Recent content by itstom

I'll chime in here although what I have to say echos a lot of the previous posts. Jim has done a couple of helmet distributors for me in the past. Both were done quickly and were quite reasonably priced. I also had the pleasure of being in the audience when he spoke at the Springfield meet...

My experience was somewhat better than yours, but my god is this guy a pain in the *** to deal with. I had a Sun "football" tach that I wanted to have rebuilt and have modern electronics installed in the transmitter box. They are about the only ones I could find to do the work and they did...

I had a similar issue I was able to solve simply, but I'm not sure you can adopt my solution. I'm running a helmet dizzy but with an adapter for an external coil. I simply moved the coil bracket to a cylinder head from its position immediately above the dizzy. The increase in air flow keeping...

Gorgeous as usual. The reflections visible in the paint on the gas tank (and Columbia!) are pretty impressive. A few years ago Mike was doing a 39 wagon. He happened to be hosting a party a few days after the frame was painted. Well, we excused ourselves from the party and went to his shop...

Thanks, that's what I suspected.

Hi- I posted this over on the HAMB but no replies, maybe someone here can help. I'm running an old Edmunds intake with 2x 97s. I know this intake doesn't feed into a common plenum. Before I installed it I wrote down which carb feeds which cylinders. I have since lost that note. I want...

Hey Ken, I have a couple of questions about your rebuilt carburetors. Do you always replace the throttle shaft and bushings or is it a case by case things? What style needle and seat do you use? What testing do you do before you ship your carburetors out? Thanks, Tom

Sometimes a guy's perception of himself is far different that how the rest of the world sees him. The good news is that it's often pretty darn funny. Case in point- http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ItXKGyO6cRA?rel=0

Hey Vic- I find your "the way Henry intended" comment a bit ironic. The goal of Kube, or any other true restorer, is to have a car that exactly resembles "what Henry intended". A car assembled from a collection of mismatched components or incorrect repop parts is not what Henry intended...

Hey Vic, the conditions for my departure have not been met yet so don't panic. And please, oh wise one, explain how, with my one post , you know I am "infatuated" with a movie. Now is your time to shine. Please explain this amazing gift of yours.

Hey KiWinUS- If you put up one post that exhibits half the intelligence of Kube or myself I will disappear from this thread. (No Vic, you can't help him.) The "Deliverance" Kube was referring to is a movie; not a Buick, TV show or town. Check out the summary on IMDB or maybe rent the DVD from...

In case there's still any confusion of what replies are and are not sarcasm, I'm real sure that V8COOPMAN was not being sarcastic. Also, you need to check your facts regarding your E-type. The Series 1.5 was not the "exported to the US version" as stated. As a matter of fact, the Series 1 was...

"Hey ITSTOM, I thought you might be interested to know that your favorite store Lowe's..." Apparently you have already forgotten that IT WAS SARCASM. I'll explain. I was just trying to poke fun at the way you constantly stuck up for BD and the insults you hurled at the BD critics. In the...

Sarcasm is defined in The Oxford Universal Dictionary, published in 1933, as "a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter gibe or taunt." More contemporary definitions often emphasize the false, mocking praise and verbal irony of sarcasm rather than its malicious or scornful...

Vic- I have lost count of the number of purchases I have made from Lowe's with no problem what so ever:D. Thank God we have them as a supplier. Where would we get our parts or garage doors if they weren't around? Mac's, Carpenter, maybe C&G? Oh wait, I mean Home Depot, Menards, or...