Classic Car thread

[PittsburghTiger 6253]

19 hours ago, AUinHsv said:

Man choosing paint is not easy. I know what I want - the same as we used in the 80's. Unfortunately you can't buy that anymore. After 2 years up north being

worked on mechanically it is getting close to paint time. In the early 80's we matched the original paint and got PPG paint in the color below. Unfortunately that

is not longer sold. The interwebs are full of stories of matching MGA Iris Blue and it seems like maybe/possibly the 1979 VW Florida Blue is it. Getting samples

sent to me. Really wish Dad had left an old can around somewhere to make it easier

 

know

https://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/paint_color_reference_mg

Can't you just find the correct formula and have your paint shop guys match it? What year is the car?

Edited March 6, 2022 by PittsburghTiger

[AUinHsv 580]

4 hours ago, PittsburghTiger said:

https://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/paint_color_reference_mg

Can't you just find the correct formula and have your paint shop guys match it? What year is the car?

That's the problem.  British used cellulose paint in 60's and single stage. No one sells it anymore and it probably had lead in it. So you are about 2-3 degrees of freedom from the original. Best hope is to match the original in an odd place - like the back of the dash etc. 

[AUinHsv 580]

has anyone rechromed hubcaps? I can buy knock off of the dog dish caps for 35 bucks but the rechromers want 150 per cap. I know the 35 bucks ones are probably crap but 600 bucks ain't cheap either

[PittsburghTiger 6253]

48 minutes ago, AUinHsv said:

That's the problem.  British used cellulose paint in 60's and single stage. No one sells it anymore and it probably had lead in it. So you are about 2-3 degrees of freedom from the original. Best hope is to match the original in an odd place - like the back of the dash etc. 

I see. Thanks for that clarification. Good luck. War Eagle.

[Mother mopar 3352]

has anyone rechromed hubcaps? I can buy knock off of the dog dish caps for 35 bucks but the rechromers want 150 per cap. I know the 35 bucks ones are probably crap but 600 bucks ain't cheap either

Rechroming anything isn't cheap nowadays. I have a core set of bumpers I wanted re-chromed and it was $600 each to have them chromed. I bought brand new ones delivered to my door for $549. It's just crazy the prices of chemicals, paints, cleaners, etc nowadays.

[TexasEd 8163]

6 hours ago, AUinHsv said:

has anyone rechromed hubcaps? I can buy knock off of the dog dish caps for 35 bucks but the rechromers want 150 per cap. I know the 35 bucks ones are probably crap but 600 bucks ain't cheap either

 

3 hours ago, Mother mopar said:

6 hours ago, AUinHsv said:

has anyone rechromed hubcaps? I can buy knock off of the dog dish caps for 35 bucks but the rechromers want 150 per cap. I know the 35 bucks ones are probably crap but 600 bucks ain't cheap either

Rechroming anything isn't cheap nowadays. I have a core set of bumpers I wanted re-chromed and it was $600 each to have them chromed. I bought brand new ones delivered to my door for $549. It's just crazy the prices of chemicals, paints, cleaners, etc nowadays.

I just checked on my bumpers and in South Austin they wanted $300 per bumper including the bolts and doing minor straightening.  Repops are about $150 each.

[Mach 1 1677]

On 1/30/2022 at 10:18 PM, Jkwellborn said:

I’ve got a Noco jumper. Haven’t used it yet.

Kind of a necro bump I have one and it’s fucking awesome. Saved me a couple of time like a champ.

[AUinHsv 580]

On 3/6/2022 at 10:15 PM, TexasEd said:

 

I just checked on my bumpers and in South Austin they wanted $300 per bumper including the bolts and doing minor straightening.  Repops are about $150 each.

My bumpers and overiders were about 600 each which is OK. Just got another quote and everyone wants 150 each for dog dish half moon hubcaps. My top amount is 100 and that is almost 3x aftermarket. I am not doing a show car so I guess aftermarket is it

[Mother mopar 3352]

Got around to adjusting the valves after procrastinating for a while. Fired it up sounded good after a few months resting. Need to fixed a rear wheel cylinder leak than she'll be ready for some spring adventures.

