I put my coil springs in the streamliner. Car sat way too high so I cut 2 inches off the springs. It worked out great. Car now sits level, up 2 1/2 inches in the front from where it was.
-- Edited by Prefectca on Sunday 23rd of May 2021 07:50:26 PM
I replaced the calipers on our old 96 Accord. The nice thing about having old boring cars like this is parts are super cheap as most places want to clear them out. I checked all the usual places for calipers (local, Rock Auto etc) and found a pair of Power Stop "performance" calipers for $143 shipped on Amazon. No core charge to deal with either. I got the last pair and they are very nice. Even powder coated red (which is laughable on an old Accord like ours but hey, they won't rust). The downside to this is the powder coating affects the clearance for the clips which therefore made it impossible for the pads to fit. I didn't want to grind away that pretty powder coating so I spent almost an hour grinding and test fitting the ears of the pads so that they'd move freely.
I put my coil springs in the streamliner. Car sat way too high so I cut 2 inches off the springs. It worked out great. Car now sits level, up 2 1/2 inches in the front from where it was.
-- Edited by Prefectca on Sunday 23rd of May 2021 07:50:26 PM
I put my coil springs in the streamliner. Car sat way too high so I cut 2 inches off the springs. It worked out great. Car now sits level, up 2 1/2 inches in the front from where it was.
-- Edited by Prefectca on Sunday 23rd of May 2021 07:50:26 PM
Looks perfect.
X2.....
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
I put my coil springs in the streamliner. Car sat way too high so I cut 2 inches off the springs. It worked out great. Car now sits level, up 2 1/2 inches in the front from where it was.
-- Edited by Prefectca on Sunday 23rd of May 2021 07:50:26 PM
Looks perfect.
X2.....
Thanks, it rides and drives like a totally different car. The smallest bump in the road would bottom out the suspension with the old springs, they were way too soft. Now it rides nice and handles so much better.
Finally got both downpipes off! Had to cut the old pipe a few inches down from the Captain's side header (of course that's the right side over here) so I could get a Mapp torch on the last nut. By getting more of the redness on the nut - rather than the stud - it came undone nicely, despite being on there for 57 years. That inspired me to try and start her for the first time in over a year. Is there a Hall of Fame for batteries? Despite being at least 10 years old and not re-charged during that whole year, not only did it turn her over long enough to draw fresh fuel from the tank, it actually started! However, that did wake up the neighbours. On with the Magnaflow next.
That Canadian Poncho sticker will be reused elsewhere
Interesting that the battery failed. I needed a battery and at the time my Canadian Tire was out of stock on the premium battery. I bought the twelve month warranty battery because it was in stock. The battery was excellent. It lasted a bit over six years and was used in two vehicles!
I notice you have no hose going to the vacuum advance on your distributor. Was it unhooked for you to work on it, or do you run it that way?
just replaced the vacuum advance old one stoped working last spring finally changed it when i rebuilt my carb just need to get a new vacuum line. forgot to get it when i got my heater core hose
Well, not in the shop or driveway, but over the last week my brother in law and myself framed up a good bit of his new Kawartha lakes cottage Bunkie.
15x13 with 8 foot walls. 3/4" 4x8 pressure treated plywood floor ($120 a sheet!) and 2x10 floor framing. On 12 poured 8" Sonotubes sitting on bedrock, some pretty deep. Lots of hard fought hand digging. Bedrock (hard) hammer drilled with rebar epoxied in.
Total wood, concrete, and basic building costs were a jaw dropping 10k! And thats not including any shingles or finishing. But on the good side the lumber was really nice, with little issues with anything so far, and who worth their salt would ever turn down the chance for some good time building by the lake, damn the thick mosquitoes and black flies!
After many hours I finally finished the top on the Camaro. The weather strip kit is installed and the widows are adjusted.Also installed the door weatherstripping. A little plug for the soft seal products- the weatherstrip fit excellent and all the clips s lined up with the holes and the doors closed. Now on to the interior.
Been picking away over the last couple of months at getting my wifes car back on the road. A bunch of little stuff that I was putting off and the fact that some furry little vermin made a home in it has sidelined the car for a few years. Stripped cleaned and painted interior, replaced driver seat, heater core, and brakes.
Thanks Jerel, It looks waaayy better in pictures than it really is, it's a 20/20 car, 20 feet or 20 mph, but that's what she loves about it, no worries about where you take it or when.
A neighbour boy is 16. He's a GREAT kid. Just bought his first car and wanted some "bling" so on a nice warm Manitoba afternoon (30*) we put on the stripes he ordered for it. Thanks to our member StriperSS giving me tips on doing decals years ago, I had a bit of an idea at least on how to do it.
