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Anonymous01/04/26, 14:58No.28793696/CCG/ Classic Car General: TRUGG Edition
>For Classics made from 1979 or older, with few exceptions.
>Everybody has their own taste, but some tastes are wrong. If you aren't sure if your car is classic or not, it's not.
>Your Honda Miata doesn't belong here.
>US, Euro, Jap, or whatever.
>Post your classic, your work on it, your hackery, and get advice.
>Any and all discussion about classics welcome, but may not necessarily generate responses; don't get butthurt.
>Period correct performance > cosmetics.
>Metal > plastic.
>Classic shitbox > modern shitbox.
>JBweld and RTV can fix anything
>If you see rust there is more.
>Rust and bodywork are the most difficult thing to repair.
>Electrical work is difficult until you stop reading forum posts and buy a multimeter.
>Low oil pressure? Worn mains and rod bearings. Use lucas and 15W40 until you afford a rebuild.
>Do NOT buy a classic and plan to pay someone to work on it. You need to be able to do 90% or more of the work or you will go broke.
>You will spend twice your budget, unless you have years of experience. If the salty old hands agree, it's true.
>If you can't tune a carb you might literally be retarded
>Nothing is as easy as it seems
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Anon01/04/26, 15:04No.28793708
Its not pretty but I can fix it.
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Anon01/04/26, 17:36No.28793889
>It might have been worth it to go 66 and earlier.
I think this sometimes, but I so far I haven't found a '66 or earlier model car that
>I really like the look
>I find the interior comfy
>I like the dash
>Has reasonable parts availability
>Has either good suspension or well supported aftermarket suspension upgrades
>Is priced sanelyI know that's a lot to ask, but the truth is there just aren't many pre-67 cars that really do it for me. This is of course subjective, but generally I find them either gaudy and over designed or they have whacky gimmicky dashes or overly sparse interiors. Of the ones that I do like, they're crazy expensive. 1965-66 Mustangs and GTOs for example are all going for brand new family car money. If you do find one for $12-15k, it's a clapped out project with a straight six and a 3-sleed automatic that will need $10k in parts to be what I want it to be anyway.So it was either spend $25-40k on a pre-67 that I like, or get pretty much everything I want from a 75-85 model for $15k tops but have to navigate the emissions shit.So we'll see how it goes. Worst case scenario and I can't get it through emissions, I have three options.
>Move out of this shithole city.
>Title it to a trustworthy family member in another county to be exempt.
>Pull my expensive powertrain, sell the roller, and buy the cheapest 65-66 mustang I can find.
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Anon01/04/26, 18:45No.28793998
>powerglide
WEW couldn't be me
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Anon01/04/26, 22:31No.28794355
fake highboy but still the best OP pic in a long time
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Anon01/04/26, 23:21No.28794431
I never did end up posting it before the thread closed, here's my Matador Coupe Barcelona.
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Anon01/05/26, 12:08No.28795073
is it normal for the valves to be the wear item in heads and not the guides? Ive taken apart the heads on these 3 sbcs and the valves have lots of clearance to wobble in the guides, but a new valve feels snug in all 3 heads
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Anon01/07/26, 02:55No.28796938
Well i found out why there’s moss growing on the drivers drip rail
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Anon01/07/26, 05:01No.28797068
Can anyone shed some light to me why this ignition coil has 2 positive leads, one from/to the starter relay?
Is this to make sure the coil gets enough voltage during cranking or am I missing something?
I've never encountered this kind of setup before.
