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A couple other buses that came and went... '71 Riv my brother practically stole. Owner acquired it as payment on a debt and had no interest in it. Only mechanical work we did was clean up the wiring in the engine compartment and a pair of used tire for the front. He did the bumper and wheel...

It certainly isn't for my posting ability.

Straightened the rear bumper and replaced the missing end. Replaced the missing ashtray and cleaned up the dash. Also reattached the speedo cable and replaced the defective brake switches behind the dash. The main battery that it came with was weak so I bought a new one. Then I revived the...

Oh boy. Look what followed me home from the auction. This one's an '82 Westfalia. Drove it on the dolly so I know it will run. Time to clean it up and see what else is wrong with it. It's purely investment. The price was pretty right and they sell for more than they should. I figured I...

Quick catch-up on the bus. Finished the steering. Finished the brakes (all 6 wheel cylinders, 4 hoses, master cylinder). Had to make another trip to the store because they gave us the wrong wheel cylinders. Installed an actual ignition switch in place of the toggle and push button that it...

My dad came by last night after work and scrubbed off some of the moss. I was amazed at how straight and shiny(ish) it actually was. I assumed that under all the green fuzz was some unseen bodywork sins. Sometimes I don't mind being wrong. He picked up a replacement engine for it last...

Aw geez...it's contagious. After being around my brother's Westy and borrowing it for a camping trip, my dad decided he'd like one too. This will probably just be a flip that he plans to drive through the winter. He has his eye on a relative's newer Vanagon that may be a permanent addition to...

My wife LOVES her Neon. It's been totaled 3 times and brought back from the dead. The most recent was an SUV backing into the left quarter in a parking lot. After the dust settled we got a check just big enough to persuade my brother to repaint the whole car. It had been spotted in so many...

The Impala finally went home yesterday. But not until a last minute accelerator pump failure. Starts so easily now and runs perfectly. It ran pretty good before but was getting harder and harder to cold-start. It didn't help that the restored had disabled the choke. So, the owner picked up...

Well, the Impala is pretty much done. All the little leaks are fixed and the tune-up stuff is done. This thing sounds GREAT! Been waiting on the water pump for over a week. Since this is a mega-numbers-matching car I had to send the original out to be rebuilt. It's been sitting in my empty...

One of my parents' neighbors has a pretty nice collection. This '62 Impala came to my place to be prepped for sale. Had some minor leaks to fix. From what the owner told me, that's original paint. The odometer shows less than 6000 miles. For you guys familiar with points and judging, this...

Proving that I'm a ***** that will work on anything... '49 Plymouth with 318. I had nothing to do with the build in any way. It was dropped off for timing cover gasket replacement due to coolant leak. Timing chain too since I was there. The engine is pretty tired but at least it sounds good...

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Last time you saw pics of his daily driver '64 El Camino he was running a Paxton supercharger on his LT1. Recently (I suspect mostly out of boredom) he's been focusing more on fuel economy. The supercharger came off and he had acouple other PCMs flashed by my uncle. The final conclusion was...

A couple boats that came and went. The first trio came from the auction. The stars were aligned; right after the holidays, cold rainy day, poor attendance. I bought all three boats for $5 each. Including the 10% buyers fee, I still got change back from a twenty dollar bill. Cost more in...

My '35 Ford sedan. It's been on hold for over 2 years now. It's got an 8" (from the pickup), a custom torsion bar front suspension, 4.6 DOHC and 4R70W from a Lincoln Mark VIII. I plan to run fenderless with a custom grill.

Glad you're enjoying it. Some after shots of a '68 Mustang my brother painted last winter. It had been hit and "repaired" in the left front. Only problem is that it was 1" up and 1" swayed right so nothing even came close to fitting. He did a frame pull and replaced most of the front sheet...

Here's a couple projects that came and went with no work done. Essentially flips. 1950 Studebaker pickup. There was almost 2 complete trucks here. Doubled my money. 1978 Chevy 4X4 Shorty. Running and driving but very rusty. I got it free -- pure profit. I did an engine swap, wiring...

Ordered the tires up at work along with some new center caps (online). Got tired of waiting for the caps to show up so I finally just mounted the tires. I waited for a month for the caps to show and they never did. Apparently the company went under but they never disabled their site. It...

Got the shift kit installed as well as the new stator support. Then clean up the engine compartment. That felt like the longest, most unproductive week of my life. I kept trying to make progress but it was just one interruption after another. After it was all said and done, engine ran great...