Anyone Into Classic Cars?

[GT182]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

This list needs to be done. Closing the pool. My brothers Imp is getting the right rear wheel cylinder replaced. It blew out, peddle went to floor and car mushed a storage unit door. He keeps the Imp in a storage unit. Thankfully he was not on the highway when it occurred. The car sustained no damage but the large storage unit door is toast.

I had my GTO out last year to a cruise night. Steering acted a bit funny but I didn't think anything of it...... I got home and backed it into the garage. I didn't get it parked just right over my scissors lift and moved it out and backed it back in. Then the steering wheel really felt funny. I could turn it either way and it just keep on turning. I popped the hood and found out why. The rag joint's rubber ring broke. Thank God I wasn't out on the road.

So the moral of that is check your rag joint. Mine was the original and lasted 49 years. It could have been a lot worse.

[GT182]

I went to the UAW-GM show and was very disappointed. Voting form was the worst I've ever seen. Not one of the few Pontiacs, Buicks, or Oldsmobiles won... they were basicly left out of the voting. No area marked off to park just the Baltimore Built cars together.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by GT182

I went to the UAW-GM show and was very disappointed. Voting form was the worst I've ever seen. Not one of the few Pontiacs, Buicks, or Oldsmobiles won... they were basicly left out of the voting. No area marked off to park just the Baltimore Built cars together.

I have been to shows like that. Most times the car club running the show will award trophies to the club members. They all vote for each other. I just go to enjoy the day. If I get some recognition then so be it.

I more so enjoy the shows at retirement homes where the folks remember these cars when new. Some who have owned them. Their eyes look off into the distance remembering. Last year at a retirement home an elder woman began weeping when she saw my Buick. She said her mother exclaimed she would never be able to parallel park a big Buick. She said she did. Learned to drive in a 54 Buick. This woman spent the rest of the day next to the Buick just taking it all in and reminiscing. In fact, next weekend is the show for the same retirement home. Hope she is there again.

[Catfish]

We had an "Oldtimer" meeting this weekend, very nice with more than 400 vehicles from 1907 to the 197ties. A lot of US cars present, some were really impressing - or depressing, thinking of gasoline prices

Had a nice ride in an NSU Wankel Spider, a tiny and strange car, but this engine ...

[l02turner]

Hi Gang!
I have owned my 66 MGB since 1970. I drove it for 20 years and put 350,000 miles on it driiving back and forth to work. It only let me down once when the fuel pump died. I towed it home and replaced the pump and drove it the next day. I recently completed a 20 year nut & bolt restoration. I also have a 1974 Porsche 911 which I bought in 1999. Unfortunately my health has gone downhill and I will need to sell the MGB as soon as I can force myself to do it. I still drive the 911 but they are such different cars.
I did a repaint and removed all the glass during the paint job. It came out great though.
LarryT

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by l02turner

Hi Gang!
I have owned my 66 MGB since 1970. I drove it for 20 years and put 350,000 miles on it driiving back and forth to work. It only let me down once when the fuel pump died. I towed it home and replaced the pump and drove it the next day. I recently completed a 20 year nut & bolt restoration. I also have a 1974 Porsche 911 which I bought in 1999. Unfortunately my health has gone downhill and I will need to sell the MGB as soon as I can force myself to do it. I still drive the 911 but they are such different cars.
I did a repaint and removed all the glass during the paint job. It came out great though.
LarryT

Post some pictures!

[GT182]

Larry, I had a 66 MGB back in 1973. What a fun car that was. A friend who move from Delaware to Nebraska has a BRG 72 MGB with a 215 Buick "nail head" engine in it with fuel injection, Jag 5 speed, Ford 9" rear, and now dual exhaust. Goes like crazy, but I could take him off the line with the GTO. After he hits 2nd gear I'm left in the dust. He's now living near Panama City, Fl.

He even won a trophy at a BOP car show with it when he lived here. I got him to go even tho he didn't want to. He sure had a smile after that show. The BOP guys all said WTF when he registered. LOL

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by l02turner

Hi Gang!
I have owned my 66 MGB since 1970. I drove it for 20 years and put 350,000 miles on it driiving back and forth to work. It only let me down once when the fuel pump died. I towed it home and replaced the pump and drove it the next day. I recently completed a 20 year nut & bolt restoration. I also have a 1974 Porsche 911 which I bought in 1999. Unfortunately my health has gone downhill and I will need to sell the MGB as soon as I can force myself to do it. I still drive the 911 but they are such different cars.
I did a repaint and removed all the glass during the paint job. It came out great though.
LarryT

Why sell it if it brings you that much enjoyment ? You may still want to drive or show it from time to time.

[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by GT182

So the moral of that is check your rag joint. Mine was the original and lasted 49 years. It could have been a lot worse.

What about your tires? How old are they?
I hear over eight (8) years old is not a good thing.

[GT182]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

What about your tires? How old are they?
I hear over eight (8) years old is not a good thing.

If they're weather-checked, yes replace them. Usually if your car is garage kept, so it's out of the sun and weather, they should last longer. I sold a set of the original tires from a 76 Eldorado last year. They were garage kept off the car and in a dark corner covered up, and you'd think they were only a couple of years old. They only had a little over 2000 miles on them, and not a mark on them.