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Re: Fintail: [fintail]
by lemko
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May 20, 2009 (9:49 am)
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Replying to: fintail (May 19, 2009 1:04 pm)
Saw a television commercial for a movie called "The Hangover" and it featured a Mercedes convertible similar to this one:
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Spotted...
by lemko
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May 20, 2009 (9:51 am)
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...black 1965 Plymouth Barracuda outside a body shop on Oxford Avenue near Cottman in NE Philly.
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vw crew cab pickup
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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May 20, 2009 (9:56 am)
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This one is more modern than the ones I'm used to seeing.
Similar to this photo:
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Re: On the way back from the mechanic tonite... [fintail]
by fezo
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May 20, 2009 (11:41 am)
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Replying to: fintail (May 19, 2009 7:30 pm)
The things i remember about clutches back then is you;d never come close to the 200K you might get out of a clutch now but when you had to replace one on that 66 Biscayne it ran $29.
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Re: vw crew cab pickup [Mr_Shiftright]
by fintail
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May 20, 2009 (1:09 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (May 20, 2009 9:56 am)
I think those were sold new in Canada too, probably where most in the states come from.
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Re: On the way back from the mechanic tonite... [fezo]
by fintail
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May 20, 2009 (1:12 pm)
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Replying to: fezo (May 20, 2009 11:41 am)
I remember when my dad sold the Fairlane, the clutch was starting to act up...I want to say some bearing was failing. A guy who drove it whined a lot about this...but the next potential buyer bought the car at the asking price. I am sure a clutch job on a 289 3 speed isn't tough.
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Re: Fintail: [lemko]
by fintail
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May 20, 2009 (1:13 pm)
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Replying to: lemko (May 20, 2009 9:49 am)
I see that car is located at a well known dealer. That's a later 280SE cabrio, worth good money.
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Re: On the way back from the mechanic tonite... [fintail]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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May 20, 2009 (1:41 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (May 20, 2009 1:12 pm)
You could do that clutch in 1.5 hours while eating a sandwich with one hand and watching TV.
Jack up car -- 10 min
Remove 4 driveshaft bolts, unhook. 5 min
Remove two trans. mount bolts, drop to ground 10 min
Remove shift rods, clutch rod, and and clutch fork by pulling a few cotter pins 10 min
Remove bell housing bolts 5 min
Yank out little transmission 1 min
4 pressure plate bolts 2 min
Your done. 43 minutes out, maybe 40 minutes in.
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Re: On the way back from the mechanic tonite... [Mr_Shiftright]
by toomanyfumes
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May 20, 2009 (4:40 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (May 20, 2009 1:41 pm)
When I was a teenager I ran parts and delivery for my cousin's auto body shop. Shop truck was an early 70's F100 with manual steering with 1/4 turn of slop, manual brakes and a three on the tree. At least once a day the shifter would jam up, usually in traffic, and I'd have to crawl under the truck and work the shifting linkage until it freed. I ended up really hating that truck...
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Re: On the way back from the mechanic tonite... [Mr_Shiftright]
by fintail
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May 20, 2009 (5:10 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (May 20, 2009 1:41 pm)
Reminds me of the 60 Ford wagon my dad had at the same time as the Fairlane. The rear end started howling, so he decided to simply swap it out. He knew a guy who had a non-op 70 Country Squire, with what I guess was a 9" rear end - he bought it for like $50 and changed it himself. Removal from the donor car, removal of the dying original unit, and replacement was done in an afternoon. He was pretty handy at crazy things like that, and refused to take those old cars to a shop for anything but machine shop work.
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