Where are you located?

[dubtrub]

Would everyone that has not done it yet, please go to the User Control Panel and go into your profile and type in your city state or country. It sure would be nice to know where each of us are located when conversing in our posts.

[MWaldorf]

OK, now you know the directions to the bat cave.

[Dennisthe Menace]

OK, now you know the directions to the bat cave.

.........BTW Mel, The BATMOBILE is all tuned up and ready to go......
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Tru ... 262260593&

[ElTwang]

Will you pop in for a cup of coffee, dubtrub? In that case bring that reverb tank with you!!

[dubtrub]

Lars, your music doesn't sound like you need anymore reverb. Besides you would not like my reverb unit, it is 110 volts.

[MWaldorf]

Dennis, I'll do you one better. I used to own this black 'bird. 1958 with a 1963 390 cu in motor. Ran like a charm until it would overheat

[ElTwang]

Oh my god, Mel. That's a beauty!!!

[ElTwang]

...and I always need more reverb

[MWaldorf]

ElTwang,
Yeah, it sure was a beauty. I wasn't in the market for an old car when I happened upon this. It belonged to the mayor of my town who bought it in 1963. I got it from his son. It hadn't run in about two years. With a friend's help I got it running. All it needed to be a driver was new tires and a new fuel filter. With that and some safety belts I was on the road. Then the overheating started. These things are notorious for cooling problems; it's a low hood with a big motor. So after driving about thirty minutes it would start to boil over. I started carrying gallons of coolant in the trunk. Nothing got it fixed - I replaced the themostat, I installed a seven blade flex fan, and eventually spent four full weekends fitting custom brackets to get a four row aluminum radiator in there, and it still overheated. At that point I knew I was in over my head and as I didn't want to drop lots of dough taking it to someone who actually knew what they were doing, I sold it to someone who is doing a restoration. Of course, as I look back on it, the overheating was probably caused by leaky vacuum lines to the carb but there were so many little fixes that the car needed (replace the wiper motor, update brakes to dual master cylinder, install new heater core, fix rear power windows, replace the seating foam, new window seals) I couldn't justify keeping it and the time it was taking away from my family to work on it. I have to say, driving a car with a wrap around windshield is a really great experience, especially when the car isn't blowing coolant steam out the hood scoop!

[Dennisthe Menace]

I still have my '66 Sports Roadster. It is Nightmist Blue with a Wimbledon White interior.
I was a BIG T-Bird Freak in the 80s belonging to the "Gold Coast Thunderbird Club" of
South Florida. I've got a "boat load" of Trophies and Plaques from different Shows that the Wife and I were involved in.