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7 hours ago, rocketraider said:
That A/C belt has been off a while so you can count on A/C work. It appears to have Oldsmobile's Custom Air Conditioning instead of Comfortron which makes repair a little easier.
Car really doesn't look bad except that front seat. Wear is one thing but the stains make you wonder about a windshield leak, and what you'd get into fixing that. Notice this car has a "halo" style vinyl roof.
Oddly optioned too with wind-up windows, yet a 60/40 split bench seat.
Even though the front end styling is a little "heavy" I like the 71 and 72. They still had a little bit of grace and svelte- which Toronado lost completely when the federalized bumpers appeared.
Come on now. It just needs a recharge!
Who took over styling for Olds in 71? Stevie Wonder?
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Should be 75-80 lbs? I had a car with a brand new engine (that had sat for 15 years) that would not start cold. Did a compression check and there was 35 lbs in each cylinder. The engine was not generating enough vacuum to suck the gas up from the carburetor. The issue was valve lash which was zero. Once adjusted properly compression went to 75 lbs and the car starts on 3 spins dead cold.
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6 hours ago, Xander Wildeisen said:
So many beautiful designs. And most of the best ones come out of the 30’s.
The 1930s was the pinnacle of car design because you still had all these high end custom coachbuilders creating cool cars. By 1940 they were all just about gone. They were around in the teens and twenties but the designs followed function over form until about 1930.
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When I was in HS 78-82 Camaro Z28s were like flies. They were everywhere. And then by 1984 or so they had all dissappeared. I drove this for a year in College. 1980 was the last year you could get the 350/Four Speed. The cowl inductor hood (that opened up when you gunned it) was only a 80-81 thing. In 82 the body style was changed after an 11 year run. The guy that bought my car from me crashed it in 2 weeks. He then bought my friends almost identical car and crashed that in 3 weeks. I figured out what happened to all the other ones.
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My 8 Cylinder Stearns Knight gets somewhere between 6 and 8 miles to the gallon.
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And you should mention if you are buying or selling or flipping.
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It is a relatively nice copy of the original Graber bodied Packard. I appreciate the workmanship, but I personally have no interest in replica bodies or made up cars.
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14 minutes ago, BuickTom87 said:
Its idles horribly , pretty much will stall out after a min of running . Spits fumes out of the exhaust pipe where it bolts onto the heat valve, as well the outside heat riser pipe . I tighten everything and still does it. I’m gonna try really have to look into a place nearby that has experience in these cars and not just mustangs and Chevells
Vacuum leaks? I wonder if the intake manifold is true and the gasket is seated correctly?
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It is a double rear spare club sedan. The shame is the body wood is shot.
No. I don't see a speedster project.
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2 hours ago, Terry Y said:
I was ready to hook the trailer to the truck, I even got past the paint trouble. Then I got to the interior shots. A shame
What should someone pay for this 1938 ??
It is the junior Packard with a 4 door convertible sedan body and an interior that makes you wonder what else has been screwed up. The answer is not much.
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1 hour ago, Model56s said:
Impressive smoothness, and the engine doesn’t have a drinking problem!😂 About all I knew of the LaSalle was the first example for the ‘27 model year was styled by Harley E.
My ‘56 Chevy truck is equipped with the 4-speed HydraMatic, the companion to the Cadillac V8 in those tanks. By the way, I saw this parked on a street in Webster Groves, Missouri last Fall. It probably has the V8 & HydraMatic drive train…
My brother used to collect WWII armor. Made car collectors look sane. He had 2 hellcats, A Stewart and a Chafee which I think had the Cadillac engines. Also a Tiger thank replica built on a Russian chassis.
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The "assembled" thing is a bad moniker. Although not as bad as "orphan" which applies to about 75% of all collector cars.
The price is stupid, but the car is cool.
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Agreed on the lift. A Camaro looks best level.
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4 minutes ago, TAKerry said:
I like the look of the race deck. Like AJ, its been awhile since I have looked at their stuff. The one thing I dont like is that with the placement of square tiles the joints are all aligned. A small nitpick but from a floor installers point of view it looks odd. We do a lot of laminate flooring and I have been very tempted to put some of the water proof flooring in my garage. I thought I would be the only guy with a wood floor in the garage (to match the wainscoting and crown molding), but alas I see you have beat me to it! As a comparison the water proof laminate can be purchased for about $3. a foot.
Kerry, how durable to do you think that laminate would be?
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I swear this is one of those cars that somebody "created a market". Back in the 90s a few of them sold for stupid money at BJ and all of a sudden the other 20k that were still around quadrupled in price.
They go for about 1/2 of what they did 20 years ago. Which is still double what they should.
I agree a documented fuelie or dual quad car should bring money. But not the other 95%.
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13 minutes ago, Matt Harwood said:
Hmmm, I wonder if I could come out ahead putting that V12 into this:
Matt, take those Trippe lights off. You will get an extra 15K for it.
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Doesn't seem to be giving them away. I wonder if that is the set that has been available forever?
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Wonder how long that for sale sign has been on the windshield?
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5 hours ago, m-mman said:
Kaiser people, is the supercharger actually a benefit or a detriment?
We know Kaiser installed them to compete with the V8s but in the 21st century are they repairable? Are they easy to tune? Are they reliable?
I have read about the principles behind superchargers (comparing the before and after carb designs) and I have understood that using the before carb variation, can really mess with float bowl venting and air-fuel mixtures through the Venturi.
On a Hudson the dual carb (Twin H) is reportedly to be simple and reliable and worth installing.
Is trying to run and maintain a supercharger on a Kaiser 6 really of value? Or more trouble than it’s worth?Superchargers are cool. It looks like the same set up that was on the later Studebaker. There are vendors that will rebuild them. My experience with blown cars is that they make a very cool whine, and at RPM there is a noticeable horsepower boost. So I am 100% behind anything that makes otherwise mundane car cool.
All cars are a pain in the ass to some extent. Any added complexity makes it worse. But the one thing that makes this car worth keeping around is the blower.
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Cool. Post some more photos. I always like these. If it’s presentable, do not restore it.
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47 minutes ago, Loco 90 said:
By the numbers
What does "Dual carburetion" mean?
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Stick/Blower is cool. Too bad it is not a 2 door.
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On 2/6/2024 at 11:37 AM, alsancle said:
In fairness to Jay, it takes some practice. If you are shifting that high you need to double clutch, or go early and often. I find my Stearns is easier to shift.
I just got around to reading the owners manual. The PII has a clutch brake and you are not supposed to double clutch on the way up. When the transmission gets warm they advise pausing in neutral (I assume to give the brake time?) before proceeding to the next gear. I was in a PII today and experimented with this and will shift find going up if you follow the pause methodology.
An interesting tidbit is that they suggest using the throttle control on the steering wheel for the double clutch on the downshift. I need to think about that one a bit.
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Everybody here knows that 90% of the time it makes more sense to hold your phone horizontally when you take a picture?
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Oil Recommendation 1936 American LaFrance straight 8
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I run straight 30 Valvoline Racing Oil (VR1) which is what my dad and I have done for 50 years. I think it is the best oil you can buy. But, the point made by other posters is valid. I would pick any straight 30 weight or 40 if the engine smokes a bit.