I got one of the fender patches from Lamont for my '63 Wagonaire project.
It is bare metal with a folded lip at the back edge and a 1/2 inch wide
flange at the front edge.  I'm supposed to saw off 5 inches of the back of
the fender to install it.  Since I'll never be able to ...

What would you lose authenticity points for on this Avanti?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6466&item=4557
511237
Paul Johnson

I still cant tell one from the other.

Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the Shrock Brothers making die cast
toys.
It has to be the longest drive in the wrold to get to their body shop/ farm,
fromm anywgere in the world.

On page 142 of the 2005 Stude Int. catalog, there are several valve bodies
listed.  What is the difference between the one for '65 6-cyl/early '56
V-8 (1540943) and the ones SASCO were selling recently?  My understanding
is that these were both 1st gear start. TIA

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Well, I am off to St Paul, Mn tomorrow for the "Back to the 50s" car
show.  Supposedly the weather is going to cooperate!  Its been nothing
but cool weather and rain here the past couple of weeks.  Need to get
that fuel pressure gauge installed on my '53 hardtop in case the

Martin Michigan Dragstrip ----  Factory stock class
Ted Harbit whipped a 72(?) Trans AM by virtue of cutting two very good lights on
the pro tree.  Ted drove the R2 Stude Tomato. He said his lights  were
"lucky".................He always seems to be lucky.

I just changed oil and the plug now has a slow leak. I would like to
swap it out without loosing to much oil. Anybody know what size and
thread was used on the 64   289?
Thanks

This "remember when" thing below has been on the NG before, but it appeared
today on another NG I read.  Below the "Quiz" are a couple interesting
replies.
Paul Johnson

Yesterday I posted a link to some pix of a strange intake manifold and carb
that I had.  See:
http://www.frontiernet.net/~thejohnsons/Mystery%20manifold%20&%20carb/
Nate was the only one to venture a guess (and a good once at that).  I'm

Both my cars ('64 Daytona Wagonaire and '53 Commander Starliner) had
developed noisy water pumps.  So, since the Wagonaire has factory air with a
big old heavy viscous fan and I could see it wobble, I decided to tackle it
first.  Didn't have too much trouble getting it off (stuck ...

Anything going on weeknights in Pittsburgh?
Going up there tomorrow for a few days..
Jeff

   Found a hell of a deal for N8 at the Sully car show but had to talk
him into it.<g>
$100 for a set of four of these:
http://stude.com/N8.jpg

Now the Champ sitting beside it is in eBay.  Sure a lot a good stuff on it
if it isn't salvageable.
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094377
Paul Johnson