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  1. Richard1

    Graphene paint treatment

    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...
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    My custom Mini Pickup

    I just realized I had mentioned this little truck in my Corvair post, but not really posted anything else about it. Here is how it was 4 years ago when I finally convinced the owner it was not getting any better as a lawn ornament. He said the original engine needed a timing chain and he...
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    Oils of yesteryear

    Many of you have read my paper on oils, specifically aimed at the selection for classic cars with flat tappets. One of the thousands of readers sent me a sample of oil from the late 60's, so I had it analyzed and added the results to the report. The full (updated) report is here: Selection...
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    Anyone tried this?

    http://www.dynolicious.com/ An app for the iPhone that looks interesting. But has anyone tried it? "Dynolicious is the nexus of your automotive world, giving you the ability to share all the details about your vehicle including photos, stories and performance results with the world."
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    How to destroy an engine with an air filter

    People tell me not to worry about it, since it is "only a customer's truck", but it frustrates me to see a perfectly good Ford Raptor destroyed by a K&N filter. Last week the customer came in for an oil change on the Raptor he had bought. It had water in the oil. No loss of coolant. After...
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    Richard1 - Renault Ondine Project

    I just realized I hadn't started a thread on this project car, only mentioned in my introduction. I'll summarize the progress so far here. All the details are on my site. This afternoon I'll start assembling pieces. Original condition Straightening the A arms Painting parts...
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    Selection of the right motor oil for flat tappet engines

    Having realized that I hadn't updated my oil paper in about 2 years, and that people are still downloading it 11,000 times a month (between the English and Spanish versions), I decided to review it and update it. I originally wrote this for my Corvair friends, but it applies to many of the...
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    My new project - 1975 Mini Pickup

    Here is a little project I picked up a month or so ago after 2 years of getting the PO from "I won't sell for all the money in the world" to something I considered reasonable. It has been sitting in his backyard with a collapsed front suspension since 2004. Once upon a time he pulled the...
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    My Corvair project

    Re: most beautiful car I'll vote for my Corvair. Love the roof line..... and the handling.
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    How to restore stainless steel and aluminum trim

    In the process of restoring my Corvair I discovered and wrote up a paper on the restoration of Stainless and Aluminum trim. I'll be using the same on my Dauphine. What is nice about stainless is that it is almost indestructible. It is relatively easy to take really damaged pieces or scratched...
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    Add a supercharger to a Dauphine?

    I ran across pics of a Renault Gordini with a Judson Supercharger. My questions are: would this work on a Dauphine? How much power could I increase (especially since I'm at 6000 ft above sea level), and where do I look for one? I'm in Bolivia, with better connections to the rest of this...
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    Hello from Bolivia

    Yes, Bolivia. I "retired" 15 years ago and moved to Bolivia where I have two companies, the main one where I concentrate on importing and distributing high quality oils and filters, analyzing used oil and teaching lubrication to companies, mechanics and universities. In my "spare" time, I...

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