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I am not sure that the invention of the smart phone and texting has improved American's driving skills!

I enjoyed that, thanks.

Yeah, that's not even close. I wonder if it would look like that if you went to an actual PPG autobody paint supplier? Not a third party vendor

They make gasket punches. I think I bought a cheap set of them at HF. They are round punches with a sharpened leading edge and a slot on the side for the disc to come out. I would think that would get you pretty close. If you know the diameter you need I could try to find mine and see if one of them corresponds in size

GLWTS

Like the commenters on your YouTube channel said, the first dizzy is probably a points dizzy. Look under the cap for a set of points. The second is an electronic dizzy with the matchbox on the side. They came in 4 and 6 cylinder models. So look under the cap and make sure there are 6 trigger points and the interior is intact. They make a much better ignition in my opinion. Hotter spark and no points to mess with, but the matchboxes can fail. It is always good insurance to source another one and throw it in the glove box if it leaves you stranded.

I am not sure they are mutually exclusive. Many of the processes have been driven off shore simply from the hazards associated with them and our litigious society. Since I haven't ever been through a plating facility and seen how they handle the process start to finish. I can't speak to whether they affect the water quality. I suspect the real issue is employee exposure to hazardous materials and not being able to afford the liability insurance and workers comp rates and still compete against foreign made products that don't carry that overhead burden. Now don't misconstrue, I am all for protecting workers health and reducing personal liability through coverage but those are real costs that control product pricing. I also suspect that the owners of those plating shops want their kids to have clean water and their grandkids too. As a side note, do you know we make no red glazed ceramics in the US? Or do any animal hide tanning in the US? All over seas for the same reason. Red ceramics have lots of lead in them and lead fumes aren't very good for the recipient of them. Tanning hides is evidently a pretty toxic process. So we ship our hides overseas to be tanned then ship them back as leather to be used

Actually I believe the discussion is germane to the value of your parts. If the previous poster is correct that the LD block is the basis of a 3.5L motor, than your parts are worth more than simply using the taller block. Rod ratio doesn't effect displacement, which was my line of question. I am also pretty familiar with the forum and what info has been posted here and the ability to find that information or not. Just trying to help you determine the value of your parts, as I own 2 of these engines already. So I have a vested interest in helping you get the best price.

A quick look through the article and I didn't see a reference to an LD28 block

How is he building a 3.5 engine? What are the components? Bore and stroke?

If your car is this early, you probably have the early style hinges. You need to post up a picture. They were very different

That was an excellent deal on that kit!

You could probably rent a lift for the day fairly cheap. Or if you're like me you use it as an excuse to go by one"...but honey, it was on sale!" If you already have the cross member to put back in, you would only need for a few hours.

Maybe you could wait until the sheriff auctions it off after they seize it?

Hmmm, interesting

I don't believe the rockers have ever been changed. This is a southwest car so virtually no rust. They look too pristine to have been replaced. I could look closer... The lines on my rockers look exactly the same as yours. Same location and by the thin amount of filler, the same depth. I wonder if all the factory rockers have this but it was filled in when the cars were painted. Maybe it's a result of a metal forming operation when the rockers were first made. I guess I will skim them out and cover them up.

@kats You made a comment earlier, lamenting the poor translations and maybe your lack of proper English grammar. I have always enjoyed your contributions here even if they run through a translator! Don't ever feel badly for not having perfect English grammar. There are many people that have grown up with English as their primary language and still don't use proper grammar, myself included. I am quite confident your English is better than my Japanese!

Thanks Wheee!

Nobody's got any input on the rocker panels???

I had that hoodie ad come up too. I had to show the family

I like the creative aspect but I have gone to wearing a respirator while doing it. So that makes it less pleasant and I stink the whole shop up doing filler work. Also I have dust everywhere! I do like the look when you can tell a panel has slicked out.

So it's only got 14k miles on it 32 years. The engine just needs some miles on it. I would get it running good and drive it for a year. Then test it again and see if it sealed up the rest of the way. Zed is right. The main thing is they are really pretty even across the board

Thanks for that. Good looking products

Excellent!!! That was good thinking to experiment on the panel to be recoated. I am filling and blocking right now. I'll take wet sanding over that any day.

We had a first Gen Miata at one point. It was like a gokart. Exit ramps at 60 mph, no problem. I will keep an eye out for that Red NA!