Author: D Cluley

Last week I took part in the 17th annual Old 27 Tour. This event happens during the 3rd week of August and consists of driving the old roads and putting on a bunch of small town car shows up the middle of Michigan’s lower peninsula. Michigan Old 27 M…

My ’65 has the correct radiator (2524 983) that may well be original. I had tank seam leaks repaired a couple of times 10-15 years ago, and the 2nd time, he put a lower pressure cap on suggesting that it wasn’t going to hold up otherwise. The core is…

I didn’t expect this to be the snag in my project.

I have a perfectly good tie rod end, but need to replace the nut. Went to Home Depot, bought a shiny new 1/2" fine thread castle nut. It screws on just fine, but it is too tall. When completel…

I seem to have the time & budget to do 1 or 2 projects a summer, and this year it is the suspension’s turn.

The lower control arm bushings have been squeeking for a while, and last fall I noticed that the lower ball joints had a little more play…

It seems like most of the time, the nut is stuck to the stud enough that the whole ball assembly turns instead of the nut unscrewing. I suspect the answer is just get the dremel tool out & split the nut, but I figured I’d ask in case I’m just not …

This years tour was great. Among the couple hundred cars were a ’64 300 convertible, my ’65, @Omni ’65 Newport, & a couple of ’70 300s

Videos are here.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5eGHHIoBPO5f5wpgDZcJRA/videos

Friday evening temperatures were still in the mid-60s so I went out for a ride. Pretty sure I’ve never had the top down after the State Christmas Tree went up. The calendar & the forecast suggest that I’m done for the year.