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Class 36 is High Performance Vehicles. Class 36K is high performance trucks for the years 1966-1989 as specified in the listing below the heading. All other trucks continue to be in class 22, which goes through 1993. If you believe you have a high performance truck which is not on the list, you should contact the VP Class Judging for it to be considered as an addition to that class in the future.
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It takes a couple of years at the annual meeting to learn the tricks. I'm an early riser, so I'm down at Starbucks in the bar area about the time they opened. I was surprised to be offered free oatmeal and fruit with the purchase of a black coffee. I don't remember that in the past and who knows about the future. Also Rex the Best Pizza and subs is great, a block away from the hotel with great prices.
Glad you made it this year.
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Just push in the clutch and raise the rpm's of the engine if you have a problem.
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In 1960, all GM divisions did their own engineering. Chevy never offered finned aluminum brake drums for cooling the drums like your Buick has.
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Let's say you live in GA and have an old car brought in from out of state with a title. You register it in GA, but decide to sell the title. It goes to NC and someone uses it to register another vehicle. You sell your car to someone from NC who goes to register it with the current GA registration and NCDMV comes back and says, sorry, that VIN is already registered here, so you have fraudulent documents. Registration on your vehicle is frozen and can not be titled in NC or possibly any other state. This is fictional, but can happen.
NC has become one of the strictest states about old car titles. All out of state cars older than 1981 require a DMV inspection to verify serial numbers to the title. Cars newer than 1980 do not require inspection. There are special internal memos about GA registrations coming into NC. You must have the last registration card on the GA car, even though in GA a bill of sale will get you a registration in GA. A GA bill of sale will not get you anything in NC.
If you are considering buying a car without a title or current registration and the seller says it's easy to get a title from a bill of sale, tell the seller you will pay him the cost to get the title or current registration. If he doesn't want to do it, it's not that easy and walk away.
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Mike Parker bought the business a few years ago and was keeping it in the same location. Haven't run into him in a couple of years, so I don't know if anything has changed. If I find out something I will let everyone know.
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"I want tires that ride better and are safer. I can't see my tires when I'm driving, they can look like steaming piles of compost for all I care. "
If you read Matt's article, you will find that he says both ride well and there is not a safety issue between radials and bias ply tires. He believes there was a manufacturing defect in the bad bias ply tires he had. Many radials have been recalled over safety issues over the years as well.
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I replaced the 18 year old bias ply tires on my '60 Buick last year with a new set of 8.00 x 15 bias ply tires just before a 4 hour drive to a AACA National Meet . Drove wonderfully on Interstate and old US highways. It was a great driving experience. The old bias ply tires showed limited ware but were just starting to crack around the white walls. Radials would have been trash after 5 years based on what I have seen on my other cars. Old radials are the only tires I have owned that would through the complete tread when they got to be about 8 years old. Unless you are driving your car 20,000 miles a year, I would stay with the bias ply.
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I agree on all the comments about SEM products. Use their cleaners and follow the instructions and you will have great results that will list a long time. SEM has mixing formula back to the early '70's and maybe further back. Go to an automotive paint suppler and they can mix it for you. It must be sprayed on, not brushed. Several levels of gloss are available.
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A picture will really help.
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On 1/24/2018 at 3:06 PM, Restorer32 said:
So radials where they don't belong will now receive a 2 point deduction each rather than 5 each as in the past.
All thought I don't like seeing radials where they don't belong, this is almost the same as putting a 10 point maximum on the deduction like many other deduction categories. Four on the ground plus a spare equals a 10 point deduction. I think this is now consistent with the rest of the judging form.
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Pictures and location will help sell this car.
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I was at an estate sale looking at a large toolbox full of tools that was very reasonably priced. The wife came over and said "The only thing they suffered from was lack of use". I said sold.
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I'll be there and hope to make the meeting.
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Deleted.....Info posted was for wrong year. sorry.
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I still have my blue convt and the yellow convt is now in Ohio. I don't know if anyone has ever tried to compile a roster.
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With the engine running, pull a vacuum line that runs directly to the intake and stick it into a bottle of water. Pull it out when the engine starts to die, so to keep it running. The water will clean out the carbon.
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From Hollanders Interchange, all '51-'52 Chrysler 8 cylinder rear springs interchange except for the 8 passenger cars.
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Documentation is the key to no deductions in an area like this. With the ink stamp you are part of the way there, now connect the dots.
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Radials would be a deduction in both point judging and HPOF, but for your year car, up to four deductions are permitted for HPOF certification. Based on your comments and pictures, I think HPOF is the best place to register your car in an AACA National event. Documentation of rare features may be needed as well in the HPOF class. Hope to see you and your car at the Charlotte AACA National in April.
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You can get your Judges Guidelines now and free by going to the AACA HOME PAGE and click on PUBLICATIONS. You can download it. This will be the 2017 manual, but for the information you are looking for, it will be accurate. By mid to late February the 2018 manual should be available to download.
AACA has three distinct divisions for shows. CLASS JUDGING is point judging of cars. Most are restored, but there are a few original cars shown in this division. Original cars compete against restored cars with no distinction between the two for point deductions. HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF ORIGINAL FEATURES (HPOF) is evaluation and certification of unrestored vehicles. Deductions are made for areas where restoration is observed or disclosed by the owner. This division was established to promote the preservation of unrestored vehicles to be used as guides for individuals restoring their vehicles. DRIVER PARTICIPATION is for cars which may have some restoration done to the point they can not be considered as an HPOF car, but are not restored to the level to compete in Class Judging. This division also permits some modifications without deduction, such as radial tires on a car where they were never offered, a modern radio or aftermarket air conditioning. The Judges Guidelines will explain this in better detail.
If you attend the Charlotte show, consider attending the Judges School on Friday at 2:00 in the Media Center at the Speedway.
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My 1947 Roadmaster was built there. Original, unrestored, BCA Archival Award and AACA HPOF. 64,000 mile car.
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Cadillac used a V-8 engine back to the early years, while Olds and Buick used straight eights. The Olds body was redesigned in '48 to accommodate the V-8 for 1949. Buick stayed with the straight 8 until 1953. It's been my understanding that the Buick "nail-head" V-8 was designed to fit in the straight 8 engine compartment.
Late 40s touring car?
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I have a '47 Roadmaster and have check the gas mileage on several 4-6 hour trips. On the highway, its consistently 15-16 mpg.