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I have always had a parts washing solvent tank. To be fair it is only used in spurts and then sits for a few years. I have typically used petroleum based solvents. I did try the water based concentrate type part way through my car restoration but didn’t like it as it would flash rust. On the...

I have a family member passing through that had some car issues (lost a wheel). I think we have it covered, but in case we run into any other issues the lay of the lab may be helpful. They are Ok but a little shaken. The tow truck driver and the owner of the shop they towed it to have been...

Looking to do some straight cuts in sheet metal and wondering if the sheet metal experienced have any suggestions? Looking to cut a range between 16 and 22 gauge with minimal distortion. I have seen 12 and 30” metal shears for straight cuts, throat less shears that I believe you can straight...

Just about 34 years ago I drove the ‘68 Polara from Ft. Benton, MT to Loveland, CO. It sat in Colorado for about 20 years before I hauled it back to ND for the restoration. (Restoration thread link at the bottom of my signature). Now I am on my way from ND to the middle of Montana driving the...

A number of years ago (35). I took quite a few welding classes through high school and college. I wasn’t an expert but became pretty efficient with an arc welder (I believe they are called stick welders these days) and oxy acetylene torch. You don’t know how many things I welded with a metal...

Helping clean out the shop on our family farm and ran across these 15” hubcaps. They say Dodge Division on the center caps. They are not from my ‘68 Polara, or our ‘73 Newport, so the only thing that I can think of is they were from our ‘74 RamCharger. If I am looking at this internet...

I went back to the homestead this weekend to help Mom clean out our old shop and brought my high school motorcycle back. It is a 1974 Suzuki TC125 Prospector. The TC model has a two speed gear box which gives it decent power in low range for hill climbing, but also ca get up to about 65 MpH for...

Looking for AIS (*** In Seat) experience for a portable seat cushion/ pad to add comfort for a long road trip. (‘68 Polara) My seats are newly restored/rebuilt pretty close to how they would have come from the factory. However I did take the liberty of adding a little more lumbar support, so for...

I have always been just a point and shoot photographer. My last camera was a nice compact 10 megapixel Canon G7 with a built in telescopic lens. I did buy some lens adapters for it and an underwater case for it, but never could master anything but the Automatic mode. Generally it worked OK...

After too many years of overspray and paint fumes, I finally built a small parts downdraft paint booth that will double as a sanding table for wood working. I started with an extruded aluminum frame structure on rollers that I also use for my upholstery sewing machine. I built a box with peg...

The talk about new exhaust systems on another thread got me investigating my exhaust hangers and wondering what is stock and what is universal in exhaust hangers. My 68 Dodge w/ 383 and single exhaust had this hanger. I added dual exhaust back in high school (late 80's). And don't remember what...