I bought a $100 roll of marine carpet from the Despot. I was gonna do the car and the boat, but I ended up just doing the car. That one roll could probably do 5 or 6 TDrs.

Glad you saved her, Rick. We’ve all–and I mean all–done something like this at least 73 times. The smart among us don’t do the same bonehead thing twice though!

Yeah.

I lived in Central FL for 5 years and it would take a lot to get me back there. Developers still worked the old fashioned way there: paper bags of hundreds on Xmas and press-gangs of Guatamalans throwing up sh*t-boxes on flood plains.

Yup.

Love that poster too.

10 hours out for me, so I don’t think I’ll be making this run. Have fun, boys. Post lots of pics and brag when you’re done.

Roy’s in the ball park. I’d go on the lower end, maybe $4500. The market for these cars is thin. I like the seats. They look comfy.

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Joy hearing about the LED retrofit!

That was me, several years ago. In July I ran into Jack at the Pittsburgh Vintage GP.

Well. My info is BCW made their own body panels & stuff. I don’t know where they got their Chevettes, but a west-coast accessory company would not be the obvious source. We could call Jack Fussenegger and ask. 

None in mine. But here’s my theory–which you can check by chasing some corporate records in PA: Like BCW, American Sunroof WAS the Fussenegger’s company & the factories were tied together. 
edsnova2016-02-05 20:52:15

Before you replace the alternator, check the grounds on it. With these cars–and with most old cars–electrical faults are almost always ground-related. 

edsnova2016-02-04 21:13:27

Very nice.

So, looking for more Elvis-TD info I come across this shot of JFK & Jackie on their honeymoon in Acapulco, Mexico, 1953.

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Great picture. I had no idea The King ever appeared in a TD. Would love to know more about that.

You did great. You could never build anything like I was suggesting for anything close to that.

If you got it as cheap as those initial bids looked, you did good. Worst case scenario: clean it up and sell it on.

Go up a bit for autoX. Like, 22 in front & 28 rear. Otherwise lower.After I bought new tires the knuckleheads at the tire shop pumped like 35 lbs in all 4 of em. Thought my teeth were gonna shake out on the ride home.

Putting the shift plate in rightside-up ++

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