Ace-Garageguy

"Nail down your opponent's arguments with irrefutable logic and facts" is reputed to be a successful debate strategy, but you can't nail down jello, and debating the logic-challenged who accept the idea of "alternative facts" is just that.

Round holes will accept square pegs if you have a big enough hammer.

That's an earlier pump that has been drilled and tapped for the heater hose fitting, but same idea.

Steak tartare is raw meat.

Here's a short one fer yas...

I've been officially "retired" for five years, but still work almost full time closing out some long-term business obligations here. I've had a place in Az. since early 2018, have also been working on upgrading the property and getting everything moved out there since then. Getting closer...

"Acrylic" what, exactly? There's water-based acrylic, acrylic lacquer, acrylic enamel, and acrylic urethane...all with different chemical properties and not all are friendly to polystyrene.

Are ya gunna eat them taters?

Started in earnest getting the cars ready to go to Az. Feel really good after a hard day, "tired, but in a good way", and I'm thankful I can still work like a much younger man.

PM'd.

Grazie. Bellissimo.

"Again...waddya mean again...hic...I never schtopped".

Not what I said at all. I said my Porsche 911, one of the most responsive cars of the era, had no need for assisted brakes and steering. Neither, of course, did drum-braked 356 Porsches, VW Beetles, etc. I also said pre-wimpified normal people, including diminutive women, could drive normal production cars with no power assisted brakes and steering. The reasons were several, but two big ones were: 1) though American cars were heavy, they weren't 6000 pound road crushers like people seem to think they need for "safety" today, and 2) huge steering wheels, skinny tires, high-ratio steering gearboxes, and "self-servoing" drum brakes with long pedal arms lessened the effort required. Of course, big heavy American cars weren't noted for being particularly responsive or sweet-handling. But as vehicle systems progressed technically, power-assist on basic controls became more of a requirement. 3) Rack-and-pinion steering is by-design higher effort than earlier systems, and on a heavy front-engined car with rack-and-pinion, power-assist is almost a necessity. 4) Likewise, disc brakes usually require more effort due to their nature, and again, power-assist is usually necessary for heavier vehicles equipped with discs. Times change...but when I see a grown "man" who can't deal with non-power-everything, I just have to laugh. And I'm so glad I'm not one of 'em. EDIT: One thing that "fashion" mandates today (that's stupidly counter-functional) is huge heavy rims and tires. The really big ones just aren't required for exceptional stopping, handling, or traction. All you need to do to prove it to yourself is look at road-race cars that usually run 18 inchers, max, with very light tires. Huge, heavy rims and tires, part of undesirable "unsprung weight", actually make a car ride harder, accelerate slower, use more gas, and interfere with good roadholding. And the bigger ones on 4X4 mall-crawlers are totally unnecessary. But nobody in "look at me" mode (and those who market to 'em) seems to know, or care.

I think this is stock. The upper "supply" hose comes out of a fitting in the RH head, aft of the RH upper radiator hose. There's a shutoff valve too. The lower "return" hose goes into a fitting on the side of the RH water pump. Not a great photo, but you can see the general routing. Fitting for heater hose screws into hole facing the camera, in RH (passenger side) water pump.

Was there ever anything more "frumpy and uninspired" than today's typical real-world fashion?

Amen.

Yes.

That's an exhaust crossover pipe. One exhaust manifold dumps forward, crosses over, and picks up the rest of the system on the other side.

Eighties girls...Pepperidge Farm remembers.

True enough, but a couple of points: when was the last time you saw a 4'10", 90 lb. woman? Most of 'em in my neighborhood are about 5'6" and 170 lbs. They look like truck drivers in drag or shapeless blobs of flesh in sweats. No muscle though, I'll give you that. Funny thing too is that the ones who "go to the gym" and try to stay reasonably fit still get as close as possible to the entrance at the market or the mall, and rolling up a manual window on a door with an actual key is just too exhausting to even contemplate. When I was a kid, almost every full-grown 5'4" 125 pound woman could drive a car with a manual gearbox and un-assisted steering. All my significant-others could too. And now, most of what passes for men, can't.

I have no idea. None, zero, period. EDIT: But I have an inkling of where to start searching...

But only morons write like this.

Alright boys, take a number and line up.