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TexRiv_63

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  1. I know that others were making and selling this type of modern filter conversion after Burr passed, but cannot remember who.
  2. X2 on this. His name is Dave Czirr and his car is an amazing all original 1100 like the one I had only much nicer. I remember my Ripley filter came with two modified filter inserts, I never used the second one and it went to the new owner when I sold the car.
  3. Clark's quality is great, you won't be disappointed. I used their stuff on my 63 many years ago. Tip - if you are going to try it yourself buy professional quality tools for the hog ring installation. I did not do this and permanently damaged my right thumb. You may also want to hire an upholstery professional to install the kit - I had to wind up doing that and the work was top notch for reasonable cost.
  4. Here is a 4-way bucket seat track from a 1963 Olds Starfire, looks the same.
  5. Put a junkyard LS drivetrain in and clean it up for a very cheap and fun beater with great style!
  6. You are lucky to have photos of so many. One of my biggest regrets is that I did not take or save photos of all my early cars.
  7. I actually found three caps from England and France but I think only one is from a carriage. The Joseph Matthews cap from Leeds is the largest at 3 1/8" diameter by 2 5/8"high, very thick and heavy unplated brass. I love the name which appears to be hand etched into the cap. The small L. Renault Billancourt cap is 2 5/16" diameter by 2 1/4" high, newer with nickel plating and a stamped name but still quite heavy. The last is the Wolseley Motor Co. Ltd. Birmingham at 3 7/8" wide by only 1 5/8" high, beautifully machined and detailed with nickel plating and male threads for a large hub. Particularly fascinating are the diagonal broaching or machining marks at the bottom of the name letters, does that mean they were done after the cap was built? I'd love to know the age of these caps, I much prefer these early machining-intensive styles to the later low-detail stamped by the thousands versions.
  8. All the 94 to 96 B and C model cars used 12" front brake rotors in a one-piece design. Front calipers were traditional GM design, not PBR. The 9C-1 and Impala SS used rear disc brakes with PBR calipers but not like the ones you have. My pics from a 96 9C-1 Caprice.
  9. Dave, I've been away for a while but seeing this post made me look. I did find a couple of foreign caps, I'll take some pics and get back here.
  10. That looks like it's in pretty good shape, what needs to be restored?
  11. That does look nice. Hope they added a bunch of frame bracing.
  12. No, you should not cut into the crossmember. Instead get a stock type radiator that will fit rather than that Aluminum thing. Or have your old radiator recored.
  13. That is just the thing for the center of my living room!
  14. Wow, a 57 T-bird at beater price. I'd love driving it just like a beater!
  15. The rust free part is really important with these cars. Another very poor sales effort, wash the dust off and take more than four pictures.
  16. Your displays are fabulous. I had such ideas at one time but most of my emblems are still loose and hidden! I started a list years ago but it is so far out of date I will have to start from scratch...
  17. Sounds like a cool car, please repost your picture in a larger format.
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