--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EEU00000 Date: 10/24/97 From: ALEXANDER BILAN Time: 03:16pm \/To: ROY J. TELLASON (Read 0 times) Subj: sources for parts? > AB> I was thinking of those weekly parking lot meets that are free > AB> to attend. We have two in our area, one on Sundays put > [...] > I should be so lucky... Where do you reside? > Hmm. I don't know of any such in the area here. I keep hearing stuff > about > some of the things that people are able to find in their libraries, and > it amazes me, compared to what I've been able to find locally. Our local library is not complete by any stretch of the imagination, but they do have a large number of manufacturer service manuals. Unfortuneatly they get stolen over time. They *had* a set on my pickup truck. > Perhaps, if I'm real lucky, I can find such a thing at a local vo-tech > school. Don't discount your local regular highschools.If its got any form of autoshop check it out. The older the autobody or mechanics teacher is, the better the collection. In one highschool body shop, the instructer HAS Three, yes, three body service manuals that cover my 1973 Nova... He had a dam* fine collection of genuine GM literature that he got as a "student" taking GM courses and as an instructor in the early days. The downside of this story, I went back to the school at the end of the school year to see if I could talk him into selling one of the body manuals...Retired. Unlocatable. --And it ain't that I didn't try, I work for the same board (non-teaching), so had some databases to look in. (Remeber what I said about getting parts when you find them?) =) Also, many of the mechanical courses have an impressive collection of manuals. Again, they are not complete, but most seem to have a collection that would set an old car enthusiasts nuts eyes bugging. Another tip; Visit EACH highschool and talk to the instructors if thats the route you want to peruse. They DO NOT know the status of another schools collection. Many times, the collections happen to be the instructors personal library and will be locked away in their own offices, so don't expect the schools library to have any information, if any. Same with the college I went to, the library had general service information, the real books where in the shops. > that, and I'm trying to track down their exact location and a phone > number. > That strikes me as the best bet, particularly since someone told me Shouldn't be too hard to find. You must have some sort of autoparts store in your area with some enthusiasts behind the counter. Heck, goto the Mopar Dealer. They will know. Just cause they are a dealership doesn't mean they use new dealer parts exclusively. > Nope, though it did occur to me that a body shop might be another place > to try for a source of those parts, other than the ones I'm looking at so > far. They do have the ability to get a surprising number of items. I found I can buy a new dashpad for my 83 truck new through a body shop supplier. But as with anything, each supplier is keyed more towards one brand than another. Alex. check us out;http://www.oldengine.org | AmiQWK 2.7 - S/N 0261 | ... I understand the answers, the questions throw me. --- OLMS 2.60p.a1+ [EPMBP73M] * Origin: Multiboard * 519-680-2991 * Internet (1:2401/0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EEU00001 Date: 10/24/97 From: ALEXANDER BILAN Time: 03:16pm \/To: JACK SCHWENDENER (Read 0 times) Subj: Wanted Chevy '57 You where writing to William S.L.II; > Hmmm, well she ain't the one telling the story. I can believe it was a > 427 and a Chevy and a custom, but it certainly wasn't a hemi .... > > (Although sometimes people refered to the canted valve design as a > "semi-hemi" .... ) This mornings 'Exciting World of Speed and Beauty' had a hemi head chevy motor. (Drag Boats was the topic today) Its possible. Noone as I recall said it had to be a factory offering. As they say, speed costs money... Alex. check us out;http://www.oldengine.org | AmiQWK 2.7 - S/N 0261 | ... Buy a cured ham, the sick ones are terrible... --- OLMS 2.60p.a1+ [EPMBP73M] * Origin: Multiboard * 519-680-2991 * Internet (1:2401/0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EEU00002 Date: 10/24/97 From: CRAIG HEALY Time: 08:23pm \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: Wanted Chevy '57 -> ->> Just missed a 48 Chevy pickup body and bed on a rolling frame for -> ->> $40 -> ->> no rust... -> CH> -> CH> My brother-in-law has a pickup all apart in several basements. -> Body -> CH> work has been completely done to the primer stage. But he won't -> CH> with it. :( -> -> This one was at an auto-swap last weekend. It was towed in and left -> with a sign on it... I had intended to go back and put my business c -> the windshield with an offer for $200 if they towed it to my shop.. F -> about it until I saw them pull out of the parking lot.. -> -> It was rough, but had already been setup for a Chevy SB and -> automatic. Plenty of extra parts in the bed. I'd have done a body -> off clean up and some minor banging out of the body. Oh well... Suspect we all got the stories of the one that got away. I'd be happy with a front clip, preferably from a two-ton with the larger wheel openings. Not a priority, though. For now it'll clear the snow from my driveway... -c- --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: Chowdanet! 