Classic Car thread

[Armybrat 40,868]

On 7/8/2020 at 2:51 PM, tbone_ said:

No fucking way that Firebird is worth $38k

I’ll sell you this one for much less
 

 

400, nom, but it is an actual Pontiac 400, 4spd upgraded to 5 speed, interior doesn’t suck and listen to that sound

 

That is a lot nicer than my son’s ‘69 RS...

 

[Armybrat 40,868]

My last “classic” ride - owned this ‘74 MGB from 1990 to 2000. It had 44,000 on the clock when I sold it to a collector from Dallas.

 

[tbone_ 14,144]

That Camaro and MG look great.

[TexasEd 8,071]

Went on a cruise with the Mustang club today

[Anastasis 23,481]

Kinda sad I didn’t get a pm. But I did take the kids for a ride to get some ice cream. 

[Anastasis 23,481]

[TexasEd 8,071]

44 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Kinda sad I didn’t get a pm. But I did take the kids for a ride to get some ice cream. 

i learned about it at 10 oclock Friday night and left at 7:30 this morning.

Join Mustang Owners Club of Austin and get on the e-mail list.

[Anastasis 23,481]

1 minute ago, TexasEd said:

i learned about it at 10 oclock Friday night and left at 7:30 this morning.

Join Mustang Owners Club of Austin and get on the e-mail list.

Man, I can’t wait for this covid bullshit to pass so we can do some car shows. 

[TexasEd 8,071]

Might be busy today. Got this for my truck and wife’s new car but will try to bring back some color on the old car. 

[AUinHsv 579]

5 hours ago, TexasEd said:

Might be busy today. Got this for my truck and wife’s new car but will try to bring back some color on the old car. 

 

Griots - in early 2000's I wanted their random orbital polisher and found out it was rebranded Porter Cable. Walked into Lowes and they were dicontinuing that model so I grabbed 3 of them for about 30 bucks each. I still have one for appying wax or polish and one to remove it and a spare just in case

 

[TexasEd 8,071]

Another one from yesterday. crossing the Pedernales. The 70 was in front of me. 

[Mother mopar 3,323]

Got the pedal assembly installed and pressed with the dash. Wired it all up, hooked up all HVAC stuff. Finalized the wiring in the engine bay. Holding off on the brake booster as I have to adjust the valves beforehand.

 

The plan for tomorrow is to install the steering column and some small misc items and pull the lifters to verify some measurements before a potential fire up in the fall.

 

Instrument specialties rebuilt the dash to turnkey specs. Took them 11 months but very high quality stuff.

 

 

 

[TexasEd 8,071]

7 hours ago, AUinHsv said:

 

Griots - in early 2000's I wanted their random orbital polisher and found out it was rebranded Porter Cable. Walked into Lowes and they were dicontinuing that model so I grabbed 3 of them for about 30 bucks each. I still have one for appying wax or polish and one to remove it and a spare just in case

 

Yeah I saw that on the older model. This is the new G9 and I’m really impressed with how my truck came out. I tested a spot on the Mustang trunk lid too

[Bevo&Pevo 5,217]

FYI ya'll,  I posted in the For Sale forum an Advanced Adaptors flywheel and Dakota Digital BIM 01 2 module, and Dakota Digital Ford Speedo Adaptor.  All of it new and not used.

[Anastasis 23,481]

20 hours ago, TexasEd said:

Another one from yesterday. crossing the Pedernales. The 70 was in front of me. 

That's the hamilton pool road crossing?

 

I like that drive, but man on a nice saturday or a sunday there are some folks on motorcycles doing some stupid shit around some of those turns.  I got my head on a swivel on that road. 

[TexasEd 8,071]

1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

That's the hamilton pool road crossing?

 

I like that drive, but man on a nice saturday or a sunday there are some folks on motorcycles doing some stupid shit around some of those turns.  I got my head on a swivel on that road. 

Yes, Hamilton Pool Road.  We saw very few motorcycles, about 4-5 crotch rockets and maybe 6-8 cruisers/Harley Davidsons

[TwiceHorn 31,527]

Speaking of waxes, I got some Collinite 845 for my new (to me) ride, which is not classic.

It strikes me that it would be a very good wax for older paint when you want to avoid cleaners and polishes.  It goes on and off real easy, shines up nice, and supposedly is quite long lasting.  I can vouch for the first two, the last remains to be seen.

[kangsta 50]

Anyone have a muffler/exhaust shop recommendation for North Austin?  Thanks in advance.

[BillyGoatHill 4,312]

On 7/13/2020 at 12:51 PM, Anastasis said:

That's the hamilton pool road crossing?

 

I like that drive, but man on a nice saturday or a sunday there are some folks on motorcycles doing some stupid shit around some of those turns.  I got my head on a swivel on that road. 

I get to go pick those dumbasses up all the time.

