Recent content by Henrius

Pretty impressive your knowledge about lighting, and I respect you for it. Only trouble with both Weldex and JW speakers is the lights might shine nicely, but look nothing like the original lights on our old cars. But then I don't know what the new lights will look like that will be released...

Thanks for this wonderful, useful information, Cbody 67. some of my night deficiency is indeed a cataract, which I will have removed shortly. However, I have noticed how much better I can see with my 2008 Corolla than with my vintage Mopars. Lighting has indeed improved. Yes, aim, is...

I want to convert my headlights to LED to see better at night and lessen the amperage drain. Summit Racing has their own house brand for $99, and then there are the Holley Retrolights at more than twice this amount. Eventually I will install relays in the headlight circuit to further reduce the...

Wow! Thanks for referencing this vender. I will add it to my list of parts to order. Wish access to the HVAC system was easier! Don't have the entire dash out of the 65 Fury like I do the 1972 Newport.

You mean NOS duplicates of what were there, or modern updated equivalents? If the former, where did you find NOS? Had an owner of an automotive A/C repair shop the other day. No, he does not want to mess with old cars anymore. Said vacuum-operated actuators are nearly extinct. They are now...

Thanks so much for this revelation about interchangeability!

Yeah, a lot for E/E body parts for sure. But am looking for C-body parts for a 1965 Fury and 1972 Newport.

Last time I looked (several years ago) there were companies that would repair AC/heater control systems for MOPARS. Now all I can find is vendors who want to sell complete systems to replace the original equipment. Seems all the Google search results I get are sponsored. Isn't there anyone...

Love to see it when vintage car owners use their vehicles in regular commutes! Got to start doing that aw well. I just get so paranoid about nicks and scrapes to my perfect paint.

Was not aware that incandescent bulbs dimmed with time. Thought the light output was constant until the filament failed. But you have a point about LEDs. Some cast the light only toward the top. I found that some had a bluish color temperature that made the gauges have a strange hue compared to...

Thanks for that table. I am glad I started this post, as it seems the Holley Retrolights are the way to go. I would not have expected that LEDs draw as much current as the incandescents! So I will fit the LEDs first, and very soon add the relays to reduce current to the headlight switch. But...

Thanks. I looked up "vacuum gun" and the ones I found on the internet were for sucking liquid out of tight places. Can you give me a name and model of a vacuum gun meant to test car vacuum operated devices?

Finally got the dash halfway disassembled in my 1965, and found the severed vacuum line that fed to the control block and kept everything from working. While I am in there, I am going to buy a vacuum gun (any suggestions on which one?) and test operation of all the plenum door vacuum actuators...

Agreed. There was a mountain of difference in sound between pre-recorded cassettes and cassettes I recorded on quality tape like Maxell or Memorex. None of the high-quality cassettes I recorded are non-playable. Record companies used the cheapest tape and housing available.

One of the best decisions I made in life was to get an afermarket cassette player for my car instead of an 8-Track unit. At the time I used to jog beside roads quite a bit. I would encounter 8-Track cartridges thrown out of cars, with seemingly miles of tape hanging out of them when they...