junkyardjeff
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I have not done any building this summer but when it gets cold I will start again.
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I am thinking this is the last of the versions that came from the original 62ish kit and I have them all now. The original could be built coupe or convertible and then into the early iron series in the mid 70s in a red convertible and green coupe kits. In the 80s it was made into the ZZ Top car and then in the 90s a chopped top 33,the last was this severely chopped convertible,I have plenty of 60s and 70s parts to fix it.
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I picked it up off eBay thinking it was the 70s version but is a 90s release but it's identical to the 70s version,will build it this winter.
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I gave up on the plug wires and fuel lines a few years ago.
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Power steering pump always leaked so that is the next project,thought it was the hose and replaced it but that only caused it to leak more. There is a sensor in line with the pressure hose and that looks to be the leak but part is not available so it will get eliminated and go with a slightly older pump.
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This one will definately be the last with a digital dash,I got the car cheap so I could not complain
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Dash is now in and working,now on to replacing the heater hoses and the sensor that is in line with the heater hoses and new plugs.
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Dash was returned today and going in tomorrow,a place called Southern Electronics in Richmond Virginia repaired it. Do not know anything about electronic repairs so do not know if price was low or high but much cheaper then replacing the car,I was thinking the car was done for if I could not find anyone to repair it or a good used cluster found but now can live on.
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Found a place that will repair it.
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It's a nice car and a shame something simple could doom it
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Yes smoke came from the dash so something in it fried,contacted a couple places that fix them and no go so looking at GPS speedometers to put on the dash so I won't get spending tickets. Will not have gauges so I will have to figure out where I have been to keep track on gas,this might speed up the death of this car as if I found one with a regular dash that needs a engine this one could be parted out.
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I really did not want a car with a digital dash but I do know I will never get another.
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The smoke came out of the digital dash in my 90 Town car so anyone know of a place to get it repaired.
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I will be going with the service truck.
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Just got it today and it looks like the engine was not improved,just like the original it's a Y block with FE looking heads. I will fix that problem with engine parts from the 57 car.
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Picked it up built and I built one around 1973.
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On 6/12/2024 at 6:43 PM, wayne sheldon said:
What difference does it make? Nobody will ever drive these things anyway?
I am JOKING!
Just joking.
Joking. Yes they will drive them but only on and off trailers.
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Not sure of the 52 to 54s but around 55 the bolt pattern was different,Fords has 5x4 1/2 where the Mercs had 5x5.
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Almost done
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We have a 35 at the shop that had been taken apart over a year ago but the person who took it apart forgot to take pictures,there is this wood frame that has snaps for the boot so does it mount to the body or rear of the seat.
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2 hours ago, RansomEli said:
The prices for model car paint, both the teeny bottles and the spray cans, are truly shocking. By the time you purchase and assemble the average car model you have about $50 invested.
Kids now can not afford to build them,they were around 1.75 when I first started building and those bottles of paint were most likely around 25 cents.
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I do not remember it ever being that cheap,no price on the bottles in the bottom picture but do look older. Testors in the bigger bottles and Pactra in the smaller bottles,I got the Pactra paint in the mid 70s and used some of it and it was old then.
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On 4/3/2024 at 8:21 PM, TerryB said:
Cool bike! Not many kids that I knew had a Schwinn back in the day. I had an AMF Roadmaster, the poor kids similar bike but far from as well built as the Schwinn.
Only one on my neighborhood had a Schwinn,I had a AMF and the rest Huffys.
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Trying to put it back together with original parts and I frequent the cable.
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AMT Camaro
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I was hoping this would be a 68 annual model but have been told it's a modified 67 that was released in 68. Not sure what I will do with it.