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54vicky

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  1. that will not happen Mr.Excitement crashed cars not build them.he kep his fathers wrecking yard stocked🤪
  2. I found sometimes it was easier use the needle nose pliers. and work them between the brass and the socket and twist the brass around the tip of plies like opening a tin of corned beef.the brass on bulb is not that strong so easy to twist
  3. if you have a tap and die set you probably have a gauge.
  4. perhaps the lack of oxygen at times influenced the pilots choices.as ray would say beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
  5. I think either the wagon or the 4 door were far better looking than to-days offerings.at the time you could tell the different makes fom a long distance.to-day when trying to identify all you might hear is it is ah ah ah ah ah blue thing(pick a colour)
  6. 🤣 to say nothing about the trucks boats and cars besides😁 people
  7. when I was welding our race car chassis and repair damage a 75-25 gas eliminated any porosity problems for .
  8. Exener had some nightmares that were put in production.Timothy Leary probably had a hand in that one.
  9. reread C49ers posts again he made it pretty clear
  10. that explains that should have known there was n expaination
  11. without the mounting brackets you will never be able to mount to transmission.hopefully you just did not mention them.once you mount it then you can change the stick to suit.or with heat you can bend to suit.same with the arms on transmission
  12. did they have optional bumper guards in picture they appear flatter?more scoop like
  13. 😀the thought of what your mom probably said to him brings a smile to my face
  14. do not over look a wheel cylinder usually it will be evident on back of tire or wheel.if it sits a lot does not take long for a leaking cylinder to drain the master.with the master up on firewall the fluid can and will siphon down over time.
  15. the bolt on the top allows for replacing the filter there is a gasket(?) on the tube portion.the oil filler cap is a problem if not cleaned if you are in a dusty area and drive a lot.the cap allows are into engine and the tube allows it out .if filler is dirty you will get the problem you have.blowby is another cause easy to clean cap by soaking in varsol or similar type solvent then blow dry or let sit in upright position till dry.the filter was (is)a horse hair type material held in place with a mesh
  16. the line in the buick blurb said be the first on your block should have said the worst on your block.the rolls canardly be called a rolls anymore.there has to be a place to keep these people out of the general population and only let them play with cayrons
  17. to me it looks like jimmy durante left it there
  18. same shyt different problem here try to list an item then spend 20 minutes with a tech trying to find out why it keeps kicking me back saying I need to correct the same thing.then him telling me he likes cars.I spend more time telling his higher ups that I do not care if he likes cars I want o place an ad.that is what it is like here with our bay they call it kijiji I read they called it that to allow french language ads.I waited 2 weeks tryed again no problem go figure glad I was not in a hurry
  19. I do not remember the year but there was a problem with them catching fire.they were dogs until the 6 came along
  20. probably better luck in the buick forums.
  21. back in the day I had my window replaced with a glass one pretty common back then(60s)one other thing you may want to try on the screws after trying the liquids if you can get a good purchase on the screws try tightening before trying to loosen I have done this several times with success over the years
  22. that was a step away from the bulls eye taillights for Ford went back to them in 61.Edsel had a similar model I believe if not in hardtop then same taillight treatment in their last year
  23. I am with Ed and John it still looks to have a good stance as it sits
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