What did you do to your Ranger today?

[Grumpaw]

Man we need to do this over a pitcher! Those sound like awesome cars!

Those shocks were wild with their tiny twin cylinders. I honed them and, if I remember, rebuilt them with an upgrade kit.

The oil gauge tube* fitting was seized into the engine block and I spent two evenings, with a small triangular file, getting it out gently. I didn't want to tap it and use a heli-coil - man, was I anal at an early age! =D

Those glory days! Here's to all of us and our great memories!

* - For you young guns this MGA, like many older cars, had a small metal tube that went to the dashboard gauge that directly read the engine oil pressure. Full temperature and under pressure hot oil above your legs - what could go wrong! It actually worked very well. =)

Of course there was the English Ford Cortina, the Slant Back Rear WIndow English Ford, the two MG Midget's, TR4, and a few VW's that found a home with me in the 60's and 70's. A few Corvairs, a Volvo P1800, and bunches of others.
Yeah, memories.......

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[Big Blue]

Of course there was the English Ford Cortina, the Slant Back Rear WIndow English Ford, the two MG Midget's, TR4, and a few VW's that found a home with me in the 60's and 70's. A few Corvairs, a Volvo P1800, and bunches of others.
Yeah, memories.......

Wow you've had a collection of great British cars amoung others! Did you pretend to be the saint in that P1800?

 

[Grumpaw]

Wow you've had a collection of great British cars amoung others! Did you pretend to be the saint in that P1800?

No....HAHA !!! Picked up some here n there, fixed em up and sold for a bit of profit. When I was a road patrolman I had a large area to cover, and almost every day found vehicles for sale in peoples yards. Those that interested me, I bought, and left many that I should have bought alone.
Back in the early and mid 70's you could buy any used GTO, Chevelle, Mustang, Dodge, pretty much any muscle car for pennies on the dollar because of the "gas shortage" of the early 70's. Left em alone cause there was no resale in them at the time.

 

[LaBalbe]

I’m glad you got that worked out. If I wasn’t wrestling with a ton of tasks at home, I would have given you a hand.

Hmmm, does removing a front tray mount to install the factory tow hooks count as a mod? ?

No worries. It was a good learning experience, and your remote coaching was invaluable.

 

[Ranger_Rocks]

Of course there was the English Ford Cortina, the Slant Back Rear WIndow English Ford, the two MG Midget's, TR4, and a few VW's that found a home with me in the 60's and 70's. A few Corvairs, a Volvo P1800, and bunches of others.
Yeah, memories.......

Ford Cortina ?? Surprised anyone knows about those. Drove one during my early days in South Korea...

What a POS.

 

[Doc]

some how all the packages arrived in the same week and gave the xlt a face lift! fordperformance grill with amber leds, removed the stock air deflector and put on the fx4 skidplate, and got some of the oem splash guards added. got a few other things in mind, but had to get this up for posterity ?

Nice !

 

[Doc]

Man we need to do this over a pitcher! Those sound like awesome cars!

Those shocks were wild with their tiny twin cylinders. I honed them and, if I remember, rebuilt them with an upgrade kit.

The oil gauge tube* fitting was seized into the engine block and I spent two evenings, with a small triangular file, getting it out gently. I didn't want to tap it and use a heli-coil - man, was I anal at an early age! =D

Those glory days! Here's to all of us and our great memories!

* - For you young guns this MGA, like many older cars, had a small metal tube that went to the dashboard gauge that directly read the engine oil pressure. Full temperature and under pressure hot oil above your legs - what could go wrong! It actually worked very well. =)

 

[cleofis]

finally got around to adding a little something for the license plate ??

 

[subquark]

Gonna either play Mad Scientist or be the Galloping Gourmet*.

Making a new and improved batch of Mouse-B-Gone or In Da Hood Caliente Seasoning.

The mice will decide and it'll make me falsely feel like I have some control over Soupie's naturally desirable munchability. =D

*- he's still going strong and 90 years old! =)

 

[subquark]

Hi Folks,
Some of you might think I'm crazy or nuts, today I took off the wheels (one at a time) washed and polished each wheel. I do this every year to my vehicles, usually in the fall. Did my wife's Escape last week.

I don't think you're nuts (did you clean your lug nuts? no one likes dirty nuts).

It's a lot easier to do a real wheel detail, plus you can detail the suspension and wheel wells better. Even though I have steelies and I'm not as nuts as Kate is with detailing, I'll probaly do mine this year and a good rust removal session too on brakes and fittings.

I do enjoy doing a few good details a summer, plus getting to use my floor jack and pneumatic impact wrench is an added bonus. =D

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Of course there was the English Ford Cortina, the Slant Back Rear WIndow English Ford, the two MG Midget's, TR4, and a few VW's that found a home with me in the 60's and 70's. A few Corvairs, a Volvo P1800, and bunches of others.
Yeah, memories.......

P1800…… ?

Would love to do a restomod on one. By that, I mean pay someone to do it.

I had a school teacher who had a Cortina - she thought it was the coolest but then, she thought she was Emma Peel, so, you know.

 

[Grumpaw]

P1800…… ?

Would love to do a restomod on one. By that, I mean pay someone to do it.

I had a school teacher who had a Cortina - she thought it was the coolest but then, she thought she was Emma Peel, so, you know.

Have owned/bought/sold so many over the years, I couldn't possibly remember them all....
But one I wish I had bought and probably kept was an original Mini Cooper....the original "roller skate on wheels". Drove one once and it was like driving a "super go-cart" with a body.
Never could find on in my area for sale back then.

 

[Doc]

Man we need to do this over a pitcher! Those sound like awesome cars!

Those shocks were wild with their tiny twin cylinders. I honed them and, if I remember, rebuilt them with an upgrade kit.

The oil gauge tube* fitting was seized into the engine block and I spent two evenings, with a small triangular file, getting it out gently. I didn't want to tap it and use a heli-coil - man, was I anal at an early age! =D

Those glory days! Here's to all of us and our great memories!

* - For you young guns this MGA, like many older cars, had a small metal tube that went to the dashboard gauge that directly read the engine oil pressure. Full temperature and under pressure hot oil above your legs - what could go wrong! It actually worked very well. =)

 

[Junior Blue]

I don't think you're nuts (did you clean your lug nuts? no one likes dirty nuts).

It's a lot easier to do a real wheel detail, plus you can detail the suspension and wheel wells better. Even though I have steelies and I'm not as nuts as Kate is with detailing, I'll probaly do mine this year and a good rust removal session too on brakes and fittings.

I do enjoy doing a few good details a summer, plus getting to use my floor jack and pneumatic impact wrench is an added bonus. =D

I agree. I don't like dirty nuts either. Junior's OEM nuts were replaced with McGard nuts. He'll be 5yrs. old in Sept. the McGards have been on 41/2 years.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Have owned/bought/sold so many over the years, I couldn't possibly remember them all....
But one I wish I had bought and probably kept was an original Mini Cooper....the original "roller skate on wheels". Drove one once and it was like driving a "super go-cart" with a body.
Never could find on in my area for sale back then.

That’s an iconic vehicle for sure. I saw a video on how to remove the motor of a Mini. They Didn’t lift the motor out - lifted the front of the car up above the motor and pushed the car back. How fun is that?

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