I concur ethanol is hard on vintage carburetor engine parts. I've see this year, over year, in my 1980s Yamaha Scooter hobby, as well as most muscle cars before the 1990s. Storage, too, seems to be poor with ethanol fuels. I have to rebuild scooter carbs every 3-5 years, and there is often...
I have very little experience with column-shift front bench seat E-body cars. I have a question about the (front) retractable seat belts.
Can any one confirm if the front bench seat 1970 e-bodies came with retractable front (outer) seat belt tips? As I research this, data seems pretty...
The hinges wear out with time and age, and the door sags. When they get rebuilt/restored AFTER paint, be it original or recent paint, repainting the restored hinges the body color is a step painful to complete.
Your paint looks gorgeous, and I'm guessing it's not the original paint. And it...
AND.... Radial T/As don't stick that great. They're not the ideal tire for a muscle car, in terms of hooking up and accelerating, but okay for handling and making dramatic smoking burnouts. I only learned this "doesn't grip well" point only recently, and thought for many years it was the...
I've no experience with this setup, either.
But denting header tubes to fit is kind of a common thing. Few will see it, a show judge isn't going to care, and if you're like me, I over think things sometimes and get a certain way, or a certain idea in my head creating a bunch of hardship. Just...
You also may want to think about which of two ways you want these carbs rebuilt. I see two options:
1. cleaned and rebuilt with "rebuild kits" and made fully functional, but will still looked "aged."
2. restored, including plating the "cadmium" yellow finish.
A lot more people (myself...
Hah, that's funny. I was preparing to write "but if you go with an aftermarket one, you gotta cut the hood pin holes." I've always thought the hood pins looked bad ass, since most were factory original. And while the shaker hood gets lots of oohs and ahhs, the light reflects nicely off the...
Then you got time to shop. Shop for a K-frame and torsion bars. The torsion bars you may have to buy new. You got time to learn, and teach yourself what to seek out. Well done.
I have a long-time friend in the Southern California area that bought a white 1971 Convertible Barracuda with a big block back in the 1990s that he repainted and dropped in a 426 street hemi. He still has the car, with pictures of the original car on the wall of his garage. It was painted...
The bolts look too shiny to be originally installed. And I seem to recall there is a part number and Chrysler logo molded into the underside. For a time in the 1980s-90s, there was a shop in Los Angeles that would restore bent and cracked polyurethane bumpers, and if these are indeed 30+ years...
True. Most upholstery shops can make you seat covers that look really good. But in my experience, few of them can make them so they look factory original. And you won't always know what you're getting until after the shop finishes, and is asking you to pay.
Legendary has a solid reputation...
It took me some time to figure out where @Olacmot was seeing BJ and RW, and I think I figured it out. They are indicated in the 1973 wiring diagram shown by post #9.
BJ and RW refer to models of cars. The Dealer Parts Book makes these letters really clear. Once we learn them, they become...
A6B6 interior is kinda rare.
KB5, or B-5 "Lucerne Blue Poly" or "Lucerne Blue Iridescent"
If you find the 2K paint in the correct color, paint both the package shelf and dash frame, together. It will match and look sexy. But if you're looking to touch up and have it match 50 year old...
Yikes, I've never had to do this, and where, oh where, did you find a replacement spring? Well done.
I don't have many ideas how to put the pin back in perfectly, such that a concourse judge cannot tell, but who looks at the latch with any scrutiny?
If you measure the diameter of that shaft...
Most opt to change out the K-frame (to the correct big block one) because its heavier duty than the slant-6 K-frame.
The 440 motor (for example) weighs about 40% more (not counting the tranny) than the slant-6. Furthermore, the slant-6 torsion bars just can't hold up the same car with a 440...