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Not all accessories are factory supplied. Many aftermarket options can be blended aesthetically to go far beyond what the designers ever dreamed of. If this man had lived at a time when Mother's Detail Spray and microfiber towels were available a splash of mud wouldn't have had a chance.

Here are two pair of factory. I had them on one of my Roadmasters. Search for Goodwrench splash guards. That is the GM accessory name. And, yes, they are needed. https://www.ebay.com/itm/335368613722?itmmeta=01HX4VX07P6QHBWBX5DXPGC1AR&hash=item4e1586ef5a:g:76YAAOSwRflmLTu8&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA0FzTiuPttdbTfI9rJGx5THQwuUptCzf2offqquzZ9p6zoeLEzNovXagsN%2F5kRsZb%2FdMvs1v1tGOrZn%2BjCAsrexozWXy8ZnGYzZ4jNPWSs7UNHv%2F6LWp7mmf3n6IibGHTwmAVyIU9KLD5O2HNUXfSiblu5qcahcjpB1B1geTo%2BcxsOZ4PyQ8fpVcD%2FEVAUMBCnQpgdKXvjc1%2FBDDa6d9Tp9sJ44pc%2BXaL4XbetD2I0DD8jqgyj0blXY9Biyaiclyh7%2BGlD3C5O43anE%2FT3zF3u%2Bc%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5CE9JvpYw

"Thar ain't a VW part in them thar Shay's old feller." Someone once said. They are a collection of Pinto and pop rivets. A car builder friend of mine bought one last year and has been enjoying every minute of reconditioning the car for the upcoming season. Like me with my way too new Buick with the roof cut off, we will stay away from the real pillars of taste. Rides to a family diner in another town and local cruise nights are just fine. It makes a nice historical moment for the better part of a hundred years I will be around.

Must have been surprising to see a Buick part mixed in with Templar stuff. I might have expected a part from a Knight.

You may get help from a company like Steele rubber who remolds engine mounts. They or their provider probably have molding jigs for various jobs. Another source could be a nonferrous metal casting job shop. They could make a mold. Depending on the fitment to the shaft "billet" rubber can be machined. If is a spline a rubber block can be drilled and broached to fit. My BMW used a "gimbal" joint in the driveshaft. They are fairly common in automotive and industrial use. One of those may be adaptable to your car with a little redesign or adapter. Anywhere near western New York or have a couple of pictures?

I am sitting next to my car in the garage right now. I got in the car and checked. It can't even be corrected. Something to think about while I am clocking my Phillips head screws.

We have the six computers online. I recently replied to the extortion letter and allowed the upgrade to fiber. Since the computers are as far away as the garage I requested (through his phone language translator) that all be tested for connectivity. It was interesting that even he noticed the only one that was fully assembled we my wife's. All were running.

"Yeah, just spin this ring on the tabletop."

Not too sure about the last one, I am sure I will buy more. But.

I am from Kodak country in Rochester, a couple of hundred miles from you. Although commonly known for cameras it is really a chemical company. Lots of areas had non-sparking tool requirements and a lot of those tools wandered away from the plants. You have those big oil storage farms not far from you in the Greenbush area. There's an explosive spot, might have its origins up there.

Nonferrous, no spark. May have been used in a special place around combustible/explosive liquids. Or inside one of those buildings where the walls come off.

I am 75 years old and I am always entertained by an old man waving his hands about and pressing his fingertips to his thumbs. Insanely thinking he is impersonating a young person. Ever look up the origin of whipersnapper. There used to be some out there but not anymore. I learned how to drive a Model T Ford 2-speed when I was in my early 40s. Not applying the brakes when shifting to second was pretty close to blackscreening in Windows 98. When I finished with that T I thought "Imagine someone pulling one of those out of a hedgerow, spending a few years of their life restoring it, and realizing that was all the had in the end." My childhood dreams tossed on the rocks and shoals of reality. I had been misled.

"How many cars do you have now?" "Oh, many more than a sane person would own."

