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If Bill and I meet at the Exxon just South of Baltimore [500 Progress Dr, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090] at 8 a.m. we should make Horne’s no earlier than 10:30 a.m.

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The early (1961-67) tank has the filler neck on the passenger side. If you are hinged on the driver’s side it’s right. If not, you can switch the hinges and the latch without too much fuss. Do so.

The early tank has the filler neck on the top of the tank, at the highest point. That is also good.

The early tank has a somewhat lengthy filler neck.…[Read more]

Did you by chance, in the effort of pulling off and changing the fuel lines, knock that one little wire thingie off your carb? Idle solenoid!

Look for that wire with a spade connector that’s attached to nothing. If you find it, plug it into the spade on that thing on your carb. Done.

If that don’t work, get out two screw drivers and go to…[Read more]

Sounds like the right ballpark.

Yeah, man, if you want to make it that early. That same gas station as last year?

They all want the earlier tank because the filler neck in the later one is laid down to accommodate the external fuel door. You can use that one in a TDr but you’ll have to relocate the filler neck as described. If you need an new tank it’s easier to get the older style tank & shorten the neck. Sometimes you get lucky and don’t even need to mess…[Read more]

Just get the early one–61-67. You might need to cut the filler neck down a couple inches. Test fit carefully, scribe it and then take it to a muffler shop to be cut and welded before you clean the Cosmoline out. They’ll charge you $20 or $30 to do it. Maybe less you you tell them what it’s for and come in with a six-pack.

Note: don’t buy the…[Read more]

Look carefully on the coil. One side has a +

Look for the same problems you would look for in a VW Bug of the same vintage. Rusty floors are a typical problem, and fixable. sloppy shifting (bad bushing, a $3 part, several hours of fiddling to get to it). Electrical gremlins, which are usually loose or missing grounds. Steering bits. Gauges. Top fitment and condition (you’ll use it,…[Read more]

Thanks, Paul. Hopefully we’ll get it sorted without paying millions.

Beautiful, Rick. Peace and spit-fire to you and your family. Your mom did right by you and you by her, and that’s the world right there.

When I put the Soob in  Bridget the same thing happened. I’d wired in all the rigourmorole. All the engine wiring and the ECU and the extra stuff like the igniter and the various important looking electronic block thingies. And the tach. And the fans. All that. The engine ran.

The alt light was on.

It was a brandy-new alternator. I checked all…[Read more]

12 volts to it–there’s a terminal you have to hit while it’s running. Excite the alt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPl7CTb685I

http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=135956

Shift bushing update:

SUCCESS!

Finally got round to adjusting the shift plate and test driving this afternoon. But not before I took a wild swing at fixing the leak from my oil pressure gauge exclusively onto the right leg on only work or dress pants (and never garage or shop pants). Crawled under the dash and loosened the nuts on the gauge…[Read more]

The Bugatti looks really great too! I like the numbers. Do people ask you if that’s the year of manufacture?

Nice shot.

Jack, it’s more convoluted than even the old site. First you go to your own thing. Upper right corner it should say something like “Howdy, Happy Jack.” Click on that and you get a drop-down menu. At the bottom it says “media.” Hover over that with your curser and you should see another drop-down menu with “albums,” “photos” “videos.” Click on “ph…[Read more]

<span style=”color: #333333;”><span style=”font-family: Georgia, ‘Times New Roman’, ‘Bitstream Charter’, Times, serif;”><span style=”font-size: medium;”>Jack, it’s more convoluted than even the old site. First you go to your own thing. Upper right corner it should say something like “Howdy, Happy Jack.” Click on that and you get a drop-down menu.…[Read more]