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Bill and Kane, Thanks -- I'll keep it coming. I'm still alive after opening the main breaker panel. Ran the last few feet of cable in the attic this morning before it warmed up. When my wife went out to work on the gardens I was able to shut off the main breaker at the meter. I was able to...

I had planned to buy an Eaton 5hp 220v compressor with a horizontal 60-gallon tank. About a year ago they were selling for $999 with free shipping. When I checked the price this month it was $1,399 plus shipping (650 lbs). I'll probably be sorry but I went for the $399 US General 3.5hp 220v...

Compressor Saga About 14 years ago I moved and replaced an old, reliable 2hp 220v compressor with a new and noisy 5hp 110v compressor. I was too busy at the time to add a 220v outlet to the garage so it seemed like a good idea. Unfortunately it was like living at the end of an airport runway...

I don't have side exhaust but McJacks sells headers for big- and small-block engines to connect to factory side pipes. More money than Hedmans but they are ceramic coated. 68 - 82 Corvette Sidepipe Headers SB Ceramic Coated Big Block Headers for Sidepipes

Zip sells the grilles but you should be sitting down when you check the price. At least it will prepare you for the nos prices.

Bill, I start working on some aspect of the car and figure it will take a few hours to finish what I want to do. About the third day I realize it isn't going to be easy. After a week I usually take a break and do something else, like change a lightbulb in the house. Then at least I feel like...

I hear ya! While I was doing all this work on the cooling system, decided to add some insurance. All it would take to add an oil cooler to the return side of the power steering pump was some braided line and a small aluminum cooler. B&M makes some nice ones that have pipe thread fittings...

Mine came with a 454 so I can't tell you exactly what needs changing but most of the trouble is on the front of the engine or nearby. Big blocks put out a lot of heat so you may have to upgrade your radiator. If you want the thing to look stock, you might have to replace the radiator support...

Because I didn’t have a core hydroboost, I also had to order the return spring and a custom master cylinder pushrod (4-3/4 inch long). Decided to plumb the hydroboost and Steeroids with braided stainless Teflon lines so I also placed orders for AN-6 line and steel fittings. Turns out the...

Filling the differential. I used to just squeeze the lube in with a plastic bottle but spilled quite a bit. No big deal when it was $2 a quart. Piece of new, left-over 1/2-inch copper, clean heater hose and funnel. By accident it was just the right length to hang on the fender lip so every...

This sounds like that slippery slope where you put six grand into the engine, which then breaks the transmission. Couple of grand for a beefier transmission and the rear gives up the ghost. Couple of grand for a new rear end and you have just invested enough money to buy an automatic C4 for...

I also moved the clip to the top of the trailing arm. Routed it inside the arm -- the other way would put the cable back where it started. I didn't try but I don't think it's even possible to route the cable outside the arm once the clip has been moved. Once it was back together and I...

This might be Off Topic but it might help explain why it has taken 28 years to get to this point. Left for work as usual on 9/9/65. Somewhere along the way I lost my left arm. Never did find it but I did learn to be more careful. Re-learned driving a manual, with Triumph, Vega and Fiat...

Actually, I know where it ended up. Sold the wreck to a friend in the Corvette club and he parted it out. I got $600 and he -- well, he did OK. It was a good deal for both of us -- I didn't have to look at it every day and try to figure out what was salvageable. I broke a lot of stuff that...

I was messing around with the brake lines and noticed that my power steering box was pretty dirty. A memory floated up of a steering system that was in need of work. I remembered driving my '87 for the first time and feeling like there was something wrong. You moved the steering wheel a tiny...

Bill, The thought never entered my mind (OK, it did but my ancestors set up a small cemetery in New York -- it would be greedy to use that much space). Wife has instructions to cremate me and have my ashes sprinkled into the fiberglass (sorry, SMC) resin at the factory. Ah the sound of a big...

Thanks Dave, It's a long story but it isn't over by a long shot. I think Trail of Tears should be its own forum. I replaced the whole a/c system on my '87 and that sure was a wet one.

Bill, I know what you mean about doing all the work for someone else. My son-in-law doesn't care about cars of any kind -- he's more into fishing boats. He thought it would be great to give the 72 to his sons to play with when they were old enough to drive. Hmmm, my teenage grandsons...

When my friend was blueprinting my engine at his fully-equipped shop (his father started a small engine repair shop but he wanted to do offshore boat race engines) he gave me a used Edelbrock intake that was sitting on a shelf. It was a low-profile piece meant for better fuel mileage (remember...

Thanks Bill, It's been a long haul but I have so much fun working on it that I thought I'd share. Just watched a 72 big block 4-speed go for $22K at Mecum. I read a real long post describing the problems with the air conditioning and one of those floating memories came back. My blower didn't...