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Anon01/07/26, 05:37No.28797106
Eastwood 2 part engine paint and primer spray paint works quite well
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Anon01/07/26, 18:32No.28797580
Subframe almost ready to come out
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Anon01/09/26, 01:29No.28799406
After quite a bit of research and talking to the folks at MM, I think my plan is coming together.I'm still on the lookout for a good donor car to make this all simpler and cheaper, but people are getting fucking weird about fox bodies. I'm basing my plan on piecing it all together and if I find a donor in the meantime then I'll just use whatever parts I can pull off that instead (k-member, clutch, motor, spindles).A lot of the more radical or expensive offerings for the suspension and brakes require 17" wheels for one reason or another, and I just don't think they would look good on the car, so that narrowed things down a bit. No MM K-member (it's engineered for SN95 spindles), no Griggs/DetroitSpeed/RideTech SLA, no aftermarket big brake kits, etc. Still on the fence about converting to a coilover, but there are some benefits that are appealing to me when it comes to dialing in the ride height and quality. Really depends on whether I end up finding a donor or go with an aftermarket K-member.Front
>15" 5-lug wheels
>87-93 V8 spindles
>11" front rotors
>SVO style calipers with 73mm pistons
>87-93 SVO master cylinder
>Upgraded front sway bar (MM/QA1/Eibach)
>K-member + A-arm + spring/shock TBD (MM/QA1 or some mix probably)Rear
>15" 5-lug wheels
>8.8" rear end, probably retaining the current 3.27 gears for crooozing
>10.5" rotors
>SN95 Cobra calipers
>Sway bar (MM/QA1/Eibach)
>MM/QA1 upper+lower control arms
>MM panhard barPowetrain
>Tremec TKX, haven't decided on ratios yet
>Hydraulic clutch manual conversion kit
>302 crate motor, probably a long block instead of dressed so I can fit OEM headers and intake to make sure I can pass inspection.Interior
>Retrosound head unit
>New 5" dash speakers
>6x9 rear deck speakers
>NOS 80-82 Mustang/Capri 6-gauge bezel I bought
>"hump" top repro mustang dash pad painted to match interior
>NVU/Dakota Digital direct fit gauge cluster
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Anon01/10/26, 02:48No.28801168
posted on /dat/ too but will post more about the carb cheater here. o2 sensor installed, can see rpm, vacuum and afr in real time, pretty fucking cool. Tried to start data logging but phone closed the app because overheating fml.
when it cools off later today i might see if i can do a quick zip down the highway to catch some data.
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Anon01/10/26, 21:24No.28802291
This is a pretty textbook example of pre-ignition, is this fucked. Its the only piston that looks like this
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Anon01/10/26, 21:39No.28802304
Some weird rust patterns on the bores too. The cylinders are pretty glazed too so looks like it will need a good hone job to straighten this out
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Anon01/11/26, 01:42No.28802596
Finished disassembly, cam bearings were totally shot
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Anon01/11/26, 19:08No.28803427
just bought a machined and rebuilt (albeit 20 years ago) 250 ford short block for $30 dollars that was going to go to the scrapyard
i have nothing it could go in
anything i should know
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Anon01/11/26, 21:58No.28803645
Super noob question here. I have a 1986 caprice with a chevy 305, and quadrajet carburetor.
Is there an actual fuel pump in the gas tank on these cars? Or is the only fuel pump the mechanical one on the engine?I had a bike that had a fuel pump despite being carbureted, but I don't know what it's like for cars.
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Anon01/12/26, 01:53No.28803870
Decided to bite the bullet and get the fancy aluminum Edelbroke water pump for my AMX since I had to take the old one off anyway to get to the front crank seal. The ports where the heater core and bypass hose fittings are supposed to go look like ass, off-center for the coolant passages and thinnest on the side with the least meat around it. Sent them an email to ask if that's fucked up or not, because I'd really rather not crack it when I go to tighten the fitting.
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Anon01/12/26, 01:56No.28803871
And the one that goes to the heater core. Less worried about this one breaking but damn that's not a good look.
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Anon01/13/26, 04:13No.28805318
Went on a lil 75 mile cruise today. Car is running and driving as it should now, and I have a solid feel for the baseline. As I swap in new parts from the plan I'm going to do this same drive regularly to feel the difference.Feeling pretty good overall for what it is. It's really a solid cruiser. If it had about 50 more horsepower, there would be a genuine case for leaving the current engine imo. With that amount of power a junkyard T5 would last forever too. As is, this engine is just a bit too gutless. Accelerating up even a mild grade from 30mph is optimistic at best. I've done enough reading on them too to know there's really nothing that can be done about it since there are no easily available improved heads and that's the main limitation. As light as this car is though, even a stock 302HO would make this thing plenty fun. The crate motor I was looking at would make it pretty spicy.With the extra windshield time, I'm fully convinced that the priority is suspension improvements. Then steering. Then braking. Once I work through that stuff I can get serious about drive train.
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Anon01/14/26, 06:51No.28806821
I’m so fucking sick of my fuckass car I don’t want to do this shit anymore why didn’t I pick something easier to get into like painting or some shit fuck this
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Anon01/14/26, 19:39No.28807571
last month i posted about trying to get this pig to idle a little better. 400 sbc, isky 280 mega cam. couldn't get it to idle lower than 1000 rpms or so. tried to crack the secondaries but it didn't like that. threw in a 3.5 power valve instead of the stock 6.5, i think that helped.then i plugged the pcv and that seemed to make the biggest difference. immediately the idle jumped up and smoothed out. so i was able to then close up the primaries a bit and get the idle down to around 500 rpms. but i need a pcv so i replaced the stock type valve with one of those adjustable ones and it ran just as good.it still surges every couple seconds to around 650 rpms or so but it's way better than it was, and i'm not sure i should be expecting anything better. i had it idling like this in gear for about 15 minutes without stalling too. gonna keep messing with it but i'm pretty stoked right now.>>>/wsg/6072690
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Anon01/15/26, 04:50No.28808115
Hey 79SCBro.... I think I found your new inspiration.https://www.facebook. .com/share/1NNVJdNdQP/
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Anon01/16/26, 05:23No.28809406
Old cars seem to handle sitting for long periods of time a lot better than newer cars.
