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ball joints were the answer to "dive" when you hit the brakes, but, as an old friend once said, kingpins don't break!
i bought a '53 chevy and we push-started it. if the PG is cast iron, you can. some of the aluminum ones will, too.
i had an '86 toronado that had one; probably find something without too much trouble.
292s were scarce back in the '70s; i'd go with the 250. if you're interested, i have a 20,000-mile mallory "dual life" distributor i'd donate to...
i once hitched a ride in a '55 chevy business coupe. same roof as the 2-door sedan but no back seat.
my '50 had the "loop back" duals on it, too. i didn't like its proximity to the battery. also, the mufflers and pipes were hung under the center...
as i recall, 20,000 miles out of a set of bias plys was about the norm!
remember the guy with the restored corvette? he moved to kansas, and the state confiscated the car because he'd attached the vin plate with the...
reminds me of my grandfather's pontiac. the salty air in the st. pete area really did a number on that car...
hall st, in north st. louis was it. two lanes north and 2 south. it was where most of the truck terminals were, and the cops would say "goodnight"...
mom put my "big deuce" in the trash while i was in the army!
one problem is who supplies the part. i ordered a flowmaster muffler from amazon, and what i got had a big dent and touchup paint all over it!
i'm also against using rubber lines. it perplexes me when i see guys on the tv shows using it; they should know better!
i think that was gm's "Y Job" in its early stages.
i guess you know that the first olds 88s were basically chevvies with a 303 V8?
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