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After 13 years of driving, while I was away for a year during the pandemic, we had our house painted. Seems simple, but one to the painters did a job on two corners of my Corvair, as well as the trunk and hood, apparently being careless with the ladder. So I had it stripped and painted again...

How much driving do you do at over 5000 rpm? The stock filter, and equivalents are really accurate for almost all driving. If you want to see whether you would get an improvement, install a restriction gauge on the intake after the filter and accelerate hard to the highest rpm you want. Then...

Please take note that K&N filters lea a lot more dirt into the engine. They can allow you a little more air in the engine when you are driving at 5000 rpm and above, but no difference in normal driving. Standard tests show about 85% efficiency, vs 96% to 99.99% on EOM or top quality filters...

If it does not have dull, oxidized paint on it, all it needs is something like I use, Meguiar's Ultimate Liquid Wax. It will clean very light oxidation and stuff, but easy to apply and wipe. Then use car shampoo and the multi-fingered microfiber glove to wash, with a synthetic chamois to dry...

In 1962 I injured my right foot, so I had to learn to use my left foot for both the accelerator and the brake. When It was cured, I went back to the right foot for the accelerator, but kept using the left foot for braking on all cars with automatic transmissions. Much faster stops in single lane...

I used to have a diesel 4Runner. Once my wife called me from the service station and asked: "which gasoline does it take, regular or diesel?" Another time she was at the gasoline pump when her brother pulled saw her, hit the brakes and horn, pulled in and stopped her from putting gasoline in it.

Yes, that is one of my three car restorations, that being he oldest, with 10 years on the road so far. Richard's cars

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I have two cars without a synchronized first gear, so it requires a full stop or double-clutch (that I learned to drive with, some 60 years ago. But if it is more modern (for most cars, late 60's) you have probably worn out the first gear synchronizer by using GL-5 oil in the transmission. In...

Business keeps me away from the hobby, but I did get a little done before going to the states for a December vacation with the kids and grandkids. When I ran it in November it could not hold fuel pressure, so had to wait until I got a new fuel pump. Will be back to it next week to put it in and...

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As for the question of other projects. For the moment none. I plan on driving the four I have: 1960 Corvair, 1988 BMW 325ic, 1962 Renault Dauphine (almost finished) and this Mini pickup. Not to say that if the right car showed up I might not change my mind. But there is a limit to how many...

Nice. I just increased the clearance in mine. It was 8 cm. Had to cut the headers to raise the exhaust. Now, after the skid plate, I have 12 cm.

Just to update a couple of small things, I decided to put an oil temp gauge on it, so the best place was in the oil pan (that also serves as a transmission). Then I covered it with an aluminum skid plate To quiet a bit of the engine noise, I added a piece of Dynamat Hoodliner to the hood...