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I tried them once in the IT car... any difference? Nope.... Waste of money IMO.... The ones with the 4 tips like an aircraft plug look promising though, in principle at least......can't remember what they call them now.....:stupid:

My first choice would be the Red Bolt... but, I'd have to do the yellow bolt in a really bright blue....and maybe just a tad higher with the red, and a wider blue bolt... bring it up closer to the beltline and end at the bottom of the headlight cover in front. Second choice would be the Flame Job, with a couple different colors... bright blue instead of the black, and perhaps orange where the yellow is.... Can you tell I don't like yellow?:cross-eye Can never go wrong with the BRE scheme, whether the top is red or blue....

They are posted now... All pics have to be approved by one of the Moderators or by Mike.. Sometimes we get a wee bit behind...

Hmm, they got a Continental kit for 18-22 inch wheels now? I think his Ebay username says it all....:cross-eye :devious:

My best guess would be the wires are crossed up on the cap.... You said your dizzy you replaced had the timing bolt on the back, and you set the new on to the same cylinder, which, since it's got the mounting bolt 180 degrees out would mean the wires are 180 out.... If it's trying to fire while the wires aren't in the right sequence on the cap, it will make the starter work to turn it over.... Go back and double check the plug wires on the cap...remember 1-5-3-6-2-4, counterclockwise on the distributor rotation..... You could set the motor to TDC on the compression stroke, see where the rotor is pointing and put number 1 wire there and then go in sequence and see if it fires up.....

Although we didn't come up with the correct color, we did find a couple places that can help in this old thread... http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6029&highlight=air+cleaner+color

One thing you guys have overlooked is the simple things... like toe in, caster, camber and the tires(width, and the tread design as well)... they will all contribute a lot to the ability of the car to track straight, windy or not... Ya gotta remember, these cars aren't all that heavy either, so crosswinds will be more pronounced than in heavier car... A front spoiler will only do so much to contribute to the aero at highway speeds....

Just one thing, before you order strut cartridges, you might want to check the strut housings themselves to see if they have been "molested" in any way..... if the car is that close to the ground, he may have shortened the strut housings or moved the lower spring perch...... My old race car sat almost that low to the ground (but it depends on where you are taking this measurement also) with shortened struts and adjustable coil overs.... Seems to me if the car is that low, with the springs he had on there, there would have been almost no suspension travel at all. There's enough of us here with our cars torn to pieces we can give you the strut housing lengths for stock housings....:cross-eye

I hope he's already got a police record or their gonna have a tough time ID'ing the SOB...... It's kinda odd, I was watching a show on the Discovery Channel the other night all about the LA County Jail... I was sitting here thinking whoever took your car should have been one of the stars of the show....:devious:

What year car would this one come from in case the numbers aren't legible on the radio case?

Drain plug for the block, although, most times it's probably never been used.

What does the half-arsed "Hemi" have to do with a Viper motor and drivetrain in a pickup? People have been dropping well in excess of 30K on Ford Lighnings for years, and now all of a sudden, when Dodge finally gets off it's butt and puts out a truck that puts the Lighning and Chevy SS to shame, it's a POS? As far as the styling goes, I don't like it as well as the earlier Rams. And, in terms of price, well, the dealers are trying to get as much as possible by auctioning them off, since only 3K will be made this year, with no guarantee of a 2005 model. Same thing happened in 94 when the Viper first hit the showrooms, dealers were marking up the sticker by 10K or more due to its limited availability the first year......... No, it won't tow much more than a couple Jet-Ski's, but then, can half of the sports cars or sport bikes on the market today be used to their utmost potential on the road?

I asked Santa Claus for only one thing this year, and he went and sent it to the wrong place.... and they've got it on Ebay already.....:devious: :disappoin :mad: Guess he needs an updated GPS for next year... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2453351743&category=31831

Dunno Steve, but, if you remember in your race car thread, their race car is up for sale... so maybe they are getting out of the biz....

Both brackets on my 71 were black, same as the rest of the motor mount assembly...... Far as I know, they were original.

Lachlan seems to be pretty good about keeping this thread off course doesn't he???????? :devious:

I've got at least one complete exhaust manifold with the air injection tubing.... in fact, if you want, I'd sell you all the smog stuff off the 71 engine I've got on the stand, since I'm not going to use any of it.. but, I'd rather sell it all (including the air pump and brackets) so I don't have that laying around.....

Well, asking for a "deposit" up front doesn't sound all that unreasonable, since the consumables like sandpaper and such are getting a bit expensive. Although, I'd try to get him to accept less than 1/2 the total, sounds a bit on the excessive side to me.

This has been on the news all night... Been sitting here thinking of how many times I've driven under this overpass in the last 20 years..... Makes you realize, that it's not always the idiots on the road in front, behind, or beside you that you need to watch.... Of course, in this case, there's no way anyone could have avoided this. http://www.nbc4.com/traffic/2761942/detail.html

Let's hope the POS that stole it only needed a set of wheels to go pick up his girlfriend or his less than human friends and it didn't end up in a chop shop..... Damn shame ya can't put a severe beating on them if they do catch whoever took it... lot better than letting some lawyer get them probation.....:devious:

Yes, but..... You'll have to use the bumper mounts that come off the 260 so the bumpers will bolt onto the mounts as they are different altogether from the mounting of the bumper/bumper supports on the early car. Also, the bumpers will stick out about 1 to 1 1/2 inches further from the body than the early bumpers, which means you will need the bumper fillers or it's gonna look kinda odd. Those bumper fillers are getting harder to find and more and more expensive to buy new....

Hmm, does it at home and wants the same price that a professional shop charges? Does he have the equipment a pro shop would have such as a paint booth? If not, his prices are way out of line..... he's trying to charge for a professional job with the possibility of only a so-so paint job.... Best bet is to ask for referrences and talk to th owners and view some of his work before you decide. One of your priorities should be to see how well his work has stood the test of time. Almost any new paint job will look OK, the biggest test is how they look 3-5 years down the road. IMO, anyone can charge 4K or more for a paint job, but, can they deliver the results..... I know for certain I couldn't, yet, somewhere there's probably someone who might give me that kind of money to do one.....:devious: And yes, sometimes those "backyard" paint jobs can and do look as good as a high dollar job, but, the people that can deliver those are a tough to find.

Hmmmm.. what I find the most odd in all this Pete is the fact that the wheels are showing very little positive camber considering how much higher it's sitting. Or, did you dial that out with camber plates or bushings? Almost looks like my first 73 did when we tried putting 260 2+2 springs on it trying for some "cheap" stiffer springs..... we then had to cut a lot off the springs to get the car back to it's normal ride height due to the lenght difference in the springs....

I've had a couple that had loose fitting caps. Try a different diameter O-ring on the cap and it should tighten up the fit considerably. I had one that had an O-ring that was so thin in diameter you could barely notice any difference with or without the O-ring.

Yeah, I e-mailed the seller and told him he was trying to pass this off as being All Original, when in fact it's not..... He basically told me I didn't know anything about Z cars, cuz 73's did come with round top carbs..... He also stated he's only selling this to finance a Ferrari 512BB he wants to buy.... sounds to me like he has more money than brains. I'd like to see where he had this "professionally appraised" cuz they obviously know very little about Z cars. More like they wanted to make a buck on the appraisal, and make him feel better about his investment.:cross-eye