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Yep, these guys have steered you right. My '53 Special is slow, but more like 0-60 in 15 seconds slow.
I have an Innovate that I use to get the carb right, and then it goes back in the box. Long ago, I bought a tailpipe adapter with a long cord so I...
You may want to check the hub size on your brakes/axles and compare it to the new wheels. I've never looked into it carefully because my '63 still...
It's cheesy, but I've had good luck for years with a Mr. Gasket "Gasket Stack." It has something like three gaskets with aluminum plates in...
That's frustrating. We all hate doing a job twice.
Ha ha...I was checking the gasket orientation, too. I made that mistake on a 289 when I was 17 and I got to do the job over again. The internet...
I have three - I hope the Skylark isn't too new as a '65. The Riviera's a '63 and the Special is a '53, the last of the straight eights. Although...
I could! Of course, a few of the addresses belonged to my parents and grandparents. Unfortunately, the Riviera lived a thousand miles away in the...
My '63 Riviera was owned by the same extended family since new (until I bought it in 2022), so I got the original title and a bunch of other stuff...
Here's another vote for Rusty - he rebuilt the speedometer for my '63 Thunderbird and did a great job.
I'd drive it before rejetting it. I stuck my wideband on my '63 Thunderbird with a 4100 and stock jets, and it was close to perfect. I wouldn't...
Ha ha - It could also be parked! A Dynaflow doesn't need to be running to leak. :)
If you remove the inspection plate on the Dynaflow, you'll notice that there are a lot of small bolts on the torque converter. Go through and make...
I had this problem just about 25 years ago when I was a kid working on an OT 289. Ford changed the timing cover around March 15, 1965, and they...
I have a '63 Thunderbird, and it's definitely the cast iron Cruise-O-Matic. Like the early C4, it has a green dot gear selector, but it's not a...
Stretching it out carefully should help. I had the same problem on my '65 Skylark's AFB - the pump wasn't working with the engine running for...
In case this helps anyone, here are pictures of my '53 Special and a '53 Super I saw at a car show this year. You can see how few of the panels...
The Special in 1951 and 1952 used a different body from the Super and Roadmaster. Although they look similar, few if any of the body panels will...
I wish my 1115 was a 1015 - the emissions stuff doesn't work anyway and it would take up a little less space. Yours is a beauty!
Clark's is coming out with a new mechanical fuel pump very soon (according to their website), and it has a two-year warranty. Since there have...
From a quick picture search, it appears that perhaps only the wagon had that cutout. The Spyder's cutout was different.
I've heard some dual exhaust Corvairs, and they sound like two three-cylinders arguing with each other. With that being said, a Corvair sounds...
Being that it's a mostly flat floor anyway, I don't see anything wrong with doing it that way.
If you have welding experience, doing the floors on one of these isn't bad. Clark's sells really good reproductions, too. The frame stubs on...
Luckily, there are a couple of really good Corvair parts vendors. Clark's Corvair in Massachusetts and California Corvairs are both great to deal...
This is the screen from my '63 Riviera, and my '53 Special has a similar screen (if not identical).[ATTACH]
Usually, the Dynaflow just has a screen you can clean up. There are converter drains so you can get most of the old fluid out.
After a lot of work over the winter, I got my new-to-me '63 back on the road this week. It is amazing how hard that old 401 pulls, even with the...
A set of pin drills is always a good idea if you're going to be messing with carburetors, but remember that you can't put material back when you...
The IFR is the idle feed restriction. The article I linked discusses that.
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