TommyT-Bone wrote:

You know how old guys used to love the old luxury tanks.

Ultraman wrote:


Bill.... whats up with your back....shoveling snow will do that to me....its the lift and twist thing......mojo on you it getting back to normal....and getting your power back..........

GRIS wrote:

HEY BILLH, HOW YA DOING OUT THERE? GOT SNOW?

TommyT-Bone wrote:


I know what you mean Bill I never let any vinyl touch my ...........Never mind ...........

vetteblondie wrote:
Mine isn't airbrush but photoshop -
You would not believe the people that come in here and can't understand why I can't take a 2,000 hour airbrush job and replicate it on something in 4 hours....seriously....
I do take multiple photos and use parts of each and blend, blend, blend... layer, layer, layer, effect, effect, effect... etc. that hood is several images and several reproductions and parts of images

vetteblondie wrote:
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BillH wrote:
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Nice. reminds me of the hood I did for my BF. Has about 8 skulls hidden in flames that start with blue and fade to orangy/red for his black Camaro SS.

pianoguy wrote:
This is for those of my older generation who do not really comprehend why Facebook exists. Presently, I am trying to make friends outside of Facebook while applying the same principles. Therefore, every day I go down on the street and tell the passers-by what I have eaten, how I feel, what I have done the night before and what I will do tomorrow night. Then I give them pictures of my family, my dog and me gardening and spending time in my pool. I also listen to their conversations and I tell them I love them. And it works. I already have 3 persons following me: Two police officers and a psychiatrist.

GRIS wrote:

HEY BILLH, GLAD YOU'RE NOT TREADING WATER.

TommyT-Bone wrote:

She will drive faster, up to 125. Not me.

TommyT-Bone wrote:

Not being a smart ass ..... Sorry to hear this, Bill.

pianoguy wrote:
Sheesh, all my pliers fit in one small drawer :-P

TommyT-Bone wrote:

Too much water and something may actually grow in his yard.

Ultraman wrote:
Yikes.....SOTC weather.....not good....Tommy can help you with the preparations.....first stock up on beer and get protein drinks....how about the portable generator? up and ready to run? Start nailing some tin up on the roof to stop the leak....or just goop the hell out of it with latex stuff.....

Those guys are in trouble along the river sounds like....sandbags...?

Hope it goes around you or does not develop like they think it will......

hcbph wrote:
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BillH wrote:
If you want to set the toe REALLY easy, just make a set of toe plates. Again, it will get you to the alignment shop.

2 steel or aluminum pieces of sheetmetal (even smooth plywood in a pinch). Set up against the tires, on the ground. Only need to be about 8 inches high. Slots cut in both ends about to 1 1/2 in. off the ground. Slots need to be the same height front to rear and the same on both plates and just wide enough to slip a measuring tape thru them.

See the pic, you don't even need the angled part that sits on the floor if you clamp them to the tires of have a helper hold them up against the tire.

Try and keep them off any raised letters on the tire if possible. Measure the front and rear. The front measurement should be shorter than the rear at least 1/8th inch (1/16th toe in per side). Or whatever your shop manual suggests.
If your new rods were the same length, this will get you to the shop.

Full bodied race cars use these all the time at the track when they get the front wheels bumped and have to quickly reset the toe.

Pardon my ignorance, but I've looked at this some and keep coming up with issues. To change the toe rods I'm going to have to put the car up on jack stands to get enough room to work on it. How do you make those plates work with the car up in the air? I could see how this could work if you have a 4 post lift, quick lift or something comparable to get it up on it's wheels but that's not an option I have. Unfortunately I don't have that option, only jack stands or putting the car up on some form of cribbing, but that also will requiring jacking the car up to get them under the wheels. I could see something possible based on my original thoughts, something that bolts onto the hubs and has provisions for the plumb bobs I mentioned and maybe slotted to take tape measures like in those plates shown. Every option I come up with requires jacking up the car to be able to get under it.

What am I missing here?

