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  1. 40 years ago, as a student and a teen, I was asked to design the cover for a new publication from and about the college of architecture at Kansas State University. This is a copy of the mag. just found deep in my file cabinet. I must have preferred the Pilot over the other truck brands long ago but took another 37 years to own one!
    7 points
  2. Un-sprung good old quality USA clamps as found at swap meets and garage sales is the way to go at an affordable cost. Chinese Harbor Freight... no ... you will hurt your self with sometimes dangerous cheap tools .
    2 points
  3. always just used 2 head bolts on a diagonal with a length of chain or an engine cable.
    1 point
  4. I have used this exact rubber seal on parts like fender skirts. It worked fine and stuck in place. The fact that the seal is hollow makes it a little more prone to tearing though. I also use it for mounting spoilers to trunk lids where I don't want water getting under the spoiler and leaking through the bolt holes. In this situation it never gets moved except for repairs or something. Overall, it is cheap but not useless. I have removed it with a heat gun to help soften the glue with no paint removal on properly painted surfaces. If the paint is old or flakey then who knows. Hope that helps.
    1 point
  5. pretty much what Merle said the DEF costs some money. I don't know what kind of mileage you'll get, but I know it will be better than what you'd get from a comparable sized gas engine. Mileage depends on so much more than just the engine.
    1 point
  6. Yep, I obtained one of Tom Langdons HEI dissys for the 230 engine I intended to install in the 41 Plymouth Coupe I had however when I obtained it I decided to use it on the stock 201 cube engine firstly and found it to be the best thing I had installed on the car.........previously it was a matter of turning the key, pump the gas pedal, play with the choke and eventually it started.......hopefully.........with the HEI I was able to lean in thru the drivers window from outside, turn the key without touching the choke nor gas pedal and it would start, no questions asked..........it had been converted to 12volts and ran a later model key ignition/start switch so this was possible to do..............would recommend dealing with Tom as it was sent promptly, packed well and was just as described..........I would have used a set of the Fenton style headers he does also but they would have not cleared the RHD steering box and clutch/brake pedals............regards, Andy Douglas
    1 point
  7. I have also run what Oil Soup recommended for quite a while and it works well and is easy. Now, for even a smoother ride I run the Jeep shackles and only 4 leaves with about the same drop. However, mine is a hot rod and never carries any weight in the bed.
    1 point
  8. Run the shorter jeep shackle and flip it. Easy
    1 point
  9. Check this out! CLICK! It's a weatherstripping for Windows and doors, sold online and home centers. It comes I various thicknesses, looks similar to original (two beads separated by a space and its brown) self adhesive and cheap. I may be way out of line suggesting this but who knows, maybe it will help. Greg
    1 point
  10. Another option is to find a local company to re-sleeve your old cylinders with a stainless sleeve. regards......... Simon.
    1 point
  11. Finally the new Coker wide white tire saga is almost over. Bought 5 new Cokers last week of May. A trucker buddy was suppose to bring them up within a month. Well the month turned into 6 and he finally just decided to use his discount with a shipping company and send them and a 55 Pontiac transmission up to me. They arrived 13 days ago in Anchorage at a transport company. My "buddy" said it would be around $420. Company phoned me and said $3800. I just about sh*t a brick. Come to find out the place my buddy dropped the shipment off didn't put the quote number on the paperwork. Took me, my buddy and the lady in the shipping company 11 days to get it straightened out. They are ripping people off big time. Found a local guy about 3 miles away to mount and ballance with new chrome valve stems for $75. Did a great job, no marks on the power coated rims or whitewall at all. Will have to wait untill the new year to put them on. Visiting our son and daughter in Aurora for the holidays. I think that they are too plain. I need to have pinstripes as per original put on.
    1 point
  12. To be honest my post was an attempt at sarcasm. In regards to the high prices. 60-80k for a truck is ridiculous. They do get tremendous fuel mileage, engines last longer than ever but at the price they charge they better. I know the car makers are saddled with expenses from all the GOV agency's. And they have to meet all the crash tests safety, etc. I guess I'm just too tight to pay that kind of money for something that doesn't come with a mail box and a welcome mat.
    1 point
  13. Ironically, he was just trying to help. I love the story, but like others not the results.
    1 point
  14. did the tour run through his piggy bank.......???????????????
    1 point
  15. I've been asked a lot of things by a lot of different people in my life. Giving advice, lending a hand, being politely asked to leave..., they are all generally of a similar class of requests such that not many are ever a surprise anymore. That was true most of my life until as of late. Now I'm getting surprised all the time. Here's some examples. Looking for any and every excuse to drive my truck, I took my kids to a birthday/costume party. In a few minutes parents were asking for kids to pose in and on the truck. Why not? A couple weeks later, again looking for an excuse to drive it, we used it to go to the local Chili Cook-off. It was pretty easy to just put the old slow cooker in the back and drive over. I stopped to drop off my entry and then went and parked. Within 30 minutes the organizers were looking for the owner of "that old black truck". They wanted to park it in the middle of the event for ambiance. Well, ambiance and picture poising. So many people wanted to crawl in and out of it, my view was obscured more than once. The wife bought a new mattress and box spring from Sears but refused to pay the $80 delivery charge. She was going to bring it home on the top of the Ford Escape. I mentioned that I had a truck which she had not considered. Not sure why she didn't - too "special?". We laughed. So we drove down to the outlet, tied the new items up and headed home. Near home I was trying to make a lane change but was blocked by some lady in a car. She kept matching my speed! I finally just decided to turn right. She ducked in behind us and followed. I remarked to the wife that if she pulled along side that the truck was $17,5k firm. We laughed and turned left. The lady followed. A couple of stop signs later, the car behind us pulled up and waved for my wife's attention. Seems she was getting married Saturday and wanted to be taken to the church and reception in my truck. My dirty, old, smells like gas, farm truck. If you would have seen her smile, heard her excitement, you wouldn't have said no either. What to charge her got me thinking about one of 48Dodger's blog posts. The question was about being able to put a proper the price on our parts or services. I was struggling with that and it took me a while to come up with a clear answer for myself. In the end I didn't charge her a penny. Couldn't really. There was no price on a blushing bride, clearly happy about going to her wedding in an old farm truck. There was no payment large enough for the looks on people's faces, the thumbs up, as we passed them on the way to the church. You certainly could never have found enough of any payment of any kind for the entire church gathering's collective look as we drove off with the newlyweds in the front cab. I got paid with this story. With smiles. Good feelings all around. I'm lucky enough to be in a position to make some people happy. Whether you know it or not Tim, you do the same thing for a lot of people here. Did for me.
    1 point
  16. My 2 cents, I am looking for butt height. I want to open the door and slide in. I do not want to step up into it, or crouch down to get in.
    1 point
  17. This is what I believe will be the problem...3 points in line. Generally, a 3-point mount means just that, 3 individual mounts. Since day-one, most front engine/rear drive vehicles have 2 mounts at the sides of the engine and one under the trans. These old Mopar, as well as some of the early v-8 cars, have 3-point mounts but in reverse; one up front and 2 at the bell like Don shows in his photos. Adding a fourth mount will result in something binding and the reason that it isn't used. Making an adapter for a different bellhousing is a great project as long as the starter fits but adapting the trans at the old bell will certainly eliminate the need to reinvent the rear mounts.
    1 point
  18. why don't you take a minute and explain what it is you are doing to go about this modification instead of throwing back a fresh tidbit of information on every comment.suggestion......that way folks here can get the general gist of your method of attack and then be able to assist you with minute details that you seem to be seeking..
    0 points
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