I pretty much suspect that even if you found the 25 year old color codes, they would no longer match due to fading.
You could probably just repair the ‘glass damage and a good auto paint shop could color match the current shade to a closer color than the original codes.

Mark and Gang;
What you describe on your ’85 ‘stang is pretty much what I have on my Duchess.  Ford engine and tranny, but theres a torque tube from the tranny to the rear end, 2 lower control arms, panhard bar and coils.  The interesting thing is, it’s a stock chevette rear!   And it most certainly works great in a Ford powered car. No bounc…[Read more]

No Rich…the quarter elliptical springs work fine once you find the right rate.
I was asking Rob Baker if he thought of using those coil over “helper” shocks before replacing the springs. Monroe used to call them “Load Levelers”.
To put a coil over set up in these cars requires the fabrication of a 4 link rear suspension. Depending on the…[Read more]

Yes these springs will need to be cut per the build instructions.  The car doesn’t sit right the rear drivers side is actually lower then the passenger side, without the driver in the car.  I’ll put the new springs in which should get everything realigned and then troubleshoot if things still aren’t right.  With two of us in the car we can bot…[Read more]

Mark,
I have the same quarter elliptical set up on my 88 FiberFab, and I don’t find the ride to be too harsh at all. Not sure what my builder did different. It does have shocks with coil springs in the back, but I’m not sure that’s what you are talking about. I’m assuming you mean to go away from the leaf springs completely? Just wondering what…[Read more]

Aren’t your car’s springs quarter elliptical? If so, then these need to be cut as they are semi-elliptical.
I had Eaton-Detroit Spring make a set of quarter elliptical springs for the Ford based CMC kit I built. Just cutting the stock springs ended up riding like a brick. The springs they made me allowed for leaf removal. I ended up with the main…[Read more]

You could contact Street Beasts (formerly CMC). I doubt if they would know though.
Other than that it’s been nearly 25 years since these cars were manufactured. These CMC cars are “chopper gun” fiberglass and who the heck knows what Gel Coat they used.
Maybe a marine fiberglass repair outfit could help? Most good boatworks can steer you in the…[Read more]

Mark,
Thanks! Great info!
Rich

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If you know the diameter of your tires and have a working Tachometer, you can determine your speed in any gear.
I built an Excel spreadsheet table that I can send to you. Just change the tire diameter and final gear ratio (in any gear) and it’ll automatically change the table to tell you the actual speed at a given RPM.
Otherwise…drive at the…[Read more]

I’ll put her up on ramps in the next couple of days and report back the findings. Thanks Ringo for the tips…. and yes, let’s hope it’s not the nylon gear. If that’s the case, I’ll look at it this winter as Summer is for driving not spinning spanners!
TTFN,
Roger

Amen…you’d better hope it’s not the same problem that the Pink MG had.

I was so tired of getting hit in the head with my VW based TD’s engine cover that I removed the hinge and installed hatch cover latches from the marine suppy.  I think you can see them in my gallery.
 
Even if you install the gas struts, the hinge needs to stay. They only assist in the lift and hold the hood open.
 
 

Damn Ringo! You must have done this before! Nice tips…. Now tell me how to retire at 30!

Peril;
First, if there’s a cable from the tranny to the sending unit, pull that and see if it’s broken. If no cable, start at the wiring and work back to the tranny to check the sending unit.
Check the wiring from the sending unit up to the speedo with a continuty tester.  Double check the ground(s)! If OK, pull the sending unit.  Take a pen…[Read more]

Thank you for the welcome and the responses – I omitted to add that my BCW is indeed the Chevette powertain and the speedo is electronic.
 

 Mark, I uninstalled the software that came with my camera and then things worked like they did with my old camera.I noticed that after I posted the pics, it changed the previous posts or at least most of them to the wide or spread out format.It seems that Rich and Geoff’s posts stayed in the original size. They must be doing something that I…[Read more]

I haven’t tried anything yet for fear of doing damage. I saw the two sloted holes in it but my 2 jaw puller won’t fit, so i thought I needed something special (i.e. the oil pump puller)
Thanks for the help. I went back through the past posts but didn’t find anything. I guess it so simple, I’m the only one that tried to make it difficult.
Is there…[Read more]

Great pics…you can even see my Suburban’s tranny fluid all over the front of my trailer!
How did you get them to post?