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    Photos of Vintage Auto Dealerships, Repair Shops, and Gas Stations

    1962 Chicago Auto Show.
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    Photos of Vintage Auto Dealerships, Repair Shops, and Gas Stations

    Tonawanda, NY Chevy plant
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    vintage pics of women & cars

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    vintage pics of women & cars

    '65 Corvair Corsa
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    Disc brake conversion kits

    Before you buy anything from the "Ram Man", you want to be sure that the spindles sold are correct. He was trying to market a C body spindle that was adapted from a B or E body and was too short. We discussed it here: New C-Body Spindles for Disc Brakes. It really starts at Post #30. Now...
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    FCBO Four Speed Owners Registry

    My 300L has a PCV, and was sold new in New York State. My '65 Barracuda, built and sold new in California, has the PVC and the hose from the valve cover breather to the air cleaner. The previous owner did a page on the data plate for my 300L 1965 Chrysler Data Tag with a 99 under the AB.
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    vintage pics of women & cars

    '58 Buick
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    Fastest C body List

    With gas at a little over 6lbs per gallon, take about 16-17 gallons out to lighten the car 100lbs. There's a tenth. How streetable does the car need to be? I see wipers... That wiper motor is about 10lbs and I'll bet the rest of the wiper bits are another 10. There's 20lbs so, 2...
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    65 sport fury vert radio question

    I've had two radios done by Gary Tayman and couldn't be happier with the results. Aurora FMR Stereo Conversion
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    vintage pics of women & cars

    Robbie Knievel's bike
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    4x10 dash speaker won’t fit

    With 3D printing, you have to watch what material it's made from. If someone makes you one from PLA, it will melt. I used a piece of thin MDF to make one for two Polk Audio speakers. I did that to replace the bad RetroSound speaker in the front of my '70 300. If I had it to do over, I'd put...
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    Fastest C body List

    I don't know the magic combo these days... We had shoo the dinosaurs off the track the last time I ran... With that said, what is the weight of your car? That's the big (pun intended) issue is always weight and a C-body isn't light. To paraphrase the late Bob Glidden quote, "If you throw it...
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    Disc brake conversion kits

    I don't know about the Wildwood, but the SSBC has a horrible reputation for quality and customer service... In fact, they were out of business for a while, then back, then I thought they went out again... But I guess not. I'd look at using early 70's Mopar OEM parts rather than a kit, but...
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    65 New Yorker, first project car

    A lot of the conversion kits we've seen lately have a lot of issues. First and foremost is the disc size in small, basically sized so it fits cars like early Mustangs that are much lighter. Then there's trying to make the conversion's master cylinder/booster combo bolt up... The kits use a GM (I...
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    Power Boost Break - Valve Cover

    This second picture shows a hint of blue of original valve covers. They are kind of close, but more clearance than the aftermarket valve covers. Do you still have those? Since you said "72 engine", was this car a 318 car with a 440 engine? I haven't looked it up, but I wonder if the big...
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    4x10 dash speaker won’t fit

    I use the Custom Autosound dual coil speakers in two of my cars and they sound pretty good. One car has them driven by a 4 channel amp with a powered subwoofer and the other is powered by the Aurora converted radio with no amps. I tried the RetroSound speakers a couple times and both times...
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    '73 440 adjusting idle Speed

    You are having a problem with the choke and fast idle not working correctly. In other words, the choke is not fully opening and that is holding the fast idle cam up and making it idle fast. Possible causes are: Throttle cable not adjusted correctly Weak return spring Speed control cable not...
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    Photos of Vintage Auto Dealerships, Repair Shops, and Gas Stations

    Reedsville, West Virginia, 1935.
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