[AUinHsv 580]

On 3/10/2022 at 5:09 AM, AUinHsv said:

My bumpers and overiders were about 600 each which is OK. Just got another quote and everyone wants 150 each for dog dish half moon hubcaps. My top amount is 100 and that is almost 3x aftermarket. I am not doing a show car so I guess aftermarket is it

Last quote was 175 each. No clue why overiders were 75 each and hubcaps 2x that. Gonna go with aftermarket here. We are not talking fancy - 9 inch and round

[Armybrat 41048]

[tbone_ 14300]

What kind of cars are those?

[Moby Ric 2058]

Just ran across this.  For sale for $16,900.  Tempting to put in a bid on it.

 

[tbone_ 14300]

Hell yes

[Anton Chigurh 3325]

What kind of cars are those?

Coupla Buicks. Specials or similar.

[Chad Fuck 17915]

Remember up thread when I was debating with my mechanic about what kind of lights to use for my Mustang dash?  He was team white led, and I was team original green LED to keep the vintage look?  Well, here's the finished product:

Point in the Chad column, I think.  

 

[Chad Fuck 17915]

Also he had this wheel in there:

But I was like, "Fuck naw, I want that thin thing that makes my hands hurt but looks period correct (and is probably cheaper)."

Edited March 30, 2022 by Chad Fuck
* I mean, there's literally zero wood trim in the car. Why do I want a big honking hunk of wood hanging out there. Yeah, I said it.

[Anastasis 23529]

#TeamGreen

[Chad Fuck 17915]

Question to you vintage Mustang guys:  Rally Pack or no?

I've never had one.  Seems like it is just an expensive bauble that won't really get used? Then again, that can be said for the entire car...

@Anastasis

@Onboard 2.0

@anyone else? 

What say Ye?

[TexasEd 8163]

23 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Question to you vintage Mustang guys:  Rally Pack or no?

I've never had one.  Seems like it is just an expensive bauble that won't really get used? Then again, that can be said for the entire car...

@Anastasis

@Onboard 2.0

@anyone else? 

What say Ye?

Nay.

Your ears work for the RPMs, right?

[Chad Fuck 17915]

40 minutes ago, TexasEd said:

Nay.

Your ears work for the RPMs, right?

100% percent. 

[Chad Fuck 17915]

Shout out to my guitpron surly bros, measuring to see if one of these will fit in the dash as an emergency break indicator light:

It would also be period correct, of course.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:

Question to you vintage Mustang guys:  Rally Pack or no?

I've never had one.  Seems like it is just an expensive bauble that won't really get used? Then again, that can be said for the entire car...

@Anastasis

@Onboard 2.0

@anyone else? 

What say Ye?

I have a rally pac, and I dig the way it looks. Having  said that it came with the car. I'm not sure I'd pony up the bucks they want for one now.  

I do like knowing, and seeing RPMs on an analog gauge.

[Chad Fuck 17915]

11 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

I have a rally pac, and I dig the way it looks. Having  said that it came with the car. I'm not sure I'd pony up the bucks they want for one now.  

I do like knowing, and seeing RPMs on an analog gauge.

I hear you.  It might be cool if it already had one.  But they want $500 for them now - plus whatever his markup is and labor.  Honestly, I have a clock on my phone and can hear when I need to switch gears.  I lived without one on it to date.  I'm kinda leaning agin' it.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

I hear you.  It might be cool if it already had one.  But they want $500 for them now - plus whatever his markup is and labor.  Honestly, I have a clock on my phone and can hear when I need to switch gears.  I lived without one on it to date.  I'm kinda leaning agin' it.

Well ya always gotta be fir or agin' somethin'.  There are better ways to spend $500 on a classic car right now........ like getting a full tank of gas....

