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I’ve been toying with the idea. For myself, I would only do the hood, frontal area, and front fenders. If you have the whole car it can get pretty pricey, around $5000. Xpel is a good brand of wrap that can self heal if it’s damaged.

I had them on my car for a long time. I think they were from the 1990’s. I took my car into a classic car service shop for an oil change and the owner called me and told me he couldn’t believe that the tires hadn’t failed yet. I suppose that’s a testament to the build quality or my luck. They...

Came in “Loud and Clear!” Looks great. Really sounds good!

Welcome from Florida! Beautiful rides! 😍

Thank you all for your wealth of knowledge! I’m excited to get this in running order. It’s been an uphill battle even though the car came from family in Southern California and was driven throughout it’s life. Nevertheless, as soon as I fix one thing, another goes. I feel like I’m playing...

Thank you for the info. I’m going to be tackling this soon and my other goal is a T-5 swap, so it sounds like deleting emissions and adding the Performer Intake and 4bbl will compliment that upgrade nicely.

Is it easy? I thought I remember a thread on how to accomplish this, but for the life of me I can’t find it. I would like to install an Edelbrock Performer 4 barrel/2V intake and I would love to delete the extraneous stuff. Thanks!

Thanks for your reaponses. If I want to change plugs/wires and distributor, what are good ones that work well in our Cleveland motors? I have a stock 2v engine and I don’t plan on more power, just as close to original as possible. 

Ok, so I went out to start the car and video the symptoms. I also looked around the base of the heads and I didn’t see any evidence of coolant. The car started up fine and chugged a little bit but it seems that it’s a fueling/ignition problem because it is smoking out both sides and it’s a...

Thank you for the info. I’m going to poke around tomorrow and see what I can find. 

The mechanic replaced the radiator hoses and filled the collant system. How would I diagnose a blown head gasket, compression check? I haven’t replaced or removed heads. I don’t think they’ve been touched since 1973. 😂

Hey everyone, I just had quite a few items fixed on my '73 Coupe and it was running well until the other day. I went out to start the car and it took awhile for me to start and I had to keep my foot into the gas pedal to keep it running. When it was running, it was running rough like it was...

Those are beautiful! Love the “stance.”

That looks incredible! That fitment is exactly what I’m going for. Thank you both! I’ll post pictures when I get them.

I could go with 15x10 and 275/55r15 on the rear but the highest backspacing I can get in the particular wheel is 5”. I’m not sure if that will stick out too far.

Looking at new wheels and tires. I have a 73 Coupe stock suspension now, at most might possibly go with a more modern setup in the front with coilovers down the road. I wanted to make sure that 15x8 with a 4.5” Bs will fit with 245/60r15 all around. Thanks!

As the title says, I live in SW Florida and I’m in need of a good mechanic that does good work on our older cars. Any suggestions welcome. Thank you.

Just an update. From what I can tell, it looks like the oil is coming from the valve cover gaskets. If this is indeed the culprit, I can live with that problem. Now my transmission... that’s another story. 🤦🏻‍♂️

That is exactly my situation as well. Since I’ll have to change the gasket, I have been wanting to replace the intake manifold with an Edelbrock Performer and a 4 barrel carb. I’m going to dig into it in the next few days. I’ll let you know what I find.