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  1. doug68hoss

    Picture attempt is all...

    hi doug here. tell me if it works lol..ty here it goes..[urlimg]http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=393843&l=c96e1&id=570138884[/url]img
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    289 smoke in valve covers not out of tailpipe what to do?

    hello.. the problem my 65 coupe with a 289 has really bad and missing valve seals.engine has like 90.ooo original miles. i cant open it up to deeply right now.. the car smokes out of the tube that comes out of the valve cover and is thus using oil,,,,seals are leaking bad there. if i...
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    fuel gage on 65 coupe..? fuse for this?

    the fuel gage on my 65 quit working...first of all is there a fuse that only goes to the fuel gage. .i am used to my 68 fuse box location.. on the 65 first it took me a little while to find it.it was in a different location..second very hard to read what goes where.. anyway is there a fuse...
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    fuel gage on 65 coupe..? fuse for this?

    the fuel gage on my 65 quit working...first of all is there a fuse that only goes to the fuel gage. .i am used to my 68 fuse box location.. on the 65 first it took me a little while to find it.it was in a different location..second very hard to read what goes where.. anyway is there a fuse...
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    will a dead mouse keep other mice away?

    i was in the 65 coupe today..heard something running around in the headliner area..oh chit. i tapped on the thing to try to get the thing to run out..i think i tapped to hard it quit moving.. now i will probably have a dead mouse in my headliner. ahhh man...which who knows maybe in time it...
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    how shiny is your grill horse or cobra..?

    i noticed my girll horse is like always covered with bug juice.. i seem to keep most of the exterior of my 65 coupe clean but never the front end as good...and the poor horse....on a scale of 1 to 10 how clean is your horse.. i say mine is usually a 4....actually once it is clean looks in...
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    off topic...steam pressure verses air pressure..

    hi..my dad likes to tinker around, has been for awhile trying to make his own working steam engine..small one of course..he is using the crank shaft out of a sewing machine.also the flywheel and connecting rod off a sewing machine as well...and he has been working making the cylinder out of...
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    raised white letter?

    since i have been having to us my 65 couple which is very normal..and since i am basically broke..i had to put some tires on it..i put some basic uniroyal tiger paws, with the raised white letter .....what are your thoughts on raised white letter tires and do have any good pics.? which i dont...
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    65 289 oil pump drive shaft clip?

    hi..i found out what was the problem with my 65 coupe. the oilpump driveshaft twisted off at the pump... and i remember from working on my 68 that there was a clip on the shaft..sure enough i found the clip in the oil pan..so where does this clip go.. i am only working on this from the bottom...
  10. doug68hoss

    your preference..coupe..fastback .or conv

    all coupes for me..\ fastbacks look fast.. coupes look cool conv are breezy
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    brake question.

    just need info here..how much can a brake drum wear down before it is no longer effective for braking..? since..the hardware makes it keep working for along time when in reality it may not be as effective as one thinks..
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    vinyl tops .which number you on so far..how many times replaceD?

    hi ..my 68 has had its vinyl top replaced once .the original listed 11 years..and the replacement has lasted since 1979..and still faily good..what bout yours?
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    must be a record

    4 post in a row with my silly name somewhere..or it must be that i am in australia
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    shipping my 68 coupe to australia...not good

    yes i am very ignorant..so far it has cost me 2790.to get it to sydney.. another 2200 to get it thought customs so far.......and i found out after it was basically allready here..that i needed import approval first or i could be prosecuted....luckily i got approved..the car is still in a...
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    eleanor..no longer really impressed..just my opinion

    hi .i probably didnt even spell it right..the more i think about that made up mustang..i think yes it looks sorta cool..but it is unmustang at the same time...the nice thing is i can say this..because this is the classic forum..and i am not sure that car is really .or ever will be a classic..its...
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    is toonis in hibernation again..

    i miss some of the older regs..not age wise .but member wise... toonis watch out lol
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    brake fluid turns to mud why..?

    hi..yes i harldy drive my one mustang...and it seems like i have to replace the wheels cylinders very often..the brake fluid seems to turn to junk.. i can replave all wheel cylinders the master cylinnder .which is for a manual brake system...and the next thing i knew i have weak leaky brakes...
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    kilometer sticker

    i am moving to austrailia...i was there last month for 3 weeks i saw a 66 with convered steering over there..and now i am moving there..and having my 68 shipped overseas.. i am looking for somekind of sticker with kilometers on it..any suggestions...? thanks
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    ignition switch cylinder..cheap aftermarker problems?

    about every year i have the same problem..i have to put in a new cylinder into the ignition switch..it is because i have to wiggle the key in the cylinder to get like the heater and gauges and crap to come on..but the car runs fine..whats the deal here..? thanks
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    rear view mirror problem on 68

    hello...i have two 68 coupes...and i have had one since 1968..got the second about 2 years ago...and both of them have the same problem..the silly rearview mirrors and always going out of alighment..i need a solution...the 68 has the funny set up...the screws and the two long round plates that...