainment purposes.  It might have been even better if you had worked in your hope for a rejection letter so you could enter the rejected class at Concours d'Lemons.  Now that would've made me laugh out loud if I was working for the Pebble beach show.  In the end we're all car people.  It's good to have a laugh.  🙂 ... View more

Now, there was a MAN! ... View more

Yawn.  Well executed builds, but the colors leave a great deal to be desired.  It feels a lot like the colors were chosen simply for the purpose of showing how bad color choices interact with one another. ... View more