Raising a car from the dead
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Raising a car from the dead
I'm just gonna throw this out there , and let you folks comment on it .
I sure wouldn't approve of some of the things this guy did .
I think he just got lucky .
I sure wouldn't approve of some of the things this guy did .
I think he just got lucky .
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lol, I have done some shady things on a car just to see if it would go. My 4 speed Jetfire when I got it had not ran for 41 years and had no idea why it was parked. I was able to get it to fire up after some work but was obvious it had stuck lifters. I was not going to spend money on it so I pulled the lifters and tried to rebuild them. They were stuck so bad I ended up heating some of them up very hot to get them apart and use guts from other lifters on some of them. Didn't even change the valley pan, just put sealer on it. Put it back together and run perfect for 300 to 400 miles till I restored the car. I don't think I would have went to that much work on the car he is doing though.
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The reason I said he got lucky was because of some of the hair brained things he did .
Putting a 40 year old tire on the left front , where if it blows out , and could pull you into the opposite lane of traffic .
Is pretty harebrained .
Putting a 40 year old tire on the left front , where if it blows out , and could pull you into the opposite lane of traffic .
Is pretty harebrained .
Last edited by Charlie Jones; October 19th, 2021 at 06:28 AM.
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yes. Pretty hair brained. His disclaimer in the beginning kind of says it all.
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This reminds me of my 72 when I first got it . Sat 20 years did a little work to it and drove it down the interstate 90 miles to my house. Top down mouse nests a flying but no mechanical issues!
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