Recent content by Oldiron440

Well I’m sure I don’t have the only set of eyes that find the crazy amount of ads constantly at the top of the list uninviting , especially when you consider how many people actually respond daily on this site. It wasn’t that long ago that it was much busier. I’m impressed by the determination...

It doesn’t change the fact that the reposted ads dominate this forum.

How many passes did you run this year?

It’s been done but unfortunately the ads have consumed the forum, there are more reposts of ads than posts about talking points.

When it sounds to good it probably is.

This site has been taken over by members constantly reposting their for sale ads. I just found a useful tool and that’s blocking the members that are doing it. No more Mexican cars or rebuild/6 distributors or the parts I don’t need.

Congratulations!!

The guy is a duffis but he’s not wrong. All the cars from the eighties were just thinly disguised Fbody from the mid seventies with extra chrome and plastic. Quality control wasn’t any better I remember in 86 a friend bought a new Fifth Ave that dog tracked to the left. On a close inspection I...

It’s only worth what you or someone else will pay for the privilege of owning them. But I’ve bought countless complete cars for that amount.

For what it’s worth I’m installing mono leafs and Caltracks on my little Fairlane with a narrowed 8.8. One of the reasons I went with the mono leafs was because the Fairlane leafs are 2.25” and very prone to sagging. Caltrack makes brackets to mount the 2.5” wide mono leafs about the only thing...

There is a lot of cars on the road with Caltrack bars and springs, the only thing that I have ever heard is that they tend to make noise sliders included.

Silicon actually draws water and then causes rust so I would refrain from using it for this purpose. I would recommend using butyl windshield adhesive. At one time you could buy it in small tubes but if you can’t find it maybe a glass sho will sell you the end of a normal size tube. Make sure...

I don’t know how many assembly plants they had for the Fbody but I’ve wondered if that would have any impact on whether some cars blew up with rust or not. On my 76 it was basically just the front fenders that disintegrated but the shell was solid at eleven years old. Only having minor rust in...

By 1980 Chrysler had a better handle on the rust but 76 and 77 you could wash the damn things and watch the rust blisters appear.

The Fbody rusted so fast that they came with their own salt shakers. They rusted every where, I’ve always been surprised by where you find the rust.