Ace-Garageguy

Engineering an auxiliary tank arrangement isn't difficult, and they are common on this series of truck. The pinched bedside on your wercker photo would tend to preclude mounting tanks outboard of the frame rails, but there's plenty of room under those trucks to mount tanks inboard of the rails, between the rail and the driveshaft. That's where the OEM tank is in my '89 GMC. The auxiliary filler would be in the side of the wrecker bed in that case.

Wow. They shoulda done a "signature version".

Does your Saab still have the ignition switch in the console? The last Saab I drove was a 99 (not model year...a Saab 99) and that's where the switch was.

^^^ And people think I'm just a crazy old Luddite because I have little use for new cars...

Yeah...could be kinda thrilling if you got punched in the side... The next year, GM mounted the tank outboard of the frame rail behind the cab, and later still, inboard of the frame rail behind the cab.

The cabs with the filler in that location, I believe thru '72, had the tank behind the seat...IN the cab. The tank is installed on-edge, as below. The hole in it is for the sending unit that drives the gauge.

Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Even gladder I bought those slick Tamiya panel scribers now...

Yeah...I'm looking for info too before I get spendy.

Anybody have any experience with Vic's Resin?

Glad you're saving her. It's insane what repairs cost now (even though I'm in the business), and it seems like every body shop is looking to retire on every job these days. I just saved a '96 Miata that totaled at close to $7000 for less damage than you have there. LOTS of nice old cars are getting gone because of that, and the insurance companies not wanting to pay. Stated-value insurance is getting to be a viable option, especially if you have multiple vehicles. The annual mileage limits used to be around 1500-2500, but there are some policies that go as high as 10,000. If you have 3 old vehicles, that's plenty of annual mileage, and it can be cheaper than insuring just one "real" car.

Got a screaming deal on a box of vintage HO scale Kadee couplers, enough to refit 20 cars, and a nice selection of Details West, Tichy, and Cal-Scale super-detail parts. I've been collecting old-school "craftsman" ho kits for a while now. To me, they're great fun to build, because of the "difficulty", and the subject matter (the steam-to-diesel transition era, when I was a kid). Done right they look great, but are somewhat lacking in detail and function that becomes apparent when used with today's rolling stock...but nothing that a little retrofitting won't fix. Cal-Scale

Yeah, I really didn't want to buy them right now, and I probably overpaid a little, but I haven't seen any '62s up for sale in quite a while...and they're not getting any cheaper. Watch R2 repop 'em next year.

A couple of AMT '62 Pontiac Tempests. One will be Mickey Thompson's first FX/A car, something I've wanted to build for decades.

Put me down fer all of 'em. Dem's my kinda vehicles.

I got past a landmark in my rehabilitation. The day started out as a frustrating mess, with multiple suppliers and the USPS all having issues simultaneously. So rather than sit and stew in anger, I slipped the leash and decided to see if I could accomplish a personal goal. Several years back, I'd allowed myself to really pork up, and when an old lawn chair I plopped down in collapsed under me, I cracked my pelvis. Chronic pain, partial immobility, and a pronounced limp followed...and it was the kind of break they really can't do much for, actually through the socket of the hip joint (but lucky for me, the crack wasn't all the way through, and the pieces stayed in alignment...pretty much. A few years prior to that, I'd been an avid hiker, and kept myself reasonably fit by hiking several times a week. But I let a bad attitude regarding the way some things in my life were going take the fun out of my days, and I packed on the pounds. I probably lost some bone density too, due to the lack of regular weight-bearing exercise...and that likely contributed to the hip fracture too. Anyway, after a few years of slowly taking off weight and building up my strength and pain tolerance again, today I was able to make it all the way to the top of Kennesaw Mountain, an 800 foot rise going up a 1.6 mile road. What used to take me less than 20 minutes took every bit of 40, but that's fine with me. If I can do it at all, I can certainly do it quicker. And I only needed two aspirin. http://www.georgiatrails.com/gt/Kennesaw_Mountain_Road

Yes...the only people who seem to have what I need new are dealers, but so far all I've found for this stuff is NOS. And I just got an e-mail that my order can't be filled due to "website problems".

Fine model. Missed it before somehow, glad I found it. These cars are so clean that they respond well to mild customizing, and the Caddy swap is an old-school natural I've seen done frequently in 1:1. My father agreed, and bought one to replace our '51. My mother, who was a designer herself (clothing mostly) loved the way it looked, but made the Old Man take it back because the much lower seating position bothered her so much.

Pan-fried 3/4 pound blue-cheese burger. Brown finely chopped onion and garlic in a tablespoon of olive oil. Plop the burger on, and the onion/garlic mixture forms a nice crispy crust. Flip it when it's time, and cover with crumbled blue cheese for the last minute or so of cooking, covered. I usually slather the bun with Hellman's mayo, a little Dijon mustard, and top with a juicy slice of heirloom tomato and cracked pepper. Sliced jalapenos are good too.

Illustrations in my old crash-books and online parts sellers don't clearly show a couple of the minor structural parts I need for the '96 Miata project I recently took on as a "quick turnaround" deal (or call out correct part numbers)...though I was lucky to find OEM front-end structural parts I definitely need, brand new.

Yeah baby...that's looking GOOD. Just an FYI...these things also ran 4-link front suspension WAY before it hit the street-rod scene. First photo reference I found dates back to '47 or '49.

Got a battered but readable factory manual on the GM 3-speed and 4-speed Hydramatics from the early 1960s. The 3-speed is the "Roto-Hydramatic" or "Slim Jim" that's in my '63 Olds 88 convertible. Though the plan is to convert the car to a stick, it's a kinda PITA, so being able to get the gearbox that's in her functioning is a big plus in the short term. The car last ran in the mid 1980s, so there's no telling what's in the gearbox now...but there are (thankfully) still sources for all the wear parts. The 4-speed Hydramatic was the basis for the famous B&M Hydrostick racing trans, and was in lots of production vehicles beginning in 1939, so this manual gives me a lot of potentially priceless info.

It all depends on who did the makeup of the batch of molten metal your particular model was cast from, and whether he allowed the contaminants in it that cause disintegration (lead, which can be sourced very cheaply from recycled batteries and incorporated in "zamak" by unscrupulous manufacturers). I have cast zinc and "zamak" model railroad locomotive shells, rolling stock, and parts from the 1940s through the '60s that have shown no sign whatsoever of coming apart, blistering, or anything else. They were, however, made in the US, Japan, or Korea.

Apparently, the metal mix was allowed to vary from batch to batch during production runs in some instances. I have one Danbury Franklin Mint Pontiac I bought for parts that's as bad as Ray's Cobra, and an identical one that's not deteriorated at all.

Freeman Manufacturing has a series of instructional videos to support their range of tooling, mold-making, and casting products too. https://www.freemansupply.com/video.htm So does Polytek. https://www.polytek.com/how-to/tutorials-videos I've used many of the materials both companies offer, and they're all first rate. Knowledge is power.