TommyT-Bone wrote:
See! All it takes to make BillH nauseous is a little John Denver or Glen Campbell.

istter1 wrote:

The head light on my gmc Denali 2500 is out. It is a pain in the mass to mess with I am going to drop it off at dealer .

TommyT-Bone wrote:


This should get BillH's attention ..........

hcbph wrote:
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BillH wrote: The angle gauge on the rotor could help but doing the thin with bolts thru the old rods and setting the new ones to the same length would be the way I'd go. And I'd change the toe rod at the same time.

The new ones and old camber bars aren't 'quite the same' setup. The old ones have adjustors on the center end of the arm, a concentric washer that's adjusted to set the angle while the new ones have a heim joint on each end. Not sure if they are short enough to use with that adjustable washer or not or even if I want to do it that way. The new one has a replacement plate that centers the bolt and does not have that adjustable washer. That's where I was thinking if the knuckle was supported and the angle and if using the plumb bobs line up after the swap out then it should be in the same position or pretty darn close.

You guys have given me some good stuff to think about. Leaning more to doing the camber rods then run it a little and then touch the toe bars. I'm wondering if I could back it up on some ramps if I could do some measuring and swap out the toe bars without touching anything other than swapping them out assuming I can get a 'slip on' fit as long as the car is supported on the wheels and hasn't moved? If nothing can move, seems like it might be an easier solution to get it close initially but still thinking it through.

hcbph wrote:
Thanks for the info. This is a first time for me so every piece of info is good. Problem I could think of while changing the camber rods out, with the spring hooked up, when the arm comes off wouldn't the knuckle try to swing on me? I would assume it's not a problem with the toe rods but the camber rods would scare me. Maybe it's not a problem but need to think that through first.

You got me to thinking on one thing though. I have a magnetic angle gauge. While doing the camber rods, might help make it easier to insure the angle is right if it's attached to the rotor while changing out the camber arms.

Ultraman wrote:
...only 350,000 bucks a copy.....

TommyT-Bone wrote:
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Ultraman wrote:
...yowzer.....I think that may take a bit more money then I have left....What are those cars going to sell for do you think?

The turbos? Anywhere from 75 to 150 I'm thinking. (Big spread. Pedigree, history and so on.) The 72? I'll take a guess at around 40. A guess mind you. Florida is a great place to sell a Porsche.

bogus wrote:

rarity and provenance... remember, this was a FACTORY built hot rod. Not a normal race car converted from a street car.

Real race cars are valuable... think Cobra, Ferrari, Porsche... those sports racers are seriously valuable.

j3studio wrote:

The estimate is $750,000 to $850,000. I'll be surprised if it sells at around that price, if only because race car prices always seem soft—even for the best examples.

j3studio wrote:

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BillH wrote: The GT's a good looking car. I think I'd rather have my buddies though. I'd trade my '92 for it.

That is the correct color scheme. I'll bet Ford is holding that back in case they need to goose sales a couple of years down the road.

teebee wrote:
That's cool, but I don't have room for anything like that in my garage..

teebee wrote:
My first thought when I read Scott Pruitt, was the race car driver. There was a race driver by that name wasn't there?

j3studio wrote:

Ultraman wrote:
I still have most of my Pioneer stuff from 74 when I bought it........had the receiver in the garage playing an oldie station for 20 years straight until it started acting up but I still got it stored away.......can't remember what the speakers were though.......

teebee wrote:
Souds like a nice score Tommy. I still have my old Technics receiver, turntable and tapedeck. Don't use them, but still have them. Still use my Bose 301s, always wished I could afford 901s.

Ultraman wrote:
Those trains continue to have me shaking my head in amazement.....I would really like to see how he creates those masterpieces.........someone should do a TV show on those.......

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GRIS wrote:
YOUR SETUP LOOKS MORE CONVENIENT. WHAT BRAND US IT AND HOW WIDE ARE THE POSTS SET UP? .

pianoguy wrote:
Those trains make me want to be a kid again.