balthazar

Here's today's work; the factory 20-gal tank and the original fuel sender. Made up this deal- aluminum top plate drilled to accept the fuel elbow, a huge steel washer that was drilled & tapped, then split in half so I can fish it into the tank thru the sender hole. It's going to be mounted in that flat area southeast of the sender hole. Here's the point of this fabrication: enlarging the factory 1/4-in fuel line to a half inch.

Was following a circa '62 Corvair Monza coupe for a good 5 miles, little old couple in it. Good looking design from behind.

Too bad mercedes owners had to sweat for another 20-some years vs. the DeSoto owner. - - - - - This canNOT possibly be possible:

Again with the '$4/gallon gas' ? Back to thinking there's only a single tune for the Hemi, eh?

JAPAN IS PULLING OUT OF THE US MARKET???

^ I can't tell which one is real & which is the toy! - - - - -

'61 Pontiac Catalina 389 Super Duty, factory-built drag car ~

Can't be competing with the Model 3, was just announced that the base price for the 3 is $49K- the "$35K" claim got tossed out the window.

Nice Mustang! Maverick 2- & 4-door have nearly identical rooflines- the 4-door's is a tiny bit shorter and makes a tiny bit more room for heads in the back seat... going to quote myself on this one :

Because Gov't has positioned itself, not as a servant to the people, but a quiet overlord, creating, implementing & enforcing at will with no avenue for appeal and no accountability.

I believe that the vast majority of people 'mellow' or 'get nicer' as they pass into middle age, tho of course there will always be a small quantity that goes the other way. I was talking to my mother on this one and she said she used to wonder, as a girl, what it would feel like to be -say- 50. She says she doesn't feel (mentally) any different, and 50 is solidly in her rearview mirror. - - - - -

Every few years I wander thru the friends of friends of people I wnt to HS with, to check up on just how wrinkly, spotted, flappy & old some of the hot girls from HS have become. Yikes. - - - - -

A 'pillared coupe' in marketing speak, a 2-door sedan in actuality.

'67 Chevy Sportvan, cute; set up with 'pop-top' roof, real solid/clean shape, in shop for front disc brake conversion. '54 Ford F-600 flatbed, all original unrestored, odometer said 11996. Amazing condition- no way did the odo roll over. At shop after sleeping for 11 years, owner wants it gone thru to get it road ready.

Today's work : • sorted thru my box of various '59-72 horns, adjusted the original '59 horns until they honked again, then tested them vs. others so I have my '72 Riviera 4-note horn quartet together again. Have a 12-V regulated power supply unit, but it can only fire 1 horn at a time- need a car battery to blort all together. Will refinish the horns cosmetically. • put the car up on jackstands. Need to drill my gas tank to accept a 1/2-in fuel elbow, and it would've hit the trunk floor as is. Came up with some rubber bushing to space the tank down about a 1/2-in and clearance everything. Need to go buy a 7/8-in drill bit to get the fitting into the tank tho. Also need to buy and modify an universal fuel sender, as the original is shot.

Just about every level of Gov't tacks on a 'revenue ticket' in just about every operation. It's automatic. Why in the hell should the local gov't take $9 of my money/year because I have a dog? What expense does the township incur due to my dog ownership? (Note: I do not have any dogs.) This reminds me of the 2017 census questionaire, where they wanted bank account numbers and balances down to the penny and any/all other sources of income, including cash. There was the usual threat of fines/imprisonment, mixed in the a heaping measure of threatening language. Big Gov't can take a flying fuk at a rolling donut.

RE Trailblazers as discussed above~ I have a 'visual filter' which automatically engages to filter out modern vehicles- they're just amorphous blobs to me mentally. I can switch it off tho. RE TBs, my neighbor across the street has one see everyday. I switched the filter off and saw 2 TBs yesterday and 2 today. Does seem like a very good longevity rate for a vehicle 10 years out of production.

Smaller displacement, same block.

To be clear, this is a '37 Ford with a Lincoln motor. Interestingly: the builder lowered the whole front clip vs. the body and increased the height of the windshield accordingly. Windshield glass height matches side window opening on production cars.

An unassuming elderly couple, lazily leaning against their brand new, limited production/one-of 630-built, fuel injected '57 Bonneville convertible.

I think he retro-fitted it to light up for display, and doesn't operate it. - - - - - Two Olds', arguing.