Like all classic cars, leaks have to be dealt with. I don’t personally subscribe to the notion that all old cars leak. They do until you fix them.
My 76 Stingray gets fewer miles to the quart of power steering fluid than it does miles per gallon of gas. So, I need to shake down the unit to see where it’s coming from.
This video shows my process.
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Tim
My 1976 Corvette Stingray gets a new 1406.
Working with a new camera that died during recording left me with an older recording device that was a challenge to position and some of the work is just out of frame.
But it all went smooth and well take a look:
More coming up.
Thanks for checking in.
Tim
Auto Factoids (#AutoFactoids) for Week of April 30th 2017
May 1, 1954 – American Motors Corp Formed
Formed from Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson merger. It was still referred to as Nash-Ramber and then AMC Ramber though the 1950’s. Styling didn’t change in the next few years and 1955-1956 Ramblers were badged as both Nashes and Hudsons, with no visible difference between the two. Rambler became a marque in its own right for the 1957 model year. The Nash and Hudson makes were continued as senior model only through 1957, after which all of AMC’s offerings were marketed as Ramblers.
 1958 4 Door Rambler Ad |
 1958 Rambler Statesman – 2Dr. |
May 2, 1918 – Chevrolet becomes part of GM.
GM was started Billy Durant by using the financing from his Durant-Dort Carriage Company to take over Buick Motor Company. He changed the name to General Motors (with Buick eventually becoming a separate brand later on). He soon brought in Oldsmobile, Cadillac and Oakland company. He started Chevrolet (in partnership with famous Swiss race car driver Louis Chevrolet) to help off set the financial issues as a separate company. Durant eventually started purchasing more Chevy stock and eventually took control and folded Chevy into GM.
May 3, 1948 – Willys Jeepster Phaeton debuts.
These were mostly powered by the Inline 4 Cylinder, L-head engine. (134.2 cid, bore 3.13, stroke 4.38, compression 6.48:1 for about 63hp). Power got to the wheels via a 3 speed transmission. All the Willys had the same wheelbase length of 104″ with the total length of the Phaeton being 174.8″. Production was not well-defined through out all the models offered but approximately, 10,326 Phaeton were build.
1948 Jeepster Phaeton
May 3, 1949 – Packard’s 50th Anniversary 2000 Gold Packards.
These were Dealer Driveway. These weren’t “gold” cars but they were painted in a special paint code of Gold. Each were powered with 327 c.i.d., 150 hp engine. The number of ’49 2000 Gold Packards produced was about 600 (some say 1500) . The event was held at was the Utica Proving Grounds. Currently none are known to exists although you can see a few “gold painted” 49 Packards pop up from time to time.
 Here is a 49 Packard – painted gold. Is it one of the Drive-Aways? Slight chance. |
 Packard’s Utica Proving Grounds. |
May 4, 1923 First Le Mans 24 hour race.
The first Le Mans 24 Hour race was held just outside Le Mans, France. Initial the race was limited to ‘production’ cars and two drivers, now they require 3 drivers per car and the of course these cars aren’t in your dealers show rooms. The race was won by one of the French teams – André Lagache and Léonard driving a Chenard et Walcker with 3.0L I4 engine.
This is an awesome looking car!!!
May 6, 1928 Chrysler debuts the De Soto. The De Soto wasn’t available to the public until 1929. It sported an L-head six cylinder engine, displacing 174.9 CID and producing about 55hp.
First De Soto
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Average Guy’s Car Restorations, Mods, and Racing
#AutoFactoids – Average Guy’s Car Restoration, Mods and Racing
Auto Factoids for the Week of 2/22/2015 – Firebird, Thunderbird, AMX
It always cool to stumble upon a car show regardless of size.
TMC (Tucson Medical Center) opened up a new office just down the road. My wife is a commercial interior designer and does a lot of work through her company for at the TMC facilities.
We were aware of the Grand Opening for this new building but we weren’t there’d be a car show. Here a few of the cars that showed.
You just could walk past this 1959 GMC 100 Pickup. So nicely restored.
 Love the steel painted rims!!! |
 Lots of Chrome on that front end!! |
 Still being powered by the straight six! The golf club hood prop is a custom touch! |
 Sparse interior but 100% effective. |
Here is a great looking 1962 Ford pickup – still sporting its original V8.
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Are you kidding me? Look at this beautiful 66 Malibu!!!
 327 Engine (245hp) with Factory Air!!! |
 Back end jacked up just right!! |
 There is a lot of tire on that back axle! |
 That’s all original interior folks!!! |
Here are a few more Chevy’s
 Beautiful Super Sport w/vinyl top |
 Wow…is that a BLOWER on top of that power plant? |
 And another BLOWER!! |
 56 Chevy Sporting a huge radiator |
 1980 El Camino – In great shape. |
 Beautiful Impala…OH…YES..that a Corvette LS3 engine!!! |
If you are going to have only one Mopar show up, you want it to be the GTX!! Take a look:
 Plymouth Belvedere GTX. |
 Yes that is a 426 Hemi….going to find two carbs under that air cleaner. |
 Clean and original interior. |
Here a few more of the cars that showed up.
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Thanks to my wonderful wife who didn’t mind an interruption in our errands to spend a few minutes at this show.
