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    convert idiot lights to gauges

    "for the water temp...can I use the existing temp sending unit and just connect wire from idiot light to gauge ?" no you can not, idiot light work with a sort of on off temp sender, you need a sender specific for gauge
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    63 skylark rag top part needed

    Hey guys, I am looking for the part showed in the picture but DRIVER SIDE does annyone have one of these caps lying around?
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    Color-Coded Vacuum Hoses

    I dont know about the older cars, but the younger cars do have color coded lines in the engine bay, maybe thats where you can get them, off of a post 80ies car in the pick and pull
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    am I missing something???

    Latest small project a 1979 Buick Skyhawk, ya know them small "cars" with a 3.8L engine in it. the fueltank is completely rotten but that was easy to find what I don't find is the electric fuel pump/fuelsender unit that sits inside he tank! I looked everywhere, most of the time ebay is a good...
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    need help with engine swap I have a buick super eight engine 248.

    can't you use some type of spacer on that fan? just enough to clear that crankshaft pulley
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    Choice of paint for 66 Riv.

    its only paint! I mean if you don't like it repaint it. its not like you are making a change to the car you can not reverse again so go with the color you like. if you are building this car to make a buck keep the original color, or if you intend to use it for shows original color mathers, if...
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    after complete restoration...

    Here is the 81 skylark again after a full restoration.
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    Auto Interior: Musty, Moldy Smell

    I'm off roading a lot in my ***** blazer and altough its a lifted truck I do regularly get my feet wet inside:bana: so that smell is kinda familiar to me. what I do is: toroughly dry the inside of the car by hanging a lightbulb in the car with the window at a gap (the higher watt that lamp is...
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    matching paint

    If the rest of the car is fine just do the part that needs work done to it. then take it to a good paint shop and they can match the existing color perfectly. even discoloration from prolonged sun exposure does not mather they can match your color perfectly. (get some extra paint if you are...
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    new to this

    Dag Jan, blij dat je bij de club bent! ik wens je evenveel fun als ik heb met de kerels die hier rondlopen. (yeah well just guess what I wrote, this boy is made in Belgium just like me so ...) :D if ya have the dough, go original, thats what I think about it. lets face it (and I'm talking europe...
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    Power tour 2005 who will be there?

    This year is the year! and will be in the states to join the hotrod power tour in june, 2005 So if you see an ugly dude wearing a jacket with the name "Roadmouse" on the back, buy me a no seriously who will join?? my pall and I will join up in Indy or Nashville but one thing is sure, this...
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    you know what I don't get?

    I'm used to see pretty advanced stuff on and in American cars but what I don't get is the lack of some important, possibly lifesaving stuff! I'm an old guy and even as a kid I can't remember a car without rear fog light and a fire extinguisher! (no car overhere can drive around without these...
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    Window Felt & Regulators Kits for 55 century

    try this place: http://www.restorationspecialties.com/ now don't shoot me if they don't have what you need, I still have'nt had time to check that 200 and something page long catalog out.
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    78 POWER WINDOW STUCK

    hahaha plenty of times! I'm not laughing with you, I just recognize the situation. Now you're not giving details about what car you have so I'll give you the general method of attachment. the bottom of the door panels are attached with clips, so these just pull loose. there should be two big...
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    A lot of guests lately!

    I don't know if you guys have noticed but we do get a lot of guests lately. Yesterday night I noticed there where 12 guest on Buicks net and just now 6! looks like more and more people find they way to us and so to the guests I say: Welcome, don't be shy and register (its free!) and tell us...
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    Re: POR-15

    I've read a lot of stuff on forums about POR-15 to be honnest I have not heard annything bad about it. Only downside I heard off is price and the stuff not being UV resistent.
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    wheel interchange site.

    I found this page on a website and tought some of you could use it too. what it lists is the current boltpatterns of cars and a list of cars having the same bolt pattern http://www.roddingroundtable.com/tech/articles/boltpat.html so maybe those wheels from that ch*** or **** in the junkyard...
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    floor pans

    Sorry Bob I don't agree. floorpans are maybe the most important piece of sheet metal on a car! (atleast to me when I have to sit ON it at a speed of 80mph! imagine that fiberglass breaks under ya :eek: (and yes this has happened in real life! ) my advice is WELD IN NEW STEEL period. fiberglass...
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    Finding a 65 Skylark screen in the LA area

    Heuh??? you said that!!! :D
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    what clearcoat for aluminium wheels???

    ok lets hear it, what clearcoat do I use to spray on a set of aluminium wheels??? Thanks guys!!
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