Awesome story! Mr.Fix It.I believe every word of it I saw that same tour in Rochester that year with Max Webster ,we didn't appreciate it then but that was our "simpler times" Thank You for that story
My son told me today about Neils passing and have been sorrowed by it since. Growing up in western n.y. not far from St.Catherine's Rush was my band and Neils drumming has always blown me away. His loss of his daughter and then his wife a year later was a huge tragedy in his life and he dealt...
When I replaced my 67 Newport's fuel tank there was several different vent configurations all in the same fuel tank shape , I think they may have used this system because of the low angle of the fill neck, maybe fuel would block a vented cap especially on acceleration. In Roch-chacha you can...
When I found my 67 Newport the po had done a few things that I could not initially understand and I could not get a answer from him since he had long passed away,but he had cut a piece of aluminum siding and fashioned a heat shield for the wwc that attaches with the carb mounting nuts,when I...
I was a little surprised to see your post today I havnt been on here in a while. Is your car crystal blue poly? Some pics it looks blue and some green.dd1? My 67 Newport custom came from w.s. north main st. I believe around the sawtooth building according to my bill of sale, I thought I had the...
Keep your chin up! Sounds like you have a bunch of folks pulling for you. The last sentence of the last post is the best advice I could give, look at it as a opportunity.
If you straighten out a wire coathanger and wrap it around a scotchbrite pad on your hand drill you can polish up that fill neck easy then blow it out and rinse it with solvent Pow Bobs yer Uncle.
Get yourself a small tube of "O" ring grease from hardware store or plumbing supply it will last for years since you don't use much.safe on anything rubber won't rot it out and makes assembly and more importantly disassembly easier such as sparkplug boot grease is similar product . I never put...