20gb Amateur Radio BBS (401-331-5587) (1:323/120) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EEV00000 Date: 10/25/97 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 08:44am \/To: ALEXANDER BILAN (Read 0 times) Subj: sources for parts? Alexander Bilan wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason: > AB> I was thinking of those weekly parking lot meets that are free > AB> to attend. We have two in our area, one on Sundays put > [...] > I should be so lucky... AB> Where do you reside? South central PA. York county, though I'm actually near the outer edge of the Harrisburg metro area. > Hmm. I don't know of any such in the area here. I keep > hearing stuff about some of the things that people are able to > find in their libraries, and it amazes me, compared to what > I've been able to find locally. AB> Our local library is not complete by any stretch of the AB> imagination, but they do have a large number of manufacturer AB> service manuals. Unfortuneatly they get stolen over time. They AB> *had* a set on my pickup truck. > Perhaps, if I'm real lucky, I can find such a thing at a local vo-tech > school. AB> Don't discount your local regular highschools. When I was in HS, there was *one* in the town, and it pretty much covered all aspects of things, compared to the two that this particular town used to have, one with more of an academic emphasis and the other for "trades". These days (at least around here) there seems to be a lot of emphasis placed on bigger districts, encompassing many towns, since most in this area are too small to be able to do such stuff as high schools, etc. by themselves. Anyhow, there's a local vo-tech school about 5 minutes away from where I work. AB> If its got any form of autoshop check it out. The older the AB> autobody or mechanics teacher is, the better the collection. In AB> one highschool body shop, the instructer HAS Three, yes, three AB> body service manuals that cover my 1973 Nova... He had a dam* AB> fine collection of genuine GM literature that he got as a AB> "student" taking GM courses and as an instructor in the early AB> days. The downside of this story, I went back to the school AB> at the end of the school year to see if I could talk him into AB> selling one of the body manuals...Retired. Unlocatable. --And AB> it ain't that I didn't try, I work for the same board AB> (non-teaching), so had some databases to look in. (Remeber what AB> I said about getting parts when you find them?) =) Also, many AB> of the mechanical courses have an impressive collection of AB> manuals. Again, they are not complete, but most seem to have a AB> collection that would set an old car enthusiasts nuts eyes AB> bugging. Yeah. Anyhow I do think it's a good place to check out... AB> Another tip; Visit EACH highschool and talk to the instructors AB> if thats the route you want to peruse. They DO NOT know the AB> status of another schools collection. Many times, the AB> collections happen to be the instructors personal library and AB> will be locked away in their own offices, so don't expect the AB> schools library to have any information, if any. Same with the AB> college I went to, the library had general service information, AB> the real books where in the shops. Makes sense, though in the case of what's around here I think that I'll limit my searching to the vo-tech schools, the others aren't likely to have shops and such in them. > that, and I'm trying to track down their exact location and a > phone number. That strikes me as the best bet, particularly > since someone told me AB> Shouldn't be too hard to find. You must have some sort of AB> autoparts store in your area with some enthusiasts behind the AB> counter. I got the number, now I need to get a hold of them... AB> Heck, goto the Mopar Dealer. They will know. Just cause they AB> are a dealership doesn't mean they use new dealer parts AB> exclusively. The dealer gave me the price (and didn't even talk about availability, I guess he just assumed I wasn't gonna go for it), and that's about it. Can't say I cared much for the attitude I got from that particular place... > Nope, though it did occur to me that a body shop might be another place > to try for a source of those parts, other than the ones I'm looking at so > far. AB> They do have the ability to get a surprising number of items. I AB> found I can buy a new dashpad for my 83 truck new through a AB> body shop supplier. But as with anything, each supplier is AB> keyed more towards one brand than another. Somebody told me a while back that those are available for a lot of older vehicles through J. C. Whitney, of all places. Come to think of it, I have one of their catalogs around here someplace, and need to see if maybe *they* have those bushings... email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EEV00001 Date: 10/25/97 From: PAUL WILLIAMS Time: 04:50am \/To: ELVIS HARGROVE (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery DESIGN Hi Elvis Hargrove, hope you are having a nice day DB>>new cars in two years... the automakers will love them because DB>>they will reduce the structural problems supporting a 30-40 lb DB>>regular battery. EH> And I'll love it too since I won't have to haul the heavy