Will. It’s good to hear that you are on the road again and having a good time with your car. Do you still have the Chevette based car  and if you do, how is the work on it going? I’m looking forward to seeing pictures of the build.

 Ringo, I ‘m glad you checked on this as the pictures and instructions were a little vague to my senior brain. It looks like the factory engineers designed it so it would not be user friendly.

 I had heard of using aluminum foil but have not tried it. I’m guessing that the foil is softer than the chrome finish so it cuts the rust or pitting without being too hard on the chrome. Did you use good quality ,heavy duty foil or the cheaper store brand? Also I’M assuming that you crumple it up to form a ball much like a steel wool pad. Does…[Read more]

 Ed, The Factory Chevette manual as well as the Haynes manual say that the crankshaft pulley and also the timing belt must be removed.
 Is the pulley what is keeping you from getting to the bolts. Both books indicate that the pump can be removed with the engine in the car after removing  fan and the alternator , AC, and PS belts as well as the ti…[Read more]

 Jack, Thanks for the pictures. It can look really scarey up under any dash but I can see that you have reason to be concerned. I saw at least three circuit breakers . Did the builder use breakers in stead of fuses or is the fuse panel just not shown in the pictures?
 Click on the search button at the top of the page and type in ”wiring h…[Read more]

 Do you need a complete wireing harness and fuse box for the car or are you only needing to add additional circuits to what you already have?

 I really was talking about cars, I guess I got too poetic or was it romantic? Sorry for the confusion.

 Ed,  I do not remember what brand the pen was.It was in a cup sitting on the kitchen counter.I think it was a giveaway advertising something. The top was removeable and just happened to be the right length and diameter to fit the shortened lever.
 If you don’t find a suitable pen ,try a piece of tubing from a home improvement store you could pl…[Read more]

 Mel ,  I’m glad those six month separations are over. Every lady deserves to have her man nearby and I’m sure Mrs Peel is as happy as you to be  together again. She will enjoy the upgrades and seeing you smile.

 Ed ,  Not sure about the one in front but the car in the background is a 56 Chevrolet Bel Aire two door hardtop. Becky and I dated  in a solid black one in the summer of 62.

 London Roadster  went a different route with the signal lever in their factory built cars. They cut the lever at the bend closest to the column and then slipped a piece of tubing that was flattened just enough to fit the end of the shortened lever and was held in place by a very small bolt [screw] that went through a hole in the tubing  and th…[Read more]

 I think it’s a Chevrolet Corvair with a turbo. I going to guess a 1965, kinda using the license tag as a guide.

 Ed, At our local cruise in last week, I was the lone foriegn representative,oops I forgot about the VW bug. But my car still  got  lots of attention  . A couple that appeared to be in their late 70’s and were owners of a TD back in the late 50’s really enjoyed looking my replica and were very accepting of the differences from the ori…[Read more]

 Ed ,  I love your wheel, It’s just that I could never enjoy it because my wife could never find out how much they cost and secrets are hard to keep.
  Dan ,I think a tilt column could be fitted and would be nice when getting in and out,however after looking at the diagrams in the Chev. manual and seeing  what all is crammed [ carefully pos…[Read more]

 Pink MG ,, I told you we needed you expertice. Now do you see why?   Two of us have little stubby turn signal levers when we could have had nice big wheels instead. Once again I took the cheap route.
 Seriously ,I thought about it but would have had to raise the steering column to clear my legs and then the top of the wheel would have been too…[Read more]

 Dan, My ts lever stuck out to far also. I cut it off using a tubing cutter while holding it with vice grips to support it. I pulled the plastic knob off the metal stick only to find that the stick had two small fins that matched up with slots in the knob to keep it from slipping .I drilled a small hole in the side of the knob and put a set s…[Read more]

 Look under VW based kits, at the bottom of page one under carburetor ,scroll down and there is a link that gives detailed instruction on carb adjustment .

 At this point ,based on the fact that it will run and run as long as the choke is half closed,I’m thinking the carb is at fault. Perhaps you missed a blocked passage when you cleaned it out..

 Have you determined that you are getting a constant and sufficient supply of fuel to the carb? Could be that the line is clogging from crud in the tank or could be a bad fuel pump. Will it continue to run at half throttle with the choke partly closed? If the fuel supply is ok I would suspect the carb to be the problem.Unless you know that a…[Read more]

 According to Air Cooled . net , the ballast resister is built into the coil. Any other type will burn up the points .