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It's a good looking car and well done. Although its a four banger... Buuuuutttt, they took a 13k mile car and restomodded it???

I don't like Facebook and spend almost no time there. If this forum dies out then I will quit participating. Not interested in migrating to Facebook...

Totally agree, so many good pictures of how it should be!

I realize that the parts changed incrementally over time and sometimes not in a linear fashion, but I do find it helpful to have some kind of expectation of what should be on a given car based on when it was made. I also think the discussion of the details of individual car would get trying. I take all of that with a grain of salt but it gives some kind of idea of what kind of parts would have to be sourced and how costly that process will be. That may change the way I approach the project. I also appreciate the series terminology even though it irritates others for the simple fact that it makes communication more efficient. As I get older, I value my time more and don't want to waste it to say "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". "Laser" will work just find and it saves me time which is a finite resource. Thanks for the input to date. I need to get some pictures up...

This to me seems like the first issue. If he can't keep it running with Ether (starting fluid) then it is not drawing enough fuel in or he is losing spark...

So let me get this right. It will start with Ether but you can't keep it running with Ether? That would concern me if that's the case...

David Finley has nice lettering, architect or engineer maybe...?

@sweatybetty

Wow!!! That is quite the list. Much more extensive than I expected...

I am not positive but I would think the tumblers and the door latch would be independant

I like the passenger side mirror...

I find it very rare that the tumblers become unusable. Normally lubricant will fix that. Like Mark said use a graphite lubricant not a WD40 type product

Cudos for that!!!

@zKars Yeah, I saw your other post about the dearly departed. I hate to be a grave robber but you know "parts is parts" @wh @wheee! I will try to get some pics up in the next couple of days. I have very rose colored glasses but I am not sure they are rose enough for this one...

What's wrong with that??? A little panel epoxy, a little bondo, good as new...

I just bought an early car out of a salvage auction in Miami. It's always a little bit of a gamble when you do that. The car appears to have been recently painted so I took a chance they didn't spend money for paint on a rusty pig. Well guess what?! They painted a rusty pig!!!! It's number 7848...the lowest number I've ever owned. Now I need to decide what to do with it. I really don't want another huge project right now. I am also trying to figure out which of the early parts are missing. I know the following: Vented hatch and vertical defroster glass is missing Early steering wheel is missing 20 mph speedo is there No badges on the qtrs - missing Center console may be wrong too What else would be on an early car? I searched the forum and got 322 pages of hits. Went through 3 pages of results before giving up and used google to try to find the answer too

Steve is correct. Those look like original carpet hold down clips, fairly rare to see original. Repros are available

This was an interesting read too http://www.scott-yoo.com/other/electroplating.html

Yes, PM me

Thanks, we will see how my plating goes. I made some progress on it last weekend so we shall see...

Did you reach under the carb to confirm that or just push the handle down?

Thanks Rich I am rebuilding some SSS carbs for Cody's car and am going to try to start plating some hardware...

Good for you! I could run one mile at 8:33 or so but I would have to stop to throw up afterward. On a side note I have a question you can probably answer. Is all the hardware on a stock SU yellow zinc? Dash pot screws, nozzle holder, all of it? Thanks, Rich and again congratulations on a good time for 13+ miles...

Do you need the whole thing or just some portion of it? The top piece is available from Tabco. The lower curved section is available from MSA I believe. I do not know of a source for the middle tail light section... As 26th suggested locating a NOS complete section could be challenging and expensive

Did you check to see if you had a sticking choke?