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Bob posted about a P15 with a slant 6 not that long ago that was for sale on ebay. It did have a Volarie clip but you can see at least on picture of the engine bay. http://www430.pair.com/p15d24/mopar_forum/showthread.php?t=8893&highlight=slant+6+ebay

Sister site to the HAMB covering garages/shops The Garage Journal http://www.garagejournal.com/ Some very interesting projects and discussions.

My horn wire broke just below the terminal under the button. I just crimped on a ring terminal bent the ring portion over 90 degrees then reinstalled the button. Works great.

As far as I am concerned the Chevy drivetrain is a much bigger faux pas than the dash.

Don't know squat about this car other than what is in the ad just thought I would throw it on here in case someone is interested. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=275676

Juliano's http://www.julianos.com/fender_welt.html

There was a story on the local news here in Dallas that the authorized dealer has orders that they can not fill for something like 4 months. Supply can't keep up with demand. There is a constant waiting list that grows longer each day. It is to the point that enterprising "independent dealers" are importing foreign Smart Cars and selling them in the Dallas area above sticker price. Only thing is that the authorized dealer is not authorized to work on the foreign versions. So, people who fall for the foreign get it quick cars can't get warranty work done on their cars.

Here is a good Hemmings article on the 8 3/4 with widths and some of the things to look for. http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2004/10/01/hmn_feature21.html

There is also this one that will be a production vehicle. Targeting upper $20's for a price in production. Looks like it would be a blast to drive. http://www.flytheroad.com/

I have actually been looking at his site over the past few weeks off and on and like the new XR3 better than the Doran. Would be a little more pricey to build but I think has a better look and performance. http://www.rqriley.com/xr3.htm

Say it isn't so Marty! You have gone over to the dark side. Quick run from that garage screaming before your blood turns blue.

Fred try this. http://www.seatbeltsplus.com/ From $16.95 per belt.

Tod, My point was not that the government gets too much in the way of tax money on gas sales. The point I was trying to make is that politicians (who place the taxes on the sales), the media and therefore the public in general who accept most anything shown on the 6 O'clock news as gospel rant about the profits of the "oil companies" without having complete information. What I would like to know is exactly when profits became a bad thing. Isn't that what most companies are in business to do is earn a profit? Unless the oil company execs put the profits in a tin can buried in the back yard those profits go back into the economy when they spend it. Not to mention that just about anyone who owns shares in a mutual fund or 401K owns "oil company" stock. So when the start talking about limiting profits, siezing "excess" profits or passing windfall profit taxes we are the ones limited, siezed or taxed.

According to the American Petroleum Institute Federal and State and Local Taxes account for $0.47 cents per gallon of gasoline on average. http://www.api.org/statistics/fueltaxes/upload/GAS_TAX_MAP_JANUARY_2008-2.pdf Based on company filings to the federal government. If that 8.3% is applied to a $4.00 gallon of gasoline then the "oil industry" (includes all the various companies that gas passes through from well to refiner to retailer) earned $0.332 cents per gallon while the various government entities "earned" $0.47 cents per gallon.

As reported by John Stossel in one of his 20/20 "Give Me a Break" segments

Kat, Here is a great thread on rocker repair. http://www430.pair.com/p15d24/mopar_forum/showthread.php?t=2692&highlight=rocker+repair Maybe you will have to change your log in name to Rockerrepairkat.

Actually gas prices are a matter of supply and demand just like everything else. Emerging economies like China for instance are driving demand higher while supply has remained fairly flat. If you look at demand increases from 2000 to 2006, the US total petromeum demand increased 5% while that of China increased over 50%. China now ranks #2 globally behind the US. Over that same period US production has decreased nearly 13% and refining capacity has increased only 5% do to increases at current refineries. We have not built a new refinery in the US in nearly 30 years. Here is an interesting link to global petroleum production, usage etc. http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/country/index.cfm

You might try checking out the HAMB there are guys there posting about relays all the time. You just might get lucky and find one going your way.

Several guys on the HAMB said that they do business with him on a regular basis and all talked about the way he carries all the info around in his head Phone Number is 817-275-2381

Norm and anyone else on dialup are really going to be missing something. Got this off the HAMB and I know some of you are over there as well so you may have alredy seen this. If not you need to. Chek out this link for a show (Texas Country Reporter) that aired on a local TX channel. You will be amazed.

Langdons Stove Bolts also has the finned covers. He also has the Fenton style cast iron headers which will make those finned covers more visible.

Shel I could use a set of seat tracks and all the window mechanism for the drivers side door on my coupe.

Here is an update. The glass bown on the fuel pump was clean. Even so, I went ahead and installed an inline filter between the pump and the tank. While I had the line open to install the filter, I once again blew air back through the line to clear the in tank filter. Buttoned everything back up and it has been running fine for the past week. Since the glass bowl was clean and blowing air through the line seems to have eliminated the problem, I am guessing that I will need to drop the tank and clean it again. Or just get a new tank alltogether. Anyway, I'm just glad to have it back on the road.

When I cleaned the tank, I didn't hit it with a mallet, but I did put a piece of chain about 5 feet long from my chain falls inside and then picked up the tank and shook the you know what out of it in all directions for several minutes. Then washed it out with a fairly high pressure hose and let it dry. Went a picked the car up once I got home this afternoon. Had about a 4 block drive to get it to the driveway and didn't think it was going to make it. Once it cools off a bit I will crawl under and check the pump bowl and take the top off the carb to check the float bowl. Then maybe a trip to Wally World for some filters.