hillbilly fix its.

Lessee, a few I have personally cobbed: I had a /6 I put a .530" lift solid in, but even after greatly reducing the cup on the pushrod, I couldn't get it in adjustment. It needed shorter pushrods. I cut sections from a bead lube bucket, and installed them as spacers to move the rocker shaft up. The plastic sealed the oil pressure perfectly, and put me in the middle of the adjsuter. Worked perfectly for 2 years until it was pulled.

I put a 383 in a '72 Valiant, and just used '75 Imperial upper mounts on the engine, and just lowered it onto the /6 K-frame and welded them on. I drove that one daily for 4 years. I also used a Craftsman 1/2" drive U-joint on the steering column to clear the stock manifolds.

On a Saturday night, while doing a power brake burnout, one of my bonded brake pads came loose. No parts stores till Monday, so I drilled the pad/backer, and riveted it on with aluminum rivets. I drove it for a year that way.

I bought an old Valiant that had the rear spring perches up through the trunk. I pop riveted patches over the holes, and drove it that way for 2 years. When the patch rusted out, I put a bigger patch in, and used self-tapping screws to hold it togehter. I got 2 more years from it.

I'm sure I missed some of the better ones, but you get the idea.