They always fire up without a problem. Every time. I'm slowly, painfully, making progress on the 351 Cleveland for the Ranchero. I pulled it out of the field and put it under my awning. It's been 4 years now since the engine spun a rod bearing. Seems like something always gets in the way of me making progress on it, so I've been doing just a little bit every few nights a week and it's getting somewhere finally.
About to put the piston rings on but I have just a couple bearings that need a little more polishing then I can finish assembling the bottom end.
Thanks for reading my blog.
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Anon01/16/26, 21:06No.28810227
how well do those radiator flush treatments work for copper-brass radiators? or is just reverse flushing with regular water from a gun better?
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Anon01/17/26, 16:42No.28811133
Looking at a property with 2 garages and a double carport/driveway
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Anon01/17/26, 23:57No.28811620
Reupholstered firebird's back seat, absolutely with the effort
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Anon01/18/26, 11:38No.28812096
Are upper bell housing bolts always such a pain in the ass? I tried to snake some extension contraption up there but had no luck and threw it on the ground and contemplated suicide for the rest of the night.
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Anon01/18/26, 18:26No.28812409
Should I buy a 1979 camaro?
It's in excellent condition.
Built 383 engine
$11k
I need a classic car I can't help it
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Anon01/18/26, 23:27No.28812724
My hands hurt from all the fucking hog rings but it's done
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Anon01/19/26, 01:28No.28812822
This sweet 50-something chebby tow truck at my job.
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Anon01/19/26, 02:06No.28812853
Do you ever see a car that you know is too far gone and still want it?
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Anon01/19/26, 07:07No.28813177
ugh. no frigging wonder the valve covers were leaking oil...the bolts were barely finger tight.
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Anon01/21/26, 16:59No.28815846
Picked this up this week. I want to run gennies on my cars, so this will be helpful once I get it sorted out and on a proper cart.
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Anon01/22/26, 12:09No.28816656
Glasspacks arrived, 30 inch magnaflow. Going to put them on the Matador Coupe next week. I hope my neighbors still love me.
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Anon01/22/26, 17:48No.28816866
Adding an aux tank to me trugg. Feels good man
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Anon01/24/26, 02:54No.28818488
Hello, I have a not a classic. Ive pulled the rocker panels off to clean up some rust along the pinch seam and now im getting close to reattaching them, but the rockers had both spot welds and adhesive and i dont know what to do
Should I just buy whatever panel bond there is at the local store and send it? Is there something really good thats worth special ordering?
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Anon01/25/26, 01:59No.28819517
oh boy. took a roundabout hard and the engine stalled. got an edelbrock and looking it up seems to be a known issue with these since the bowls are fore and aft. time to adjust the float levels.
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Anon01/25/26, 03:09No.28819571
If I have to take my motor apart to get it unseized, should I just chalk it up to a loss? I have no real desire to do an actual rebuild of the motor but if I can get it going fairly easily by taking it apart I’d rather do that than just go straight to the motor swap. But by doing that am I basically just signing up for a rebuild?
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Anon01/25/26, 19:02No.28820304
why are gauges so expensive
anyways since my shitbox has mostly idiot lights i want to put a 3 pack somewhereabouts where the clock is
i was thinking manifold vacuum, oil pressure, voltmeter
since it already has a stock coolant gauge
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Anon01/26/26, 05:01No.28821170
Had a nice camping trip in firebird, i think the power steering box is on its way out though, I dont thing the dirt roads were too kind on the already questionable used steering box
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Anon01/26/26, 16:33No.28821643
Any boomers here who've painted suspension parts, specifically steering knuckles? Need recommendations for paints that are as good or nearly as good as powder coating.
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Anon01/27/26, 18:19No.28822898
How tall does a garage roof have to be to install a proper lift?
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Anon01/28/26, 00:22No.28823295
the th350 i put in the square body has TC lockup.
is there an easy way to use it without a bunch of electronics? or is that gay
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Anon01/28/26, 02:03No.28823351
