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Prior to that, the speed limit in NY was 65 mph. Cars in the '60s and early '70s would regularly run 70 mph on the interstate highways.

Well, since you asked...

I'm familiar with that, as I used a Rustoleum version of that on the floor of my wife's screen house. It's really a heavy latex paint with sand/filler mixed in. I'm not sure that it wouldn't try to lift or peel when hot tires are parked on it. I thought about RaceDeck, but discarded the idea thinking it might try to shift on top of the plywood. Now you have me thinking about it as an option...

In that case, I would completely drain the fuel system and consider running something like MMO through the pump and injectors.

I have YOM plates (NY) on my old cars. They aren't daily drivers, so they're registered as 'historical' (a prerequisite for YOM plates in NY). IMHO the YOM plates really add to the authenticity of the cars; modern plates just don't look right to me on classic, otherwise stock appearing cars.

Would the epoxy floor coating marketed for concrete garage floors be a good choice for the plywood floor in an enclosed trailer? Seems like it would be tough, durable and with the colored flakes, not too slippery. What have others used? My trailer is new, so it makes sense to do something soon before the floor gets too dirty.

What I thought was that the color camera allowed decomposition of the color into constituent components from which software could derive a 'recipe' for the color. What I discovered after talking with the guy behind the counter at the local paint jobber is the camera image is simply used to search the paint catalog for a 'match'. Naturally, the result was 'no match' for Riviera Gold Poly... They did still have a few old paint chip catalogs, but the oldest was late '70s, so I had them mix a pint of something that looked sorta close. When I opened the can at home it was obviously more 'gold' than the color on my car. I was able to mix-in a little from a touch-up bottle I bought on-line that was too green and got something sorta close enough to fill a couple of the worst chips. I stopped at the PPG trailer at the Syracuse Nationals a few years ago and described my problem. The guy there was able to look-up the color and print out the 'formula'. The issue, as Jason mentioned, is the paint chemistry has changed such that the specified toners are no longer available. At this point it seems that someone will have to re-create the color using available toners in a trial-and-error fashion. Maybe I'll give Paint Scratch a try...

I went through this locally and gave up. Let me know if you find a match. I had to resort to 'home brew' mixing of several golds to get something barely acceptable for some brush touch-up of chips...

Can you see the videos on this site? https://www.caparadiator.com/video

Pay attention to the size of the stream of water exiting the radiator. It should start out at the size of the opening and then decrease as the radiator empties. Here's a video of the test on the radiator from my 1938 Buick ("Before & After"): https://www.caparadiator.com/video

How old are your motor mounts? They typically shrink and harden with age. If original (or very old) they may be transmitting more vibration than they should.

If you are concerned about the radiator, disconnect the lower hose and plug the outlet. Fill the radiator with water, then quickly remove the plug from the lower hose (or radiator nipple) and measure the time it takes for the radiator to empty. Do this a few times and average the results. If the core is open and not blocked it should only take 10 ~ 15 seconds to empty and you should see a strong stream of water exiting the radiator. Long time and/or weak flow from the lower hose suggests there is a blockage.

http://catalog.remflex.com/BUICK_Header_Exhaust_Manifold_Gasket_p/13-009.htm

If Elvis signed-off on the design and installation I'm good with it!

Buckets & console in a wagon is unusual, for sure!

I use the standard, green ethylene glycol type in my Riviera. I only use the OAT (aka: DexCool) type in cars that came with it originally.

Our family had a '59 Catalina sport coupe when I was very young. I'd like to have one now...

Since I tagged him above, @abandg should receive a notification to check here next time he logs in.

This subject came up recently. I suggest starting here: https://forums.aaca.org/topic/397813-blown-engine-supercharger-time/#comment-2555158

Where did you send your radio?

I bought a set of Firestone bias ply whitewalls from Lucas two years ago and have no complaints. I am running them with their 'heavy duty' radial tubes. https://lucasclassictires.com/

OK, that sounds like a problem. Have you checked the dwell and ignition timing?

I'll be honest with you - your manifold looks pretty darn good right now! A little sanding on the oxidized areas and then brush-on some Bill Hirsh enamel and call it done. That's a pretty doable weekend task.

Donald Osborne?

@JohnD1956 has a filter like that on his '56 Super. Nice thing about that one is it's easy to check and clean.