Recent content by Ogre Backwash

My comment is limited in scope. I am only referencing the Dodge Hemi/Poly group, particularly the 315-325 c.i. based on my personal experience working on them. I have not cross referenced my observation against any other established reference source yet but am attempting to do so now. I have a...

This must be a mistake, possibly the numbers were switched. The sheer size difference and complexity between the single and double rocker shaft engines can be discerned at a glance. Dodge 241-325 Poly 645 ?? Dodge 315-325 Hemi 610 ??

Thank you for the enlightenment. Wish I knew about this when I had the chance to pick up a nice 1965 Freightliner, although I was cautioned that, "It'll shake all of yer' fillings out!"

The Char-n-Peel is the Old Timey method to prep a squirrel for authentic Thai Squirrel salad.

The 60 Fords exceeded the maximum width allowed for passenger cars established by the DOT I believe. I think FoMoCo blew it by a couple of inches. Something to do with width limits on many old highway bridges in existence at the time before the great standardization imposed by the new Interstate...

Thank you for the clarification. I had forgotten about Auto Body Specialties although they don't have a huge selection of early A stuff either. I'm probably hoping to find another Layson's. We are fortunate to have even one Laysons. There couldn't be another person crazy enough to want to make a...

I was glumly surfing through the Auto Metal Direct online catalogue searching in vain for anything they might make for 1965 Darts when I came upon this reproduction floor pan that they offer...

Also remember that insurance companies build in some contingency. They are prepared to make adjustments upward for the possibility of additional discovery of damage, fluctuations in parts prices especially when they have no choice but to use used parts

Not quite. this section refers to vehicles that have never been registered in California namely by a new or non resident of the state. The only stipulation of mandatory inspection by the CHP is this: If a New York Salvage Certificate is accepted as proof of ownership, the vehicle must be...

California attempts to exert some control through the verification process. If you have assembled a collection of scraps and garbage into a vehicle shaped tetanus outbreak with conflicting vin numbers stamped where you can't see they probably won't issue a salvage title. I've heard of it...

I bought it in 2015. AFAIK there hasn't been much change in the process since then. This was the last vehicle I bought from a junk yard but I've considered doing it a couple of times since and saw nothing that gave me pause. Or flippers, or tentacles or a large muscular foot like an abalone. And...

Long time Californian with a salvage title 93 Chevy K-1500 Silverado here. In my experience a salvage title, at least in the Golden State, is no sweat. I've bought several cars and a truck from junkyards. My Silverado, very clean with 125k miles, had been donated to a charitable organization and...

Recommended vendors?

My favorite and one of the last around here closed at the beginning of the pandemic. They are fading away.

A new top for my Dart