[Chad Fuck 17915]

1 minute ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Well ya always gotta be fir or agin' somethin'.  There are better ways to spend $500 on a classic car right now........ like getting a full tank of gas....

I don't know about that yet. 

But soon.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Just now, Chad Fuck said:

I don't know about that yet. 

But soon.

Yeah, I haven't had it out for a couple months. Have a leaky power steering hose, and just haven't had the time to deal with it, but convertible weather is just about here, and I'll find some time.

[Anastasis 23529]

4 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

but convertible weather is just about here

Has been for a few weeks down here already. 

Getting some black soot out of the exhaust though on start up. Maybe time for a carb adjustment?

[Anastasis 23529]

2 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

Question to you vintage Mustang guys:  Rally Pack or no?

I've never had one.  Seems like it is just an expensive bauble that won't really get used? Then again, that can be said for the entire car...

@Anastasis

@Onboard 2.0

@anyone else? 

What say Ye?

 

I am a no on that dawg.  But my cruiser is also automatic. If I had a built engine and a stick I would probably like the tach. 

Edited March 30, 2022 by Anastasis

[tbone_ 14300]

Team rally pack here. Think they look cool.

[RMac5 1551]

Looking good Fuck! Mine has the skinny steering wheel too. Seems like the wood ones are $400ish.

 

[Chad Fuck 17915]

Looking good Fuck! Mine has the skinny steering wheel too. Seems like the wood ones are $400ish.
 

I probably wouldn’t mind the thicker one if it was black. The wood just looked so out of place to me.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

6 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

Also he had this wheel in there:

But I was like, "Fuck naw, I want that thin thing that makes my hands hurt but looks period correct (and is probably cheaper)."

Diggin' the green lights, and I like the skinny wheels as well.  I hate the feel of a fat steering wheel.

[tbone_ 14300]

Love a fat steering wheel and a skinny guitar neck. Go figure.

[Jkwellborn 6898]

Just ran across this.  For sale for $16,900.  Tempting to put in a bid on it.
 

Late second gen Camaros are ugly. Firebirds are pure sex though.

Early second gens are best gens. I miss my 70 split bumper Z.

[Armybrat 41048]

My driveway with some of our family rides... circa 1990... (Mrs. Brat’s 1984 Celebrity wagon was in the garage and oldest son’s 1984 Firebird was in San Marcos)

The 1980 Firebird belonged to son #2, the 1980 POS Citation was #3 son’s, and the 1978 Regal & ‘74 MGB were mine.

and my ass belonged to State Farm Insurance.

 

Edited March 31, 2022 by Armybrat

[Native Horn 3524]

13 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

I probably wouldn’t mind the thicker one if it was black. The wood just looked so out of place to me.

Thank God for context....

[Armybrat 41048]

Wood steering wheels were a European thing. As CF noted, it wouldn’t look right on a Pony car.

[Chad Fuck 17915]

2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

My driveway with some of our family rides... circa 1990... (Mrs. Brat’s 1984 Celebrity wagon was in the garage and oldest son’s 1984 Firebird was in San Marcos)

The 1980 Firebird belonged to son #2, the 1980 POS Citation was #3 son’s, and the 1978 Regal & ‘74 MGB were mine.

and my ass belonged to State Farm Insurance.

 

My uncle had a beautiful blue MGB he had special made when he was stationed in England.  His son wrapped it around a telephone pole and lived to tell the tale.  The MG perished, however.

[PittsburghTiger 6253]

On 3/30/2022 at 2:59 PM, Chad Fuck said:

Remember up thread when I was debating with my mechanic about what kind of lights to use for my Mustang dash?  He was team white led, and I was team original green LED to keep the vintage look?  Well, here's the finished product:

Point in the Chad column, I think.  

 

I LIKE it!

[PittsburghTiger 6253]

We had a little break in the shit weather so I finally got the old 911 out on the road yesterday. Today, it is snowing.

