About llawrence9

llawrence9 · ‎23-03-2021

The third picture shows the tire trying to come off the rim. Did the rim make contact with the pavement and dig in?

llawrence9 · ‎16-03-2021

I remember when BMW used a serifed type.

llawrence9 · ‎15-03-2021

You will find people at car shows or even parking lots who will want to buy your ride and just throw money at you. You ask them if they have a tech background, a garage or tools. Three nos follow. I state the car really isn't for you. They say they still want it. I have to develop a more larcenous heart.

llawrence9 · ‎15-03-2021

Nice story to start the week with. Best of luck with it and and when do we get to see a recent timing slip?

llawrence9 · ‎13-03-2021

A 300 6 is heavier than a 302 and I do not believe any six bigger than the 250 was in a mustang, but I would like to be proved wrong.

llawrence9 · ‎04-03-2021

These cars at these prices are like buying artwork. And good for you if you have the means to go rally with them. Meanwhile crank up the eight track and listen to Sir Mixalot's "My Hoopty" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIPr4UyiZGE

llawrence9 · ‎01-03-2021

There is an Aerostar sitting in front of a garage with one flat tire up the road from me. For at least five years. After this read I believe it is best for me to let it rust in peace.

llawrence9 · ‎25-02-2021

Looks like a Freightliner (owned by Mercedes) front end.

llawrence9 · ‎25-02-2021

Could someone be good enough to identify the cars in the photos, and perhaps the dates? I remember reading the Ford gave him an engine, or is my memory incorrect?

llawrence9 · ‎24-02-2021

Whippersnappers both. A Tempest whupped the lot of Ferraris, Porsches and such. 1963 Pontiac LeMans Wins the 1963 NASCAR Challenge Cup Where It All Began. Featured in Hot Rod Magazine. What did Mercedes do with the Tempest? There is a story for you.

llawrence9 · ‎23-02-2021

Dear Juan Venudio. Do you want the Chinese, Japanese, Indians, South Koreans and Europeans to pick your carcass clean? If they have a good supply line, and have repairable reliable equipment, it will trump a $200,00 piece sitting in a field waiting for a service call. As the sayings goes, "Will that dog hunt".

llawrence9 · ‎23-02-2021

That the states even allowed us to license those things as road legal was amazing. 65 MPH was quite something. Seat belts, working lights, mud flaps in the rear. horn, and brake inspection. The amount of frame flex without a roll cage setup was off the charts. High tech was a split emergency brake activating just one wheel. I had a knock off that took a type 3 engine. If you didn't have a top kit it got old quick in September. No heat or defrost. One of the few vehicles that would come out a loser in a head on with a Fiat 600. You would get stopped by cops in the neighborhood while test riding it and you would to go back home with a stern don't do it again. Lift one to you Bruce, you brought a whole lot of joy to the world.

llawrence9 · ‎20-02-2021

Studebaker Land Cruiser and Toyota Land Cruiser.

llawrence9 · ‎18-02-2021

There is a reason they got little air play.

llawrence9 · ‎16-02-2021

Had a delivery driver return in an Impala wagon. Front end was bouncing up and down. Loose lug nus had sheared 4 of the five studs and the wheel had cut into the hub of the drum. "Danny, you been drinking a bit"? Got an Econoline pickup back from a Md inspection station. . Driving down the road on bad tags the rear end starts a fierce wobble. Both rear wheels ready to come off. Checked all four wheels.

llawrence9 · ‎13-02-2021

70mph in third gear is north of 7000 rpm. Neat trick without grenading it. 70 in fourth with that much frontal area would be special. I've had a bunch of type 2's

llawrence9 · ‎13-02-2021

155K puts this above the level of the unwashed. It will be a company leased vehicle, for those who have a GX570 as an always reliable backup driver. How many technicians are there who can really diagnose one of these, even having the proprietary software? You have to wonder about parts support. The complexity of the hybrid systems show why internal combustion is doomed. If you can afford the ticket, why not take the ride.

llawrence9 · ‎13-02-2021

I wonder how much anything is left in the cat of my 87 Volvo?

llawrence9 · ‎12-02-2021

1972 drastically reduced the engine options and power in American cars. My 454 corvette was a dog with 270 rated horsepower, and just sucked fuel. T tops leaked, build quality was horrible. 1975 was a further garroting. I worked in a GM Honda dealership as a Honda tech. 1975. If we ran out of Honda work and were offered GM warranty work, you would close your box and clock out. Honda 600s were better built than Bonneville Grand Broughams.

llawrence9 · ‎08-02-2021

A bit of Bugatti Atlantic showing.

llawrence9 · ‎08-02-2021

Ducati had huge problems with stator wiring on the v twins in my experience. . . 70's and 80's bikes were daytime driving only. The parts were always on back order, and very very dear. The big singles were a treat to service. Then again you tucked yourself in and went like a bat out of hell. They had a huge following in Australia.

llawrence9 · ‎05-02-2021

Jay Leno's Baker video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhnjMdzGusc. Buy a totaled Leaf electric and do a Spridget. Having a cute British sports car that is silent, doesn't leak, and goes all the time.

llawrence9 · ‎05-02-2021

You don't need or have a transmission in an EV. Part of the simplicity.

