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That whole sentence is subjective. For like 30 years, ford put the 302 into its performance model cars. And thats just a bone stock 302. I only takes like 17HP to keep a car cruising at 70MPH, which I would consider "cruising comfortably". If you spend a few grand on internals, you can pep...

It depends on how wild you go. I have a 351W in one car, which is essentially a stroked 302 from the factory. Mine is just a basic stock-style build. No fancy upgraded racecar internals, but I do have all the external bolt-on upgrades like intake, exhaust, 4 barrel carb, underdrive pulleys...

+1 That's just dead weight. Not me. Like when you see somebody driving around in a honda with a fartcan muffler and the huge H logo on the back glass and it says HONDA across the front window. Dude gets out and he's got on a honda t-shirt and the matching visor. And back in the day. They...

Took the car to get a load of mother's day flowers.

Is that a battery powered one? IMO, you dont want to try and use that for any sort of a large job. Battery powered angle grinders have very short runtime. You would need a lot of batteries constantly rotating through a lot of chargers to be able to keep working. I have the battery powered...

The paint strip discs that look like hard sponges work well. As do the 3M wheels with a bunch of fingers. The harbor freight versions cost 1/10 the price, and hold up 1/10 as long. And no matter what you do, a round spinning tool cant reach in the hard to reach spots like a sand blaster. If...

Cause he didn't have a 20psi one. :D

Wasn't the suppressor/choke to cut down on the hum you'd get through the speakers? In some cars where this is not working correctly, you can rev the motor and the pitch of the humming will rise and fall with engine RPM.

And the staggered rear shock components.

For the cassette tape player requirement, that sounds like a flea market item. Or get on ebay and pay 10x because it has "vintage" in the title. Or put up a local WTB ad. There are boatload of them out there installed in old cars. You may motivate somebody to pull theirs to sell you. I...

Dont forget front bumpers. And avocado interior parts.

BOSS Audio Systems MC900B. So far, its a couple years old and still working fine. I like that it pairs with my phone in under a couple seconds when I turn on the key. I stuck the wired remote for it in the ash tray of my truck. It closes up nicely and hides out of sight. The only buttons I...

Except the part where a single 10mm socket can be used on 98% of the fasteners on the car. Your emergency travel tool kit can be a 10mm wrench and a 10mm socket on a ratchet. Hell, even autozone has a special bin right by the register where they sell standalone 10mm sockets.

5th digit of the VIN is the engine code. For 73, this chart below. There were more letters available for the earlier years. 73 was entering the smog era and big motors were not available.

But not necessarily a deal breaker. I let mine sit up for over 15 years. The battery and fuel system went to crap. But the engine fired right up with a new carb and spark plugs. I have one with rust around the trunk and front/rear windows. All the sheet metal for the roof, around the back...

The tools I use are (1) a piston stop and (2) a piston whistle. The first will help you find exactly where TDC is, no matter what the timing pointer and timing marks say. And the second will help you make sure you're on the compression stroke. Then, make sure you have the correct firing...

I've sold a bunch of cars like that. For sale sign in the window and listed it on the FB marketplace. Don't respond to the obvious scammers and bots when they message you. And I write in the ad no lowballers and no test drives without cash in hand. It helps cut down on people wasting your...

What do you mean by "greatest success in selling"? Do you want it sold fast or sold for the most money? You can put it up for a no-reserve penny auction. Guarantee it'll be sold by a certain date, but probably won't get as much as you were hoping for. Or you can list it online for how much...

The centering screw is not absolutely necessary. I've done the brakes on old fords dozens of times without one. Thats more of a solution for an uncommon issue.

In the latest chapter of that chevy 350, its back running. I ended up doing a back yard rebuild on it. Honed the cylinders out with a drill. Installed some flat top pistons. Aluminum heads. Its a 4 bolt main block and came with the L-46 corvette cam. With these pistons, 64cc heads, and the...