Ulu

No amount of chrome can make a sissy out of an IHC, just like long hair doesn't make a sissy out of Hulk Hogan.

Hey Paul, you did OK on the tools if that Micrometer is in good shape. I also see a spring compressor, a compass, a bevel gauge, a cheap factory Honda spark plug wrench, a real Ford monkey wrench, glass cutter, wood chisel, fish scale, tubing cutter, hog ring pliers, and a Chinese flashlight. It all looks pretty old, but useful (except the flashlight.)

My daughter had a Dodge with the 2.7 liter door stop. I begged her to sell it . . . and she sold it to my other daughter! WTH is wrong with these kids? The dam thing had oil starvation and galled the cam & bearings at 90k miles. Off to the junkyard with that thing!

10 acres is a big responsibility. But I understand the necessity to move too. We are at the edge of the 'Burbs now, and flew from the heart of them when the neighborhood went sour. I have trouble keeping up with our place and it's only a fraction of your's GG. It's 1/30th to be exact or 1/3 acre. And I have a hired gardener to mow and trim. I used to take care of my parent's acreage, but I was 20 years younger. It disabused me of the notion of "country life" unless you can afford to hire out labor regularly.

Well it didn't quite get deleted, but now it's a "guest". Well enough.

Nah, I've met PF & that smile must be from permanent plastic surgery, because it never leaves his face.

Good Lord! That P. Flamming smile really runs in the family doesn't it?

Hey, the staring is fine. If they start shooting, you're in trouble. Or in Kentucky. (Or Fresno. )

Guys I don't use that "Uluwatu" profile anymore and I've asked the mod to delete it for me.

Dad was a forward combat air controller in some quonset hut on the edge of the DMZ. Among other things, he was vectoring those B-52 missions to Hanoi. I don't think Dad ever had to shoot anybody, but they bombed many.

I was 11 when dad came home from Vietnam. It was his 3rd war, and I think it was making an impression on him because the thing he did when he came home was teach me to shoot. He bought me a Sherridan Blue Streak air rifle and a Crossman 1911 replica pellet gun and turned me loose on the desert outside of Phoenix. I shot the heck out of those, & I shot other people's guns, but I didn't get a real rifle of my own until I was over 21. It was a Marlin 22LR varmint gun. BTW, I'm not sure what happened in Vietnam, but after that I remember Dad never went hunting again. I did a little hunting in my younger days, but mainly I was just interested in target shooting and varmints.

Have any of you shot the .257 mag guns? I was wondering what that was like.

It's getting expensive here, and they limit your purchases per day. I just paid $20 for 325 bulk 22LR Federal target loads. ....but a whopping $14 for 50 rounds of ELY match grade ammo! That stuff is like gold now.

Oh, sorry. I was looking at the wrong photo. Anyhow Plymouth caps don't have letters, but that maroon car certainly has US style Dodge fenders. I can't tell what the caps on it say either, but they normally would say DODGE in a red block, like this one.

Did you ever see the article (satire) "Bulgemobiles" from the National Lampoon? It was the same style art done on 1958 style cars. Hilarious! Some images: https://www.google.com/search?q=bulgemobiles&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS544US544&espv=2&biw=1261&bih=615&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=90ycVfK9D4LLogTaxoKYBw&ved=0CB0QsAQ

They're not letters. The caps have the same stylized ship logo that appears on the plastic hood ornament.

I did something very different this weekend: I went out target shooting, which is something I haven't done in nearly 40 years. I quit shooting and quit hunting both, about the time I moved to California in the mid 70's. I shot my Mom's 1976 Mossberg 22LR 353T, which is an inexpensive 7-shot semi-auto gun, but considered a good one in its day. This one never had even 50 rounds through it in the 30+ years Mom owned it. She's 85 now, and we sorta had to take it away along with the car keys and the checkbook and any random meds. I didn't have a magazine for it (she hid it from the kids & never found it again) so I shot 160 rounds through it single shot & I now have a blister from working the cocking knob. It shoots very nice otherwise, and basically I shot it until it was too dirty for the breach to close without a push. I shot 54 rounds of 40 year old ammo with only one jamb and no hangfires. Then I shot bulk 22's til I ran out. It was very relaxing. The scope is really cheap (K-mart branded Tasco about $20 anywhere) but was still well-sighted at 25, 50 & 100 yards. I was impressed with the accuracy. That is until I shot my bud's custom built 223. I bagged the 100 yd target 5/5 on the first try with that gun, having never held one before. I'm a shaky old man with lousy eyesight. It was just a terrific rifle! Anyhow, I mentioned this to the family and now all the grandkids want to go. I'm gonna have to get them some BB guns to start.

Any good machinist with a lathe can make that nut. It might not be cheap, but it's just a hunk of brass.

My '47 rubbed both sides, in hard cornering, with 225 or 235 tires on the rear. (Stock wheels too.) I added a rather stiff rear sway bar from a big T-bird, and it controlled it quite nicely.

Not the right bushing at all. The head is too small & the threads are all wrong. Mine all look like the left one.

re the Texaco tanker: So much tumblehome puts the driver too far inboard. Makes it difficult to see to the side and rear. OMG, see the tiny mirrors? HTH do you back it up?

I'd forget it. A 2-door car in this condition could be had for maybe 50% more. The 2-door costs less to restore & is easier to sell when complete. So unless you just have to have a 4-dr, the 2-dr is a better bet. Not a good bet mind you. As you've read, it costs more to restore one than you can sell it for unless all you do is take a beater, get it running cheap & jack the price. You'll just lose less money on a 2-door job.

Are you sure fluid didn't leak on the new left side shoes in that first 25 miles?

If I suspect poor fuel flow on traditional fuel systems, the first thing I do is remove the gas cap & if that works I check the vent hole. It's the easiest thing to check & they do plug up sometimes. This applies to all pre-charcoal canister vehicles. (If you have a canister, you must have a sealed gas cap, or else the canister will never purge.)

Best to make sure. I dropped a tiny screw in the distributor of my mom's car once and didn't realize it. I thought it had hit the floor, but it was hiding under the breaker plate. Anyhow, a couple days later that screw jumped up and shorted the distributor internally, and it burned the ignition wire all the way back to the keyswitch. Mom was not happy.