[Mach 1 1,677]

Finally knocked out the new interior.  Just need to install the drive train, wire it up and I'll be joining you fuckers on the road.

.

 

[Mother mopar 3,323]

Finalized wiring, installed battery cable...8 wires, thanks Mopar. Pain reading schematics all day trying to find the right locations. Installed steering column and hooked it up and then moved over to the engine.

Pull valve covers off and installed 5.5 Qts of a break in oil and started priming the engine. Ran into some issues as the driver's side head will not oil no matter what. Turned engine by hand multiple rotations while running the drill on the priming rod and no luck. Going to have to pull off the rocker shaft pedestals and see if the oiling holes are blocked and then go from there.

[Mach 1 1,677]

On 7/12/2020 at 5:36 PM, Mother mopar said:

Got the pedal assembly installed and pressed with the dash. Wired it all up, hooked up all HVAC stuff. Finalized the wiring in the engine bay. Holding off on the brake booster as I have to adjust the valves beforehand.

 

The plan for tomorrow is to install the steering column and some small misc items and pull the lifters to verify some measurements before a potential fire up in the fall.

 

Instrument specialties rebuilt the dash to turnkey specs. Took them 11 months but very high quality stuff.

 

 

 

You motorboatin' son of a bitch, you're going for concourse level aren't you?

[Mother mopar 3,323]

You motorboatin' son of a bitch, you're going for concourse level aren't you?

Trying to man.

[TexasEd 8,071]

5 hours ago, Mach 1 said:

Finally knocked out the new interior.  Just need to install the drive train, wire it up and I'll be joining you fuckers on the road.

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Amazing.  Love the white interior.  Is the body Acapulco Blue?  You probably told me but I forgot.

Cant wait to go on a cruise with you and @Anastasis.  Maybe we can have a Surly Austin cruise day.

[mulletpelini 5,215]

dayyyyyyyum can I ask what your dynamat bill was?

Edited July 17, 2020 by mulletpelini
cuz that's how you do it folks

[Anastasis 23,481]

2 minutes ago, mulletpelini said:

dayyyyyyyum can I ask what your dynamat bill was?

And the weight bill. 

[Jkwellborn 6,723]

dayyyyyyyum can I ask what your dynamat bill was?

I had thought about doing that to the interior of my camaro at one time. But I always heard it was fairly heavy and I wound up kinda converting it to a drag car.

[Mach 1 1,677]

14 hours ago, mulletpelini said:

dayyyyyyyum can I ask what your dynamat bill was?

 

14 hours ago, Anastasis said:

And the weight bill. 

Haha, I bought one box and it only covered about 1/3 of the area.  I said fuck that and finished it off with a different product, Kilmat, that was about 1/2 the thickness and 1/3 the price.

I did use the Dynamat on the inside of my doors.  Doors that once closed perfectly now need a little more oomph to shut solid - I think the weight may have caused a slight deflection.  Just add that mistake to the bonfire of the other hundred mistakes I've made during this little project.

[TexasEd 8,071]

12 hours ago, Mach 1 said:

 

Haha, I bought one box and it only covered about 1/3 of the area.  I said fuck that and finished it off with a different product, Kilmat, that was about 1/2 the thickness and 1/3 the price.

I did use the Dynamat on the inside of my doors.  Doors that once closed perfectly now need a little more oomph to shut solid - I think the weight may have caused a slight deflection.  Just add that mistake to the bonfire of the other hundred mistakes I've made during this little project.

Everything I've read on the sound vibration aspect is that you just need to dampen the panel vibration and full coverage is not needed for that.

For Heat you need a different approach and sometimes a different product. 

[Onboard 2.0 9,083]

A real 66 GT for sale, really sharp car.  Fastbacks are getting scarce, and REAL GT's are even harder to find.  Ran across this yesterday during a job site visit.

Edited July 18, 2020 by Onboard 2.0

[TexasEd 8,071]

Drove to Georgetown. I also saw a blue 69 Mach 1 on Sam Bass road. 

Edited July 18, 2020 by TexasEd

[Handcruser 2,805]

Anyone have a muffler/exhaust shop recommendation for North Austin?  Thanks in advance.

Muffin


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[TexasEd 8,071]

On 7/14/2020 at 4:37 PM, kangsta said:

Anyone have a muffler/exhaust shop recommendation for North Austin?  Thanks in advance.

Georgetown Muffler.  Ask for Shane.

[RMac5 1,551]

Saw this one in Georgetown a couple of years ago. He was asking $39K, no idea what these are worth but it’s a great looking car.

[ROFL BOX 6,649]

Posting for a friend.

Send a PM or tag me if you are interested in contact with the vehicle owner.
. . . . . . .

1969 Mach 1, 351 with automatic.

Rotisserie restoration completed in 2017.
Has only been driven approx. 7,000 since completed.