llawrence9 · ‎03-02-2021

I'm going to be 70. I know people who would be the age of my grandkids who drive the same car I drive, a 240 Volvo. I have learned from them and swapped parts with them, keeping them all on the road. Bunheaded oranged haired young men with tats also have amusing stories. Learn to listen. And laugh. A 5.0 in a 240 with Jag calipers is a fun car to drive. Left my number if it is for sale. We swap various home brew recipies. My riceburner, really more like a slow cooker is a 1986 Hondoo Shuttle AWD. I'm bored with it and will pass it along at a Japanese Car meet this spring. Life belongs to the living, so after I get my vax, I will go back to living it. Who wants to hang solely with alta cockers?

llawrence9 · ‎03-02-2021

A reasonable question. Depending on which Pontiac. Canadian or American build. Pontiac Parisienne was BBC from the factory. . Is it a six or V-6 or V8, or does it have a swapped BBC in it. In latter years it could have a Buick or Olds in it as well. There were also Isuzu diesel powered Pontiac 1000. Sunbirds had a SBC option. Actually a darn good question. The Lad swapped the guts of a Tesla into it and it has no engine.

llawrence9 · ‎20-01-2021

Build quality of Corvettes of that period was horrible. I had one, and god did it suck gas. It's insanity to expect a different quality from the same plant and workers. Cadillac was wise to pass. It would have only harmed their reputation.

llawrence9 · ‎18-01-2021

Discs were an option on some of them, and most owners didn't go for the option.

llawrence9 · ‎15-01-2021

Check on insurance and have a certificate issued to you before the move. Any legit company will be happy for their insurer to send you a binder.

llawrence9 · ‎15-01-2021

I had an auction car shipped one hundred and 25 miles by a low ball shipper. Dodge Ram 2500 automatic 2wd. It was a flatbed with a stinger. Stinger towed my truck rear wheels down with the drive shaft connected and toasted the trans. Had photos of the delivery, called the broker. The idiots driving didn't know you couldn't do this to a automatic with rear wheel drive. Claim didn't get paid. You play, you get burned on occasion. There was not enough money in a $1000 truck to make it worth an attorney's time. Now I check reputations.

llawrence9 · ‎04-01-2021

If you have to ask what this costs, you can't afford it. I liked it better as a hoopty.

llawrence9 · ‎01-01-2021

NSU also marketed a Prinz TT. And TTS. VW AG may own the trademark.

llawrence9 · ‎30-12-2020

11.500 ft lbs of torque. How do tires get that power to the ground? The GMC ads states 3 motors. How does a differential, axle housing and shafts handle that type of power without grenading?

llawrence9 · ‎21-12-2020

BMW was challenged with their switch to the /5 but did succeed. Can you forget the Z-1s that succeeded the 2 stroke triples? KAWA 500's for like $700 out the door? And the Yamaha RD series?

llawrence9 · ‎21-12-2020

British,Spanish, Italian and American bikes of the 60's caused me to buy my first BMW, an R60/2 USA. I rode twelve months a year in Maryland at that time. Early 70's. Made tuition money wrenching on the others.

llawrence9 · ‎21-12-2020

In today's traffic more than a rear brake is needed. Since the frames on the pans that weren't cut aren't too bad, put them back to stock.

llawrence9 · ‎15-12-2020

Shut off gas supply to carb, make sure tank has fuel stabilizer in it. Drain them dry in the case of carbs with drains on the float bowl.

llawrence9 · ‎14-12-2020

At auction in Md in December a primo 1987 dodge d 100 318 tf no rust stalled at $1500. First gen ram trucks can be had for a song. Power wagon versions too.

llawrence9 · ‎08-12-2020

I met some people that limped a Volvo Amazon 300 miles to Mardi Gras, on three cylinders and a hole in the block caused by a broken rod. The block was patched with some cotton socks.

llawrence9 · ‎08-12-2020

In California I believe you have to meet the emissions levels of the donor engine.

llawrence9 · ‎06-12-2020

A 1965 pan, having the enclosed chaincase and an end to total loss oiling would be my choice. I drove a 64 pan, hand shift, with a side car while in college.

llawrence9 · ‎03-12-2020

Dana 60's also came as non full floating?

llawrence9 · ‎27-11-2020

Ossa Plonker, a trials bike

llawrence9 · ‎27-11-2020

No 2006 GTO?

llawrence9 · ‎23-11-2020

Could they again manufacture a 7 foot bed small pickup 2 or 4wd lightly optioned with work in mind? 4 cyl NA power. Those of us that worked in an urban area loved those, and because they were all worked to death, no longer exist. The fantasy 4wd's just look like scaled up hot wheels. Yes I am a curmudgeon, and get off my lawn.

llawrence9 · ‎10-11-2020

Put it in a Hellcat or Corvette and be ready for cheers and jeers.

llawrence9 · ‎09-10-2020

Nothing cheaper to beat in than the S-10 4x4 platform. Blazers bring the least money. You can pick them up from gov auctions for less than $1000.00 with under 100K miles. For a small platform they do suck fuel, but hey, it's a beater.

llawrence9 · ‎06-10-2020

Will home builders have safety systems in place to prevent electrocution or lithium fires in the event of a mishap? Current electric vehicles are capable of 0-60 in 3 seconds, beyond the experience of all but the most skilled race car drivers. Will they have the skills and means to upgrade the braking systems of repowered hot rods?

llawrence9 · ‎25-09-2020

Perhaps an article on Hyabusa swaps into micro cars?

llawrence9 · ‎29-08-2020

Not a mention of Fargo?

llawrence9 · ‎25-08-2020

If there is an after life you have already been to purgatory. I hope it turns around for you.