Recent content by Stephen Pellegrino

I remember CTC's ads in Hemmings. Most of the junkyards in my local area (northern NJ) are gone now. Not to mention large wooded areas where cars from the 40s & 50s were abandoned back in the 60s & 70s. In the 80s I had a '62 Comet which needed a new rear bumper. I found an abandoned...

I still can't link here yet, but you can Google search: Curbside Classic: 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Coupe--Fallen Riches If someone wants to link it for me, that'd be great!:)

KULTULZ: Thank you!

(I don't have enough posts yet to make a link) Go to Curbside Classic website, select page two, or enter "1962 Mercury Monterey" in their search bar. My 1962 Mercury Monterey--'Best-Looking Buy For The Big-Car Man' Stunning original car.

I can't publish a link because I don't have enough posts on this site, but if you go to the Curbside Classic website, you'll find an article today, "1956 and 1960 Bottom-of-the-Line Fords--Redefining 'Rare' "

Discovered there was an exhaust manifold crack right around where the heat riser is. I bought some Rutland furnace cement (which is supposedly good to 2000 deg. F.) and patched it with that. I used little metal strips to reinforce the patch. So far it's holding. Engine is noticeably quieter...

Another concern I had with this '58 Ford is engine noise, especially when accelerating. Actually, this 223 engine runs very well and smoothly. Doesn't burn oil. Doesn't smoke. Very reliable. Good pep. I have done various things which made the engine quieter including: --Replacing the junky...

The gear I had in there was 19 teeth.

Thanks to all for your responses! BTW, it turns out that the fewer teeth the speedometer driven gear has, the higher the speedometer reads!;) So here's what I did: I wanted to avoid taking the dash apart, so I tried switching out the speedometer driven gear at the trans (attached to end of...

I have a 1958 Ford Custom 300 w/ a six & automatic. The speedometer reads about 5-15 MPH slow, depending on speed (at faster speeds it's more accurate). Also the needle sticks at 0 until you're going about 30 MPH. When I got the car it had no speedometer driven gear in the transmission. I...