Original body is rust free. Must see, like new.

Possible trade considered: Hellcat.

$ 45,000.00

Located in Daytona Beach.

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[TexasEd 8,071]

I like that the blackout hood is done correctly, not gloss.

[DalTxHornFan 3,115]

2 hours ago, ROFL BOX said:

Posting for a friend.

Send a PM or tag me if you are interested in contact with the vehicle owner.
. . . . . . .

1969 Mach 1, 351 with automatic.

Rotisserie restoration completed in 2017.
Has only been driven approx. 7,000 since completed.

Original body is rust free. Must see, like new.

Possible trade considered: Hellcat.

$ 45,000.00

Located in Daytona Beach.

Sent from my SM-G950U1 using Tapatalk
 

That is a spitting image of my first car except for the tail and window fins (don't think that was original on that model, anyway) and that mine had a red interior.  Bought it in 1975 for $950.  Never should have sold it.  I carried two bags of sand in the trunk because it was so light in the rear that it was prone to swaying on a fast acceleration or in slippery road conditions.

[ROFL BOX 6,649]

I like that the blackout hood is done correctly, not gloss.

He doesn't do anything halfassed when it comes to cars. Isn't into hot rodding so much as high-po mods to muscle cars.

 

Here are some pics of his stable.

 

*& As happens occasionally via Tapa, pics loaded out of order.

 

The red Mach 1 is parked next to the white one for sale.

 

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[TexasEd 8,071]

I'd keep the red one too.

 

[ROFL BOX 6,649]

On 7/14/2020 at 6:57 PM, BillyGoatHill said:

I get to go pick those dumbasses up all the time.

Travis EMS or FD?

[mulletpelini 5,215]

On 7/19/2020 at 7:20 PM, DalTxHornFan said:

I carried two bags of sand in the trunk because it was so light in the rear that it was prone to swaying on a fast acceleration or in slippery road conditions.

[TexasEd 8,071]

I've done a 270* turn more than once on a damp San Antonio road in my Mustang.  I was drifting when drifting wasn't cool.

 

[ROFL BOX 6,649]

On 7/18/2020 at 9:42 AM, Onboard 2.0 said:

A real 66 GT for sale, really sharp car.  Fastbacks are getting scarce, and REAL GT's are even harder to find.  Ran across this yesterday during a job site visit.

Numbers matching, etc?  VIN checks out as a "real" GT?

[Onboard 2.0 9,083]

1 minute ago, ROFL BOX said:

Numbers matching, etc?  VIN checks out as a "real" GT?

I didn't look at the data plate. We were driving by on the way to a park service battlefield, and I stopped to look at it. It's a pretty nice car. The interior was clean, rally pac, automatic, black interior.  It's easy enough to check the numbers on those cars, engine, transmission, data plate.  All of the badges, and gas cap looked original as well, nothing shiny, and new.

[Mach 1 1,677]

On 7/18/2020 at 12:11 AM, TexasEd said:

Everything I've read on the sound vibration aspect is that you just need to dampen the panel vibration and full coverage is not needed for that.

My man, the garage is a space far and away from my quarantined family.  I don't give a shit what the specs are, I was going to take the time to cover every square inch of the interior. If I hadn't spent 10k on the paint job I might have covered the exterior.

[tbone_ 14,144]

Paint is stupid expensive these days. $10k is actually not that bad.

[TexasEd 8,071]

50 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Paint is stupid expensive these days. $10k is actually not that bad.

The best quote I've gotten from someone I trust to paint it was 10K.  Goes up from there.

[AUinHsv 579]

3 hours ago, TexasEd said:

The best quote I've gotten from someone I trust to paint it was 10K.  Goes up from there.

Dreading that when I get my MGA back.  Guys working on it are very high end and their paint is 20K. The current paint was done by my Dad after taking courses at community college to learn how. Can't complain  -  it has lasted 40 years

Edited July 22, 2020 by AUinHsv

[TexasEd 8,071]

On 7/22/2020 at 5:16 AM, AUinHsv said:

Dreading that when I get my MGA back.  Guys working on it are very high end and their paint is 20K. The current paint was done by my Dad after taking courses at community college to learn how. Can't complain  -  it has lasted 40 years

MGA is only half a car, should be half the price.

[Mach 1 1,677]

On 7/15/2020 at 2:38 PM, Mother mopar said:

Pull valve covers off and installed 5.5 Qts of a break in oil and started priming the engine. Ran into some issues as the driver's side head will not oil no matter what. Turned engine by hand multiple rotations while running the drill on the priming rod and no luck. Going to have to pull off the rocker shaft pedestals and see if the oiling holes are blocked and then go from there. 

Any updates on this?  I winced when I first read this.  Having that occur to a rebuilt ( I assume) motor is ... less than ideal.

Hope you figured it out.