Oh, one more thing. I replace the tires on my old cars at ten years maximum. Most recently it was eight.

Look at the negative comments as they apply to the cars. The experience of selling to orphan car fans is going to be something unique in its own rite. You may want to take good notes on each part of the adventure and write a book, could bring more than the cars. When I was 16 years old I advertised a Kaiser for sale. There really are stereotypes and they tend to be perpetuated. My mother greeted one of the potential buyers of that Kaiser and she remember him like a Reader's Digest memorable character until the day she died. You will soon find out. Here is the best tip I can give you in preparing to sell a car. Answer these questions about each car as a basis for your sales presentation. You and your Dad should have a great time going through them. They work for both buyer and seller. Car Sale Questions 1. Do you own the car and have legal proof? 2 Is the paperwork clear and free of liens, unbranded? 3. How long have you owned the car? 4. Is the car currently licensed and insured? 5. Can it be driven on the road, legally, today? 6 Is the car in storage? If so, how long has it been stored? 7. How many miles did you drive it during the last 12 months? 8. Have you done any major work on the car since you have owned it? 9. What and when was the most recent service or repair? 10. If you decided to keep the car what improvement would you consider important?

My original '64 was a cardboard backer with a heavy fiber matting under. It was still in good shape in 1978 when I bought the car. I knew moisture would cause damage to them. I removed mine from the car and gave the the fiber a thorough coating of shellac, really let it soak in. The car hasn't spent any time outside since then, hasn't been driven in rain, or stored in a damp building so it still looks pretty good today.

I use Westley's and jackstands. There is also a folded piece of 800 grit sandpaper for the edges.

The woman in pink says you wouldn't believe how many times I told him to do something about that. Oh, yeah. I sure would.

I have had good luck gently massaging D&L hand cleaner into old leather. It is loaded with lanolin.

Just made me think back to a SBC that I side gapped and indexed a set of plugs in. That would have been 1972. The car was a black '58 Chevy station wagon, 283 with a WCFB on it, '68ish Camaro close ratio three speed on the floor, twin Cherry Bombs, and a peg leg 4:11 gear set. I don't know how well the plug fitting worked out but one morning I was walking along the ditch on the edge of town when one of the guys came out of the garage on the corner carrying the rear half of my driveshaft and asked "Are you looking for this? We found it by the gate". I was living with my parents at the time and the neighbor's son came out back in our shared driveway. I told him his mother thought the car was a hearse the first time she saw it. He said "The first time you started it I thought it was a cannon." Good memories on that one.

"Oh, no, how'd he get out on the track again!" Don't buzz the test drivers.

I have bought similar projects. I did the best I could with what was available. I researched all the details and collected both digital and paper documents. I enjoyed all "the privileges of ownership" in discussions, and eventually sold them. And that's the truth. There was a buyer for all those rose colored projects. Members of our local Buick Club chapter stopped by my garage years ago. One friend looked at a current Jaguar project and asked "When are you ever going to get that finished?" "Probably never" I replied. I sold it a year or so later and made a few bucks on it.

I am sure this topic will be removed due to a lack of sympathy...... or empathy, whatever the case may be. I'm generally short on both.

My first thought would be that they were taught by one of the group who were fiddling with updraft carburetors and caused everyone to set a fire extinguisher next to their front wheel at shows. "I've been doing this for 60 years. Watch me, you might learn something." Oh, yeah.

I have seen the arc through the rotor to the distributor shaft on a Chevy truck I had. I couldn't diagnose the problem but a friend picked up on it right away from previous experience. It may have been an aftermarket rotor. I lot of things have to come into play to get the problem. I have an inductive KV meter for the secondary side that I have used quite often over the past 30 years and I had an Allen scope prior to that. I can't recall seeing anything more than 4,500 V on anything I worked on. If you pull the coil wire and let it hang to disable the ignition the coil will put out all it has, maybe even blow itself out. I always ground the coil wire to deduce the total resistance if I do something like that just to prevent another problem.