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I had to walk the boys at the shop how to gently shift out of park to engage D. Sorry for delay, was working a string of graves.

The 3 speed original tranny on the '60 Val winds up pretty high between 1 and 2, 2 and 3, and sort of slams into gear with a ka-thunk. I lessen this by letting off the gas at a lower rate of speed and pausing until the transmission finds the next higher gear, with less noise and jarring. I...

She has been sitting in the shop for six weeks now, but so far Jim got the speedometer cable, and it's gear, replaced, NOS speedometer installed, oil sending unit replaced, fuel gauge working. The big issue was the fuel tank. Jim predicated that after 60 years it would have significant...

"Toad." I knew she resembled something!!

Has anyone tried this stuff? Is it applied to the exterior? I'm Googling around for NOS 1960 A Frame replacement tanks, and nothing is turning up. Will a later model Valiant or Dart tank fit? Where do you find these things? I'm thinking any good light source will illuminate enough of the...

Tank you all, yes it is a 1960 A Body, as pictured in the Avitar to the left. Finding a NOS may be a trick- are the tanks interchangeable for a few decades, or is this a one off? I take it there is not particular way to seal the interior of the tank? The guy is somewhat of an icon among classic...

So how did I get interested in tobacco? Well, my unit was training for the upcoming invasion of Kuwait and we were all enjoying ourselves struggling into this antique charcoal suits and rubber masks and what-not. It was pretty obvious that in any event we were going to be toast, even if we could...

So, back in '86, a recent college grad living on a shoe string, my '67 Dart had a little problem. The fuel tank leaked if I put more than a few gallons in it, at the seam. So, being young and intrepid I replaced it myself in a back alley on a February day with a pair of vice grips. This resulted...

So, the restorer wants to replace the gas tank right off the bat, sight unseen, because it is original to 1960 and, he says, "probably has bad interior rust." Well, when I was a recent college grad, my '67 Dart could not hold more than five gallons at a time before it dribbled through the seam...

I'm a newbie in the sense that this is really an old old car, but it is Slant 6, #6 I've owned over the decades. Why I felt it necessary to lose the other five, which were all supreme runners, I cannot say. Temporary insanity, I suppose. Not letting go of this one- I'll get buried in it. The...

Ahhhh, stubbing out the cigarette! Sorry to say, back in the day I just flicked the butts out the window, and sometimes the slip stream would circle the burning thing either down my back or into the back seat, where I would eventually smell something burning and have to pull over to douse it. I...

Looks like I'm missing the tab in the back of it. I will have to MacGyver something.

I see prices on eBay from $20 to $250 for a pair of sun visors. I need the entire deal, including the rod and its mounting bracket; all that is gone. Did the original Valiant have visors that color matched the interior? Any suggestions as to what will fit? The head liner is long gone, but...

Huh. What could be used to replace this scrub fit thing?

Seriously. There doesn't seem to be any latch and it just flops open. Even has the original lighter! I quit smoking years ago, so won't do me much good, but short of JB Weld is there a way to get it to stay shut? I figured out how to activate the wipers, by accident, earlier this week, so hoping...