DorkMobile
New Member
Noob here, and I recently sold a beloved '74 Ford E-100 for $200, and traded the shell of a Model A to get the '68 [with a '69 front clip] Valient. I drove the dorky little car home with very few problems..minus a cop laughing at me & the carb not getting enough fuel. It's now perched on the stilts in the drive way & I'm fixin' on going back to trade school, and looking for a few inexpensive upgrades. I've considered everything milling the heads down a bit,to adapting a house-socket boom-box to play the role of the radio! I'd like to keep it semi-original [no v-8's allowed here] while making it a tad faster.
So far I've only taken off the front fenders due to repairs [and to flush out ants], cut the power-steering belt [manual steering rules!!], taken a look at the drums [trashed] put the thing back in time, noticed I needed new master/wheel cylenders,some line, shoes, and 4 new drums. Oh. and I adjusted the carb,too! Tomarow...er today comes the disassembly of the interior, and attempt to correct the amount of play in the steering.
So far I've only taken off the front fenders due to repairs [and to flush out ants], cut the power-steering belt [manual steering rules!!], taken a look at the drums [trashed] put the thing back in time, noticed I needed new master/wheel cylenders,some line, shoes, and 4 new drums. Oh. and I adjusted the carb,too! Tomarow...er today comes the disassembly of the interior, and attempt to correct the amount of play in the steering.
