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Post by El Phantasamo on Aug 9, 2005 13:25:38 GMT -5
For those of you who didn't know, I'm a career auto mechanic.
Every now and then, I work on a car older than me. 68 mustang, 57 Chevy, 75 caddy and so on. I even worked on a Jeep older than my MOM, a 1946 Willys CJ2A.
Something came in today, and I doubt it will ever happen again. Installing a PART older than me!
The Vehicle is a 1971 Ford LTD convertible. The exhaust had rotted out, and needs replacement. We don't have A tube bender, so we needed a pre-bent assembly. The only thing we were able to get was NOS (New Old Stock, not Nitrous Oxide).
The original Ford part tag was till on the pipe, with a manufacture date of August 2nd 1976. I was born on September 24 1976!!
Installing a part older than me, how cool is that?
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boba
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Post by boba on Aug 11, 2005 7:30:15 GMT -5
Love NOS parts! cheap, and they FIT! especially on a not-so-popular model.
I've been restoring a '72 Olds. Cutlass Supreme for the past 2years. I can get parts for a 442, or standard cutlass... but getting something for mine is a pain sometimes. That and not many people make good performance parts for a rocket 350. a 455 no problem. nobody gives the small block enough credit anymore.
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Post by El Phantasamo on Aug 11, 2005 7:34:56 GMT -5
A 350 Rocket Eh Boba? You really do think outside the box, and have an eye for the unususal beauty  Call me before that project makes you tear your hair out. Ill be glad to help  |
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boba
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Post by boba on Aug 11, 2005 7:49:49 GMT -5
Oh man, I love that car... that little 350 has done me well. After porting the heads, working it up to 9:1 comp. and slapping a HEI in it, I got that "little" engine up around 350hp/400ft.lbs. Only thing holding me back right now is the rearend, only got a 3.0? back there, planning on getting a 3.90 posi next year.
Unusual beauty is my specialy... btw, that's where my screen name comes from: BOBA=Bright Orange Bad Ass.
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Post by D. on Aug 11, 2005 8:58:58 GMT -5
My dad restores cars, and races them. He owns a 62 and 67 vette.
The 62 gets high 12s and the 67 gets high 9s...on a 1/4 mile track
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Post by El Phantasamo on Aug 11, 2005 9:32:48 GMT -5
My dad is starting to restore some Triumph cars since he started his retirement. He got the first one for free, and in the past year, he's bought 2 more Its driving my poor Mother INSANE |
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Post by Scott on Aug 17, 2005 23:14:39 GMT -5
I'm working on a friend's '78 el camino. Not a restoration, just a transmission swap for now. Later I want to replace some of the floor pans because chips of rust the size of pringles keep falling on me as I work.
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Post by Gestapo on Aug 18, 2005 2:11:57 GMT -5
are they tasty?
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Post by Scott on Aug 18, 2005 12:13:45 GMT -5
Very, I especially like the sour cream and onion
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Post by Maddok on Aug 18, 2005 22:19:53 GMT -5
Sounds apetizing
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Post by Gestapo on Aug 18, 2005 23:05:33 GMT -5
i just had some of these gwackamolie (thats the only way i could think of spelling it so STFU NOOB!) dorito's, they were fucking amaizing
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Post by D. on Aug 19, 2005 7:55:17 GMT -5
Guacamole
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Post by Maddok on Aug 20, 2005 8:53:50 GMT -5
Oh I hate those things! I tried em with high expectations and they let me down, yuck!
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garrettc
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Post by garrettc on Aug 20, 2005 14:58:57 GMT -5
Dorito's should stick to what their best at, cheese and ranch, doesn't get better than that.
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Post by Maddok on Aug 20, 2005 20:01:12 GMT -5
I completly agree!
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