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My first hobby car, other than my own daily jalopies, a 1967 VW Beetle. It had a 2110 cc engine and was shockingly fast. My friends had a love hate relationship with it because it was always breaking down on a drive, but it was fun to ride in and hilarious to see me step out of because I am pretty tall and the Miata seats were mounted very low on the floor pan.
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Traded the above VW for this 1965 Valiant convertible. Was an awesome daily until the slant six engine lost oil pressure. A teardown revealed spun bearings and some very worn cylinder walls. Replaced it with a super six build that took some work to get right because all the linkages were different. Great slow cruiser though, I miss it.
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This last shot is a picture of the intake from my 1993 Toyota pickup, and I just want to share the story of when my IACV didn’t work. That had obviously been a problem with the previous owner because when we were replacing a head gasket on it some 13 years after I bought it, we found a paper towel had been crammed into the idle air port. It had been effectively reducing the air flow into the engine, rather than the idle air control valve doing so. I passed smog and ran the truck 50,000 miles with that paper towel in there. It ran perfect for so long. I was so confused when we rebuilt it and it ran terribly because the IACV never worked in all that time. Man I miss this truck.
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This is the 1928 Ford that I learned most of what I know about cars from. It has a built chevy 350 in it, a quick change differential, stainless pipes with barely any mufflers, it’s great. It has forged pistons and rods and a demon carb, and the combo is excellent. It’s a great car. The owner actually drives it everywhere, unlike most people who do a classic car. It’s low and loud and mean, what’s not to like?