Posts by stevea_old

Great looking car, nice work on it.

Welcome, sounds like some great cars!

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Is the Super Snake still around?

Alive and doing well

Great video link...

Speaking of Time Machines, how about this video?

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Another Cool video! Thanks.

One more car I would like to drive is my OWN kar lol Maybe this spring:)

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Is the Super Snake still around?

Alive and doing well

Thanks for the video Looks like the car for me lol I would love to build one of those someday.

Is the Super Snake still around?

Wasn't there like one 67 Fastback with a 427 side oiler made? I'm thinking I would like that car.

I just rebuilt a heater core in a 67 vert last week. It's a pretty cool car. It's a 67 390/4speed car, brittany blue and white top. The heater box needed the whole rebuild kit put in it and it's working great now. I used some fiberglass to patch up one area that was broke an you can't even tell after I painted it.

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Steve, it sounds like you have a car that is really close to 'all there'. As the K-cars increase in value. the smaller details start to come into play with some buyers, but not necessarily all. Fortunately, the cost of dealing with these things, at your discretion, may be more justifiable due to the rising value of the car. Still, outside of concours, few will ever appreciate the difference between a good repro part vs NOS. If it satisfies you and looks good, go with it. You can always change things later at your own pace. I am fortunate to have owned the 65 K-fb for 34 years. Now during a concours restoration, I appreciate the original parts that were rounded up back then. I'd love to go back to 1978 for a week to scrounge all the parts I can find. Oh, for a time machine....

I think this is where I sit with my car. With the passage of time I can change things out as needed and as money can afford. Maybe someday it will be as correct as I can get it, but that may be the second restoration

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To get my car up to national show standard would be money not well spent to my thinking as I am not looking for that level of detail.

Jack

I think that is where I'm getting with this car. Most the big parts are there and correct, but I don't think the money would be well spent on buying EVERY part that is NOS or correct for the car. It doesn't mean I wont buy some parts, but not all.

And I understand correct heads, exhaust manifold and stuff like that. I guess I'm not into the shows either, but I also appreciate those who do the shows. Sometimes part of the fun is finding the parts and doing the research.

So I have my car and it has the vin stamped motor and transmission, but if some of the smaller parts are not exactly correct for the car, will it make that much of a difference? I just wonder if paying really high prices is worth it. I try to buy some NOS parts, but sometimes I don't pay attention to the date codes on some parts. Is that really going to hurt the price of the car if I try to sell it down the road? I don't mean this wrong, but sometimes it seems more of a bragging right. I brag about having the original numbers matching motor and trans, but really after that is it that big of a deal? I do understand the idea of concourse restoration, but if you are not looking for that, is it worth spending the bank for it?

Just a question, nothing more:)

I was surprised at how easily it bent around the tube. A guy on a Mustang site told me to try it. I really struggled with the tools and trying to bend a nice circle, but the tube thing worked great.

OK trial and error worked.....I think? Here are the new lines. I just used a pipe and bent it around the pipe. Seemed to work well.

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OK I have one like that, but how do you get the loop in it? Do you just bend the tube out enough to get by for the complete circle? I can tell I just need to buy enough tubing to get it right lol

I'm not against putting a loop in the line at all. I just could not get a good bend with the tool I had. Is there a good tool out there for this? I'm a visual guy, so a picture of the correct tool would be great

This is a pretty tight fit with the new lines? I can understand what you are saying though.

They don't look pretty, but I put a duel master in my 65 Kar. Is there a reason that many cars have the big loops in the lines that go to the master. I changed the smaller none disc brake master out for a duel one.

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Here is the rod arrangement if this helps;

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That does help for the linkage, now for the shifter? Thanks

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You can answer the question yourself - are you going for a "restoration", or are you going for a "drive"?

Jim

I guess that would be a question I answer after I start driving it I am so close to having it running, it's frustrating! Driving it is my plan though.

If I chose to put disc brakes on the car, is it better to go with stock kind or is aftermarket ok?