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by MCO_Sleeper
Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:05 am
Forum: English Diner
Topic: Exceptional Cars
Replies: 202
Views: 234817

Re: Exceptional Cars

I have always drooled over those early vipers. I don't think there is a car that grabs my attention the same way a classic blue, white striped old school viper always does.
by MCO_Sleeper
Mon Feb 27, 2023 5:09 am
Forum: English Diner
Topic: Race Talk
Replies: 46
Views: 37021

Re: Race Talk

ok that was pretty cool, just imagining driving with the near first gen racing tech, on those motorcycle tires in the wet.
by MCO_Sleeper
Wed Feb 22, 2023 4:20 am
Forum: English Diner
Topic: Show off your real live car and carmods
Replies: 21
Views: 19771

Re: Show off your real live car and carmods

well its like a house of cards that needed a lot more than i expected (although i shoulda known better) and i wanted to fix as much as i could as i went along. most of what i took apart really had to be for various fixes and seals and leaks and so on, and once you are that far, its not much farther ...
by MCO_Sleeper
Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:55 am
Forum: English Diner
Topic: Show off your real live car and carmods
Replies: 21
Views: 19771

Re: Show off your real live car and carmods

yeah i have locking toolbox on my clunker i leave in parking lot at work, and bedcovers on my other 2 trucks to keep prying eyes and sticky fingers out, as the tailgates both lock it keeps the cover from being opened without first unlocking the tailgate, or completely demolishing the bedcover.
by MCO_Sleeper
Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:50 am
Forum: English Diner
Topic: Show off your real live car and carmods
Replies: 21
Views: 19771

Re: Show off your real live car and carmods

im just hoping the motor runs decent, it did before i took it apart, no smoking etc, but the distributor was all gummed up and it had the old timing chain and gear set that offset the timing for supid emissions, i replaced that with a proper set, petronix distributor, bigger period correct 2bbl carb...
by MCO_Sleeper
Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:43 am
Forum: English Diner
Topic: Show off your real live car and carmods
Replies: 21
Views: 19771

Re: Show off your real live car and carmods

you know, lately i sorta wanted something like camper van that i could maybe take wife out on some overnights as she doesn't get out much now. i stripped my truck down with wire wheel, sanding pads, etc to the bare metal (or original primer coat, if i couldn't get it off by now it probably wasn't co...
by MCO_Sleeper
Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:20 am
Forum: English Diner
Topic: Show off your real live car and carmods
Replies: 21
Views: 19771

Re: Show off your real live car and carmods

kinda where i got to, i didnt get the rear of truck from cab back stripped or painted yet. i wanted to get the bed back off again and actually out of way somehow while i work on it and the frame, paint rear diff etc. i have hood on now and underneath painted to match engine compartment, upper side i...
by MCO_Sleeper
Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:14 am
Forum: English Diner
Topic: Show off your real live car and carmods
Replies: 21
Views: 19771

Re: Show off your real live car and carmods

mechanically i did a TON of work on the 73, every bushing, bearing, seals, etc new clutch, ps system, red head steering gear, tons of work as it went. been a while since i dont much, weather kinda turned not long after wife got diagnosed so it got sorta set to side for time being, warms up ill try t...
by MCO_Sleeper
Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:11 am
Forum: English Diner
Topic: Show off your real live car and carmods
Replies: 21
Views: 19771

Re: Show off your real live car and carmods

Been a while, I spent the summer trying to get my 73 f100 4x4 at least drive-able in every spare minute and did not get near as far as i thought i would. My mom died last summer, then wife got seriously ill in September, so it got put on back burner. I don't have the muscle cars right now, but I do ...
by MCO_Sleeper
Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:42 am
Forum: English Diner
Topic: Breakthrough Car Tech
Replies: 44
Views: 36468

Re: Breakthrough Car Tech

cool "how it works" video. Those clutches must be hella strong for 1600hp :)