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    Need your convertible top Expertise

    The top on my '68 is getting worn and the fabric loops that hold it to the hoop bars have separated. Its time for a new top. I will be getting a hinged glass window. What weight vinyl is best? Source? Any other hints?
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    Welding subframe connecters w/ millermatic 135

    110V MIG will be fine. Wire brush the frame rail contact areas first for a solid weld. Spray with primer and paint afterwards.
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    I did it this time... :-(

    Easy outs have gotten me out of some similar situations. Use the size that goes in 1/3 by hand, allowing the remaining amount to be drawn in by the counter clockwise turning.
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    list your cars weight

    "68 Vert, 4 sp toploader, '05 wheels, subframe connectors, Alum intake mani, 1/2 tank, 3,120 lbs.
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    Power booster or stay with manual brakes??

    My manual front discs are more than adequate, even during autocross events. Pedal effort is firm but not excessive at all.
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    Welding Lesson - Sub Frames

    Also, specifically, the section of the weld has two changed properties from the surrounding metal: 1. variable thickness across the weld, and 2. some crystalization of the metals in the area.
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    Welding Lesson - Sub Frames

    As I understand it, the subframe rails (and any stressed/flexed item) could be put at risk by welding across the plane of highest stress - i.e. the longitudinal leverage over the lenght of the car. The instructors said that for any member seeing flex stress, welds across that plane should be...
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    Welding Lesson - Sub Frames

    I'll try to jack it up to get a good shot of the connectors.
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    Welding Lesson - Sub Frames

    I hope that my mistake will help you out. As a novice welder, I installed my own GW sub frame connectors. After placing them carefully, I welded them to the frame rails. I carefully welded all the way around each of the four brackets. I just finished a welding course that explained that...
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    Part of the club - 70 vert (dial-up warning)

    Looks like a solid starter with even panel/door gaps. Top looks good too. $6000 looks to be a good deal.
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    2005 Gt Wheels & Tires for $299 ????

    I have the '05 V6 wheels w/ 1.25 inch spacers - looks and handles great.
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    Bass Blues

    mtbdoc, I turned 40 this year and continue feel the need for higher HP and dB. However, this is not a mid-life crisis as I always wanted the above, just have more $ now. Shakin 66, what about putting bass drivers under the front seats? Is there room for the shallowest units? That would be...
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    Will this welder work?

    For the duty cycle "cool down" do not shut off the welder. The fan needs .to run
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    Bass Blues

    OK, so if I can synchronize the exhaust pulses thru the glass packs, it should be all the base I'll ever need. Seriously: iskwezm, I may not be using the right terminology, but did you just connect the bass enclosure port to the interior of the car without having to cut 12 inch holes in the...
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    Bass Blues

    How do you guys get good sound sytem bass into your cars? I have a 12" in a ported encloser in the trunk powered by a 250 rms amp. But with the top down, the sound has to pass thru the folded window, conv top, and rear seat. Not much left after that.
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    Does hot tanking clear cooling passages?

    Thats what I thought. I assume that most water jacket deposits are calcites, so they should react with acids. The hot tank process looks like it strips hydrocarbons only.
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    Does hot tanking clear cooling passages?

    Is there an acid in the hot tank process that will completely scavange the inside of all cooling passages? I ask because if I go to the expense of pumping up my 289, I want to be sure that it has crystal clear cooling passage walls.
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    What should it cost?

    Thanks, Mr. Hearne. Thats the first I've heard of a late 70's toploader with such different ranges. I imagine that would be a drop in swap. I checked David Kee's site and did not find mention of Toploaders after 1972. I'll send him an e-mail.
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    What should it cost?

    S-Car good local info. Thanks. Mr. Hearne my reasons for the 5 speed interest are irrespective of fuel mileage. I want to leave the stoplight faster without suffering on the highway. Can a Top Loader be built with a steeper 1st gear and a taller 4th gear, say .85? (My motor is set up...
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    What should it cost?

    The existing Top Loader is looking better all the time.
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