You can buy steel brake line with male fittings on each ends at most auto parts stores. Unfortunately the longest lines they stock is 60", probably too short to make it all the way. You'll need to b
I know of a case where something similar to this was done; but not to a Mayflower. This occurred on Wake Island where my dad was stationed just after WW II. Things got a little slow so a bunch of bo
I'd planned on last weekend being my spring get-the-snake-ready-for-the-year ritual, but only managed to complete about half of the items on my list of chores. What inspired this particular outburst
problem suggested putting a mechanical switch on the brake pedal itself. This notion also occurred to me and since this is the way all newer car brake lights operate there ought to be plenty of vari
Some how my last message got garbled so I'm giving it another A couple of people responding to my hydraulic brake light switch problem suggested putting a mechanical switch on the brake pedal itself.
I've probably purchased half a dozen batteries for the snake over the years and I've never once bothered to ask a sale clerk what size I needed. They wouldn't have had a clue anyway. I just measurer
Chris, I drove the snake through the suburbs of Toronto once. In those days it had standard issue Shelby American glasspacks. And I REALLY was lost in the '60s. Roland
Thanks to everyone who responded to my brake light switch query. I got a variety of suggestions and most of them would probably work in one form or another, though some would require modifications I'
John, I've often wondered about that scene in DINER where your '3 was tipped on its side. That would have bothered me a tad had it been my car. How did MGM talk you into this? Roland
In the late '60s I bought a plastic kit model of a 289 Cobra but never put it together. A number of years ago my son found it on a closet shelf, put it the together then presented to me on my birthda
I used to have this problem too Scott. Then I noticed that some of my neighbors still buy ground coffee in cans. Since Santa Clara has curb-side recycling, problem solved. Roland "the bagman" Dudley
Steve, I picked up a similar switch at a motorcycle shop (thanks to a suggestion from Jerry Kaidor) for ~$5. It's a bit big on the long side but I've got a couple of ideas that might make it usable.