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    some Delco alternator info...

    hi all, heres some tech info i found interesting .. while searching out a quandary...... dont ask me why ive just assembled it this way . im running a 10si (internal reg) and an external regulator . im wondering if that has caused low charging and can i alter the external reg to cope...
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    prices of parts .. thoughts?

    hi All, i find myself shopping at an undisclosed classic car wreckers in the USA. im interested in the shiny trim around the rear window.. they want $300 US$ to buy and ship downunder. previous US buys might suggest shipping around $100 .. is then $200 an unreasonable price to ask for the...
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    Hot Rod Poetry

    coming from the King ? ! Humble Thanks Bob .. come back soon we miss your poetry !!
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    old car sale yard ad

    old NZ car yard ad from the days when you could write 'em l ike this
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    I Beam bump steer..

    not too sure how many of you saw this one, i suspect you clever ones will know this ,, so here goes.. Ever wonder why you hot rod goes right when you hit a bump? Ever wonder why it feels nervous as it goes down the road? Spend some time looking at this, and all will be revealed! For those...
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    Hot Rod Poetry

    now heres a thing i need to say screeds of old parts out in the day wheels and tires screens and fenders piles of parts in in all their splendor short blocks long blocks big and small ive had a dam good collection of all scratch built lake pipes, inches round 3 part of a wild collection...
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    Cheap finned valve covers

    HAHAHHHAHHHhaahaAHAHahaha Mac.. Mrs Crate changes the tv channel when the stupid politicians are on the news,,, apparently i rant ?! im surprised Canadian postal services dont have a similar service you might have to cruise over the border and pick up your own :) yep that phrase is...
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    Cheap finned valve covers

    Hi Lumpy, can you post package dimensions please ?
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    Cheap finned valve covers

    our New Zealand post system has their own shipping point inthe US (and UK) i can ship to an address in Oregon and NZPost will ship home from there. Would Canada post do the same ? seroiusly considering some for the garage wall at that price!
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    just some fun pix

    this was spied at a local cars and coffee today .....
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    Endless BS thread

    WOW Small .. thats friggin cool !!!!
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    no prizes but really???

    ok .. dizzy seems good cleaned and freed the points plate .. trying to start the car the battery went flat on the 2nd try , now thats interesting. i charged it and the car ran much stronger still missed at 50mph up hill, but got further up before this happened.. heres my thinking ...
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    Vacuum leak

    get it running and spray some brakecleaner around the inlet manifold, when the motor speeds up a little there is where the leak will be, once you have a clear start point ....
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    Wagon Wednesday: gotta love some longroofs!

    cool old chevy full lowering kit going in,,
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    VW photo thread!!!

    spied ths beatle a couple of days back
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    Hot Rod Poetry

    th Thank you Bob.. im glad you like it ... it was touchy to write, even my spring chicken age of 59, theres alot of life experience behind it. and a couple of stops in that process as i remembered stuff id chosen to forget
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    saw this the other day thought id share the humor....

    how do you get down from an elephant?? you dont .. you get down from a goose
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    What do you call this? Where do i buy another one?

    hi Flipper, had a little internet search, i may suggest "hollow bolt" or "bulkhead fitting"
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    rebuild that Delco points dizzy

    hi all while on a mission sent to test my patience beyond all reason i stumbled on this Delco rebuild blog. while its pointed to Studebaker (fitted Delco for a couple of years) any Chevy Points dist owners might get some solid info from it or general interest . its a clean article...
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    no prizes but really???

    thanks OI is points distributor set to .016 coil includes ballast resistor dwell is 32* Bob, the dizzy is at the back of the block ,1" away from the firewall.. I thinking of pulling it to get some sunshine into it to see clearly .. clean it out thoroughly and make sure its not worn...
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