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All I did was drive it to the hardware store twice. I bought the wrong replacement outside water valve the first time. I was a bit pissed at myself. In the end I got it done. There was a guy in the parking lot staring at my car on second trip. He said " Hey a Mach 1, you don't see too many of...

Yes.

It is true. I am glad I hoarded a bunch new and used parts, especially NOS parts before the World went crazy.

Yes, I realize that. I was making about $600 a week working 2 jobs back then. Back when I was young and could actually manage working 2 jobs. That ship has sailed. Lol.

My have prices for a 9" center section risen. I bought a complete rebuilt open 9" 28 spline four pinion with a my original 2.75 ratio from Currie in 1997 for $475 with shipping. It is still in the car. I have my original unit with the "intent" of installing a 3.25 ratio. I am still undecided on...

Welcome from RI. Pretty car.

Holy **** is right. I suppose they are NOS and unused.

I have used both the Edelman and Gates kits. I liked the Gates kit a little better. It is not hard to replace that seal. I did mine 10 years ago and still leak free. I keep an extra seal kit on the shelf. Among other things LOL.

That diff looks bad ***.

I would personally not exceed 3.25 gears without overdrive. I do drive on the highway. I have 2.75 gears which are great for high speed cruising. I turn 2100 @60 with 235/60/15 BFGs. I had driven a 71 Boss 351 with stock 3.91s that a good friend of mine had me work on. I then realized what a...

That car is an example of what doing hard drugs does to your perception. I wonder if we were all really high it would look cool. Nah. Ron

I thought Mr. Whipple died.

I think driving that hard you need a fancy sealed locking dipstick. I do think it is awesome that you are tracking your car. It sounds like a lot of fun and I am jealous. I don't think I have ever written "dipstick" this many times in my life. Lol. Ron

Is your dipstick original? Is there a For p# on it? Mine is a DOAE-6750-A. Mine is pretty secure in the tube and has never popped out.

Ok, I went into the basement and whipped out my dip-stick. As far as I can tell there never was an o-ring seal like you would find on a more modern car. The w-bend at the top of the dip-stick are what retains it in the tube. I have had the tube completely out a couple of times during rebuilds...

I don't think there is a dip-stick seal. I have been pulling out that Cleveland dip-stick for over 40 years. ;) That sounded a bit profane now that I think about it. To be serious I don't think there is a seal.

Some advantages to our old cars is that we are not being tracked by GPS (unless we choose to be). No data recorders and many of us have not done a fuel injection conversion. That means in the event of an Electro magnetic pulse the old analog cars will most likely still function. I do get a lot...

Most shops these days only know the "set the toe and go" method of alignments. That sucks they did a ****** job. I did alignments for a long time and knew all the methods (including shimming control arms to adjust camber and caster was always a PIA) and to be honest most modern cars IE: cars...

I also wanted to mention that I used a Moog strut rod bushing kit but this was at least 20 years ago. I had no issues installing it.

The strut rod length is used to adjust the caster angle there should be a jam nut on the strut rod backing up the big washer and inner bushing and the outer nut should be a locking style nut. Shortening the rod increases caster angle to the positive. You should get an alignment when you get...