 

🤬

[Texzilla58 4746]

Remember up thread when I was debating with my mechanic about what kind of lights to use for my Mustang dash?  He was team white led, and I was team original green LED to keep the vintage look?  Well, here's the finished product:

Point in the Chad column, I think.  
 

Love the green. I like white. Question: don’t they have multicolor LEDs so you could change at will?

Love the project. I’m envious. I wish I had dilemmas like green or white dash lighting for my vintage ride. My biggest thrill was a new cell phone charging mount in my 4Runner.

[Chad Fuck 17915]

Just now, Texzilla58 said:

Love the green. I like white. Question: don’t they have multicolor LEDs so you could change at will?

Love the project. I’m envious. I wish I had dilemmas like green or white dash lighting for my vintage ride. My biggest thrill was a new cell phone charging mount in my 4Runner.

You don't want my problem.  I was emotionally attached to this car which has cost me way more than I should've.   But I've fully succumbed to the good money after bad fallacy so fuck it.  

Now another question:  How do you guys insure your vintage rides?  Right now, I've got a pretty standard auto policy from State Farm.  I'm looking at all these different vintage hot rod insurers and I honestly can't tell that much difference between them.  What is the collective Surl opinion?

[Chad Fuck 17915]

They do have LEDs that you can change the shade on.  But I can't recall if they were more expensive, or I just didn't care about that issue and didn't look at the price because that was never on the agenda. I was never going to have blue or purple or whatever leds.  It was always gonna be green.

[PittsburghTiger 6253]

3 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

You don't want my problem.  I was emotionally attached to this car which has cost me way more than I should've.   But I've fully succumbed to the good money after bad fallacy so fuck it.  

Now another question:  How do you guys insure your vintage rides?  Right now, I've got a pretty standard auto policy from State Farm.  I'm looking at all these different vintage hot rod insurers and I honestly can't tell that much difference between them.  What is the collective Surl opinion?

For my 1968 Buick Riviera I use American Collectors Insurance out of New Jersey. 

https://americancollectors.com

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

On 3/30/2022 at 9:33 PM, tbone_ said:

Love a fat steering wheel and a skinny guitar neck. Go figure.

And I love a girl in a short skirt, and a looooong jacket....

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

On 3/31/2022 at 11:09 AM, Armybrat said:

Wood steering wheels were a European thing. As CF noted, it wouldn’t look right on a Pony car.

Beg to differ. There's a wood steering wheel for old Shelbys that looks very bueno.   Of course, your results may vary.

Edited April 1, 2022 by Onboard 2.0

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

4 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

You don't want my problem.  I was emotionally attached to this car which has cost me way more than I should've.   But I've fully succumbed to the good money after bad fallacy so fuck it.  

Now another question:  How do you guys insure your vintage rides?  Right now, I've got a pretty standard auto policy from State Farm.  I'm looking at all these different vintage hot rod insurers and I honestly can't tell that much difference between them.  What is the collective Surl opinion?

You want a stated value policy.  So you can insure it for more than the blue book on a 19xx mustang, which is probably like $500.

[tbone_ 14300]

I have a stated value policy from State Farm for the Firebird. My umbrella from them would have gone up if I had used a diff company for the vintage policy. Their price was right in line with Haggarty at the time.

[Mother mopar 3352]

You don't want my problem.  I was emotionally attached to this car which has cost me way more than I should've.   But I've fully succumbed to the good money after bad fallacy so fuck it.  
Now another question:  How do you guys insure your vintage rides?  Right now, I've got a pretty standard auto policy from State Farm.  I'm looking at all these different vintage hot rod insurers and I honestly can't tell that much difference between them.  What is the collective Surl opinion?

Insurance...for classics I use none other than Hagerty. Love them, been using them for many, many years. Ensure the car for whatever valve YOU want and they will pay that value in the event it's totaled. Their customer service is legit too. Depending on the value you set, they may ask for a few pictures.