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  1. Daddio

    Headlight Aiming

    Here's an interesting thread I heard on 'another' forum that I'm submitting here for your comments / debate. An experienced classic car importer in Australia says, as a matter of course, he replaces all headlight lamps on North American cars (specifically 1950/60/70's Cadillacs, but other NA...
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    Inside OEM Style Repop Battery

    My OEM style repop battery finally gave up the ghost and, since there was a long lead time on a replacement, I had to get a lead acid instead. Man, is it ugly ... I'm saving my allowance for a 'proper' replacement. I decided to carefully cut the repop apart just to see what's inside, but still...
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    Solid State VR, OEM Look

    I posted this query in another forum and got '0' response ... I don't expect that will happen here. ;-) . The no reply may be because they see this as resolving a non-existing problem. And I can understand that, I've never had a problem with a VR either. Anyway let's give it a go ... Q1: Has...
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    56 Heater Control Valve

    Well I'm really PO'd with the heater control valve on my 56 312 Tbird. This will be the third time I've replaced one for leaking. And the NOS replacements keep going up in price .. $65, $85, now $100+. I suppose it fails due to lack of use, they always seems to start to leak in the fall when I...
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    Tbird Exhaust Manifold

    I'm at a car show and this 'Ford expert' starts inspecting my 56 Tbird. “You have the wrong exhaust manifold, that one belongs on a 272, not a 312.” I wasn't sure. The manifolds certainly look different, one is sort of round and the other a little squarer. So I got a strong light, got the...
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