critters EH> around. EH> Now, if this technology is REAL, and not the result of some engineer's EH>mental masturbation, we're ALL gonna love it! I've been preaching for EH>years that all that's lacking for robotics (Electric man) to take off is EH>a good, small*cheap*reliable*powerful*light, power source. EH> An electric bicycle with a three pound 24 volt battery or a small car EH> with a two hundred pound 240 volt battery is getting into the realm of EH> "reasonable." Lucky for you I'm everywhere. ;) (yep, jus' like Santy Clause) Somewhere in one of about 30 boxes I have the magazine I read the following from. It's from an issue of Portable Design about two or three months ago. I'd sent this to someone else a while back and since I keep personal correspondence..... Not a problem, just glad I could help. If I can help find something else let me know. And I've another thing you might check into as well. It seems that a new company is getting ready to begin making a improved form of a lead-acid battery. They have a 2volt battery about half the size of a C cell that has a tremendous amp-hour rating. In fact, they made a 12-volt battery that weighed about 1 pound, put it in a truck with a large engine and were able to start the engine over 20 times. I'm going to try to get more info from the company, but the address I have right now is.. Bolder Technologies Wheat Ridge, CO (303) 422-8200 (303) 422 8180 FAX They plan to be in full production by mid year, and the pricing will be competitive with NiCd, lead-acid, and other types. The specs I have at the moment for the Bolder 500-cycle 2.1V sub-C cell are rated at 1.2A-hr with an energy density spec of 84W-hr/L. Shelf life is 18 months, and internal impedance is less than 1.7milliohms. Gravimetric density is 30W/kg. This of any help? -=> Yours sincerely, Paul Williams <=- ... "Here's the final product. Hope it isn't too big."-- Nate --- Terminate 4.00/Pro * Origin: Armed...Dangerous...and off my medication. (1:387/510.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EEV00002 Date: 10/25/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 04:17pm \/To: CRAIG HEALY (Read 0 times) Subj: Wanted Chevy '57 24 Oct 97 20:23, Puleeeeze Brer Craig Healy, Dooooon't trow Wanted Chevy '57 in dat der Briar Patch! ->> It was rough, but had already been setup for a Chevy SB and ->> automatic. Plenty of extra parts in the bed. I'd have done a body ->> off clean up and some minor banging out of the body. Oh well... CH> CH> Suspect we all got the stories of the one that got away. I'd CH> be happy with a front clip, preferably from a two-ton with the CH> larger wheel openings. Not a priority, though. For now it'll CH> clear the snow from my driveway... There was a "cab-over", early 50's vintage, but I don't think the owner would part with just the front clip... ... A dry sense of humor is better'n slobbering everywhere! --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EEV00003 Date: 10/25/97 From: MIKE EYRE Time: 02:20pm \/To: MIKE HILL (Read 0 times) Subj: Freeing a "stuck engine" Prosecutor: Dr Doom - Defendant: Mike Hill - Subject: Freeing a "stuck engine" MH> which is not exactly an old car (1988 Toyota Corolla). It has a stuck MH> engine, due to the owner running it with no oil in it. It locked up, MH> they added about 4-5 quarts of oil, and it is STILL locked up. If it's been run with no oil, forget it, it's dead. Mike..;) Mike_Eyre@Juno.com ... Can you do the Picard Maneuver in a Ford Tempo? --- DoomMail v1.12 * Origin: -=Empire BBS=- "The magic word is: _Camaro_" (1:141/1221) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EEV00004 Date: 10/24/97 From: ERIC CURTIS Time: 06:01pm \/To: ROY J. TELLASON (Read 0 times) Subj: sources for parts? On 10-21-97 16:39 ROY J. TELLASON Says: RJ>I'm still exploring some options, hoping I can get this fixed before t RJ>really nasty weather gets here... Might try picking up one of the Mopar magazines and checking out some of the advertisers in them. Curt. e-mail: ecurtis@isd.net --- * WR 1.31 # 595 * "I'd rather be eaten by a dragon." "That can be arranged. * Origin: Thieves Kitchen - 561-7967 - USR COURIER V.EVERYTHING 1:282/4117) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EEV00005 Date: 10/26/97 From: ELVIS HARGROVE Time: 04:45pm \/To: PAUL WILLIAMS (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery DESIGN -> They plan to be in full production by mid year, and the pricing will -> be competitive with NiCd, lead-acid, and other types. I'm certainly pulling for them. I hope this is not another of the pie in the sky wonders! Like, wonder where they hid all that pie!? ^..^ --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: BOO! Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EEW00000 Date: 10/26/97 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 07:29pm \/To: ERIC CURTIS (Read 0 times) Subj: sources for parts? Eric Curtis wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason: RJ>I'm still exploring some options, hoping I can get this fixed before t RJ>really nasty weather gets here... EC> Might try picking up one of the Mopar magazines and checking EC> out some of the advertisers in them. I didn't even know that there _were_ any Mopar-specific magazines... email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615)