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Although time consuming and skilled as the body work was, I bet it was even more difficult to find the factory original blown Hemi engine.

I saw that and figured it was one of them rare reverse drive engines.

Kind of like I worked on Eisenhower's Super Constellation "Columbine". By the time I showed up on the scene, Ike was out of office and retired to his farm in Gettysburg. The Super Connie had been passed down to a Navy Admiral and I, a fresh recruit, was on a work party assigned to polish all seven million acres of its aluminum skin with Nevr Dull.

To me, all cars these days look like blobs.

Mr. Earl, that project is a testament to your ingenuity, resourcefulness and abilities in many differing fields. Well done! BTW, is Elvis a Ridgeback? Reminds of our too-earl;y departed Moses. He was a real gentleman.

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Google Ghost Parts in Chardon, Ohio; call and ask Steve Littin. If early Rolls, he knows about them.

Very good looking Buick, sir. I wondered if that was the original color, so, naturally google provided the answer. Paint code 72 shows up as top/bottom: Carlsbad Black/Matador Red. There is probably something one cannot find on the internet, but it's probably insignificant. Good luck with the sale.

You can stuff one cylinder at a time with rope and do this without taking the heads off. Another method would be to break the porcelain from an old spark plug, braze on an air fitting and pressurize a cylinder. Remove the keepers and springs, replace the umbrellas and go to the next cylinder. These 383s/727s are very good combinations, stout and long-lasting with the usual care. My father bought a new '66 and then a '68. Good cars, faster than he probably wanted them to be. At that price and apparent condition, that wagon would be a very good buy. The lowering is a silly thing; these cars handle very well and look good in stock configuration. Lowering degrades both looks and handling, in my opinion, as well as load carrying ability.

help/hurt the sale? Well, it does cut down the buyer pool somewhat...

I've towed some over the years. Here are some of the things I've learned. You asked about a weight-distributing hitch. That is a good thing. I assume you'll have a 2 5/16 ball, that also is good. I eventually converted all my trailers and prime movers to the larger size for ease of hooking up. Speaking of hitching up and before backup cameras, I would prop a broom vertically on the trailer hitch so I had something to aim for. Doing that eliminated the sideways misalignment and I only had to go back and look a half dozen times compared to a dozen. You might also drill another hole through the receiver and ball mount, parallel to and ahead of the pin. and put in a 1/2 or 5/8 hard bolt with a nylok nut. That puts the assembly in double shear, belt and suspenders. That little pin, all by itself is asked to do much. Backing a trailer is something I eventually found to be almost easy. You could get a detachable backup camera, I guess they are pretty cheap. One trick is to move the bottom of the steering wheel in the direction you want the trailer to go. Put in either multiple tie-down points for and aft or have them install racks in the floor that allow you to move tie-downs to the optimum location. When you buy new tires, don't forget the spare. In your tool box, a small generator and electric impact wrench would make tire changing out on the highway less onerous. Practice changing a wheel in the driveway. Get the proper ball mount that provides for the loaded trailer to ride absolutely parallel to the road. Otherwise, the loaded axle, springs, bearings, tires, etc., carry most of the weight while the other stuff takes a vacation. Stopping is also compromised.

Brilliant, Matt. Should be a side bar in the Standard Guide to the Car Guy's Last Will & Testament Preparation Manual.

It looks like you already know exactly what you think it's worth. Why not be forthright and let the buying public decide if it's fair for them as well?

A little farther north, Zuffenhausen.

A mechanic friend of mine ruefully says of a different but similar marque, "They hang the matrix from a string and build the car around it."

Crawfished means "backed up", Do you say "craw" or cray"?

Here's some advice and worth every penny you pay for it. During the next five years, live two lives. A. Do everything in your power to make the company that employs you successful beyond anyone's dreams, even the sales guy and the CEO. Be a man in every old-fashioned sense of the word, be decent, cordial and the one that people go to to solve their problem. Make yourself indispensable. You will grow as will the company. B. Figure out your future and make a detailed plan to get from here to there. Make it your life and death, body parts in the vise passion. At year four, begin your transition. At the dawn of year five, you are there. You can do it in three. Or two. If you aren't the lead dog, the view never changes.

Those chain-bound side-mount mirrors are similar, but not as elegant as, the mirrors on my Dad's old Springfield Rolls.

Something like this?