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    Engine bay cleaning / detailing

    I use Tire and Wheel cleaner for Alum rims. It does not fuzz up alum parts and is gentle on painted surfaces. After drying spray with Honda Spray and Shine. It is designed to be safe on all motorcycle surfaces, which includes rubber, paint, chome, alum, etc. You can wipe it down or let it...
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    Happy 27th!!!!’yoi don’t look a day older than 21

    25 YEARS Bought new, using X plan, I think it was $25K. Put the KB on it somewhere around 2001. Alum flywheel, driveshaft, 3.73 gears, Tri Ax shifter. It made 445 whp on a heart breaker dyno. I ran the KB tune and got talked into trying a Lund tune. No improvement. Both ran good. Projected HP...
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    Motor oil and filter?

    2013 GT 500, Amsoil, Mobil 1 5w-50 99 Cobra KB s/c, Mobil 1 5w-20 F5 Cobra Roadster, Stage 1 Aluminator Amsoil, Mobile 1 5w-50 All Purolator or Motorcraft filters. 66 Mustang flat tappet 351 W 68 Torino 428, flat tappet cam, 71 Torino GT 351 4v flat tappet cam, 66 Failane GT 390, flat tappet...
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    My FFR AC Cobra build thread

    Leave the outside panel of the drivers foot box off. It will make working inside the foot box easier, ie installing sound and heat barrier, carpet, dead pedal, brake and clutch foot pad adjustments, just to name a few.
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    **** Around >>> Find Out

    Ist one definitely had a gun, so he is first on the list. Second one took a good shot. Guy had great gun control, hardly any muzzle rise and able to stay on target.
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    Lake Bonneville and The Great Salt Lake

    While on a vacationing, road trip with another couple, we stopped at a Quik Mart. The sign at the corner said, Bonneville Salt Flats Track or something like that. I was the only one interested and the others agreed to make the short turn, so I could say, I have been there. As we read the history...
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    NWS Pics that make you :lol: every time you see them NWS

    Yeah, looks like it needs milked, I mean mowed.
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    New Track Car

    I think Goodyear is about the only U.S. made trailer tire available. I just spent $811 on a set of 4. My regular tire guy, screwed me, last set of tires he will sell me. He did not balance tires and told me they were balanced. Old weights still on the back of the rims. He normally mounts...
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    Let's see those Latest Purchases!

    Frame off restoration?
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    Reaction Time

    Well done, would have loved to see a double tap, but who's complaining.
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    How many guys are still here from many years ago?

    Will have to post to find out, there you go, is that 21 years?
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    Post one newer pic of your ride (EVERYONE!!)

    Where did you get the exhaust? I have a 67 Fairlane GT 390, 4 speed.
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    Sunbeam Tiger

    Well, I saw the Tiger today. Bad news, it is not a Mk II. It is a Mk 1A, which makes it a 260. All the check points, confirm it is a Tiger. It has a few pin holes of rust in the trunk and a few pencil size ones behind the drivers seat. It has rack and pinion steering, running change as they...
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    **** Around >>> Find Out

    That would require thinking!
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    Sunbeam Tiger

    Actually, I did. I have 2 sons, that will be the sole heirs of my toys. I was just following up the conversation this morning with the elder. I was telling him, I just wanted to get it road worthy, so I could experience the drive. I hope to take some action this month. I have a car hauler...

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