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Same here. Might have mine next weekend.

Regarding pillows- that is awesome! Consider a visit to the patio section of your local box store at the end of summer. Lounge chair pads can be had with resilient fabric, and they often have designs that fold up into a cube shape to take up less space. Might be worth getting one on...

Some modern fords (Lincoln town cars?) have a temp spare that is on an aluminum wheel. I grabbed a couple temp spare steelies out of a pick-n-pull yard that were in late 2000’s fords. Only catch was the offset wasn’t quite right. Needed a thin spacer to clear my front calipers. If you have...

Spent an day installing some Rallyarmor mud flaps. The paint is nice now, and I’d like to keep it that way. Started off with universal flaps and cut them a bit. Brackets were a pain, as I didn’t want to drill any holes in the car. They mount via the existing wheel well molding holes. Front...

Post some pics of your setup

Might be worth posting some pics of your brake setup to see if one of the forum eagle eyes spots an issue.

How much pushrod play do you have between the booster and the MC?

That Brawler carb isn’t shown as having a ford kickdown assembly.

How old are your brake hoses?

What is making you lean towards an Autolite clone?

What brand do your buddies have? Edelbrock or Holley? Friends with jets, parts and knowledge of one platform might influence what you choose. You’ll need to get a carburetor that has a Ford kickdown mechanism on it, it is comparable with a retrofit kit. I have an old 750 vacuum secondary...

Maybe try disconnecting your vacuum brake booster for troubleshooting and block off the vacuum port? Keep it in mind that you WILL NOT have power brakes and it isn’t safe to drive.

Restoring a car isn’t inexpensive. I’d say restore whatever brings you joy if you can swing it. I have a money pit Grande that I enjoy.

I have done a 351/FMX that way. Keep the nose low to the ground (but not so low you can’t roll the engine hoist legs under it. Raise the back of the car higher and support on jack stands. It will be easier if the car is “raked”. Using something like an Oberg tilt lift with your engine hoist...

Made it. The vertical part is steel welded to the valance. The horizontal splitter is XPS foam that I carved into shape and had coated with Line-X.

I was down around 24”, but decided to raise it up to just under 25”. It looked cool lower, but I wanted to make it more parking lot / street friendly. This was when it was 24” ish.

I’d probably roll with the silver springs and limit your mechanical advance to about 20 degrees. I am about 14 initial, 33 total all mechanical no vacuum.

99.9% chance your car still has a vacuum booster which looks like a couple round cake pans welded together on the firewall. A hydro booster is plumbed into your power steering pump and takes the place of the vacuum booster, it is much smaller and would have a few lines going to it. Only reason...

That looks like the opposite of fun. They got you walking around yet?

Ok, I fooled with some oven cleaner and a spare piece of trim. I am not sold on the process of stripping the old anodization. Would be better to do in the winter, not in the summer when it is hot and I am flicking oven cleaner on my arms. I could see it taking me a few weekends to get...