Coming up more on #ProjectSportsRoof and #ProjectBeepBeep and keep an eye out for our first Facebook Live event.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
www.agcarrestoration.com
The last three post we basically a run down of the extent of the rust damage in the floor pan areas on #ProjectSportsRoof. As you saw the right side was bad, especially the under the rear seat on that side and the left side not as bad. Interesting enough it ended up being about the same work for both foot wells and a lot work for the whole under the rear seat. (You’ll notice in at least one of the videos I mentioned that all I needed to do was to buy the panel for under the rear seat – but I was wrong. Those just are reproduced. What I ended up doing was purchasing a 3rd foot well pan and “modifying” that to get the whole patched.)
As this is my first time actually doing floor pans, I did a lot of “making sure” up front work to limited the size of the mistakes I might make. Last thing I needed to do was cut in the wrong place or make the opening to big. As you know the Mustangs of that era only had sub-frames and the floor for the most part were what held them together. A major screw up there and you’ve weakened the structure and then it’s body off complete floor replacement – NOT IN THE BUDGET!!!
Here’s some of the preliminary work.
So of course there isn’t a rear panel (see above) and the drain in the panel is not plugged with a rubber stopper, but with a metal screw down plate – sealed with seam sealer.
I worked the left side first (some I could keep the car mobile – for pulling in and out of the garage) so I left the driver’s seat and most of the carpet in place.
Coming up is the first cuts of the right side floor pan and fitting of the replacement panel.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
#ProjectSportsRoof
Normally I cover this car show pretty extensively here on Average Guys Car Restoration, Mods and Racing. After all I haven’t missed but one since it’s start, and I’ve entered 3 cars, twice. I just love this show, it on the ‘grass’!!! That’s a rare treat here in the American Southwest.
This year I just managed to make it and after just arriving from a series of long flights from Italy 1 day ago, I just didn’t have it in me to get that intense this year. In fact the weather the night before was filled with thunderstorms and a good deal of rain. I nearly skipped going. But I remembered what I call the High Interest Cars that were showing up. I’m talking about a set of 3 Le Mans cars including the Porsche 917 – WOW!!
Take a look at these beauties:
These aren’t are just race cars, these are THE race cars you’ve seen race and win.
More High Interest Cars coming including a Jensen Interceptor III.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Just a quick howdy to all my readers from outside the U.S.
Love to hear from you – in any language!
Thanks – Canada
Danke – Germany
Good Day Mate – Thanks Australia
Thanks UK folks!!
Благодарности Люди – Russian Federation
Merci Folks – French
gracias amigos – Brazil
Tack Folks – Sweden
Folks Grazie . Ci vediamo tra qualche giorno Italy
Bedankt mensen – Netherlands
Keep the shinny side up!!!!
Tim
AGCarRestoration@cox.net
#ProjectSportsRoof
You no doubt know about Ford and Carroll Shelby’s Cobra winning the 1965 FIA World Manufacturer’s GT Championship – breaking Enzo Ferrari’s reign on the in that event. But this short video tells more about what Bob Bondurant endured during those races. He is a true racing icon.
I’ve had the thrill of running Bondurant course here in Phoenix, AZ., include the F1 event held at Phoenix International Raceway. All great experiences from a well run organization.
Check out the story of how the U.S. Team (with Bob and two English drivers) took home the win.
Enjoy and thanks for reading.
Tim
Are ‘Vette owners more extreme about their cars than most? | Corvetteforum.
Sharing this from the Corvette Forum.
After you read this you might think, Corvette drivers are … well….Richard Craniums… but I think this is an issue with any car person with a car they love. 
My wife is like that with new cars – Nissan and two Lexus brand cars over the years. I’ve been less so, I think with my ’70 Mustang (now going to a large collector) and my two Corvettes (C4 and C6) – well maybe not.
But generally I don’t make people take their shoes off before getting in my car. No smoking of course and eating and drinking are fine. Spills will get you tossed out at the next stop however.
Got “Not in my car!!!” moment? Share it here.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
I saw my first F-Type on the streets the other day. It wasn’t just a sighting, it was a drive along.
The convertible as white and I think it looked great in motions. We drove side by side for about 10 blocks and it seemed quick (not as quick as my C6 – had to prove that – without breaking any laws or freaking out the cars around us) and had a snappy take off.
However, with my windows down and my stereo off (that almost never happens) I got a ear full of how it sounded. Sorry to say I was not impressed.
I expected to have been, with power specs like this:
| 3.0 liter V6 Supercharged | 3.0 liter V6 Supercharged | 5.0 liter V8 Supercharged |
| 340 @ 6,500 | 380 @ 6,500 | 495 @ 6,500 |
| 3.33 x 3.50 in. (84.5 x 89.0 mm) |
3.33 x 3.50 in. (84.5 x 89.0 mm) |
3.64 x 3.66 in. |
I don’t know which model I was driving along with, it didn’t like the sound.
We’ve all seen/heard the Hondas and Nissans with the “enhanced” sound effects mufflers. The F-Type sounds like the Jaguar was trying too hard to create the “muscle” car sound and missed by several octaves (at least). A baffling problem given such a good looking sports car.
Great looking coupe
Really?!?!?!?!
Thank for reading.
Tim
