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Look at SEM products. Leather and vinyl dyes. Works great, just follow all their instructions and product recommendations.

Consider a late '40's or early '50's Cadillac. 1948 was the last year of the flathead V8, which is a wonderful engine. 1949 was the first year of the overhead valve engine. Cadillac in these years was consistently a Moble Gas Economy winner. Most will have HydroMatic which has a more economical rear end ratio. Very highway capable. This is my '48 Cadillac 60S below. Buicks of this period are also great road cars but you should look for a Roadmaster with the larger engine.

Your Lincoln originally came with 9.50x14 tires, the largest passenger car tire available. Coker Tire has this tire available. There is no modern radial crossover size for this large tire. The closest is for the 9.00x14 which crosses to the euro-metric size 225R14. This is an 82 series tire. The P225/75R14 tire is much smaller and lower weight capacity. It crosses to the 8.55x14 tire. Contact Lincoln Land in Clearwater, FL for parts or Google for other Lincoln vendors. There are several.

Yes, they are totally different in size and the way they mount. The 320 mounts along side the valve cover while the 248 air cleaner mounts across the valve cover.

Parts availability is not too bad for mechanical parts, but trim parts are more difficult. What you will find to be the most difficult parts to find or even identify are those used in "upgrades". You need to know exactly what parts and part numbers were used because no parts store has any way to look up those parts for replacement. Knowing that it has Chevy disc brakes doesn't get you anywhere.

Pickup trucks and larger trucks.

In the '60's and earlier, cars weren't sliding off the road all over the place on bias tires. Stuck in the snow, yes.

Pete, I can't help you on that, but I will be reproducing the parking light lens soon and have the mold made for the tail light lens as well.

Make sure the car includes a list of all the modifications with part numbers. Parts will need to be replaced in the future and you or your mechanic can't go into the local parts store anymore and order parts for a 1960 Thunderbird. The list is a must.

Keep these Buick hood releases well lubricated and when you open them push in on the round part of the latch as you are pulling out on the leaver. This will reduce the stress on the lever and prevent it from breaking.

Not a big problem, but your choke needs to be adjusted per the service manual. The black, sooty splotches are excess carbon from incompletely burned fuel. I think the choke is not engaging or badly out of adjustment and not working to choke the engine. You are pumping the accelerator and squirting fuel into the intake until you have a mixture rich enough to start. You've pumped to much gas in resulting in a very rich mixture. The car starts, but runs poorly until the excess gas is burned out. The small backfires and popping are signs of this as well.

75th Anniversary

There was a 1972 Datsun 240Z at Hershey this past year that received its HPOF certification. Chances are that it was Jim's car.

If you look at speed limits as cruising speed, except for two times that has been set by individual states. During WWII the Federal government imposed a 35 mph speed limit and in the 1970's a 55 mph national speed limit. A rough rule to determine the cruising speed at at the time a car was new, is to look at the speedometer. Half the maximum speed shown on the speedometer would be the typical cruising speed. This was done for ease of reading, with the needle straight up.

Class 36O is currently open only to the SVT Mustangs. An application would be needed to be made through National to include it in 36O. After the first of the year, call National and ask which class is appropriate for a Saleen Mustang. I'm familiar with the Saleen Mustangs, but have one question, which you will be asked at some point. Were the Saleen conversions authorized by Ford and did they cover the full conversion under the factory warranty? AACA accepts only factory authorized accessories on cars for AACA Nationals. I'm aware that the Saleens were sold through some Ford dealerships, but were they factory authorized conversions. Documentation will be needed.

I think you've set a good asking price. Repairing the brakes and fuel pump will get you closer to your asking price.

This is possibly the most important comment in this thread or on this entire forum. Don't tell me it's so and so's brake kit, give me replacement numbers that I I can go to the local parts store with.

Irv D hasn't been here since 2017. Try starting a new post for better responses.

You will also find that your vacuum wipers work much better the closer to 21" the vacuum gauge reads.

Is the registration form for the Annual Meeting available online anywhere?

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Your vacuum values seem normal but low to me. The drop when you bump the throttle is normal because you have injected more air to be pulled out by the vacuum of the system. You should be seeking vacuum of as close to 20-21". Tuning in the carburetor should get you there.

A good place to start is reviewing the AACA Judges Guidelines which can be found under "Publications" on the AACA Home page here. There is a description of the class and copies of the HPOF and HPOF Original Evaluation forms used by the HPOF Team in evaluating the cars.

You'll enjoy it. I've been following and enjoying your posts since you were a teenager. Glad you're still with us.

As it's already a modified vehicle, most of our values would be based on a unmodified car. Make an offer based on what you expect to pay for a car you plan to further modify. In other words, offer what you see as value to you based on your plans for the car.