Ace-Garageguy

"Down two, then left" used to be my location under my avatar, before in the interest of "security" locations were banished.

Yeah, it's pretty common and as you say, one of the easy tipoffs to scammitry...or is it scammage...? However, as "common knowledge" continues to decline and any kind of proof-reading is apparently just too much trouble, I notice all kinds of spllellink and grammur and linguine misteakes everywear.

Monkees don't know what sentences are either.

P.M. ed

"South" has always meant "land of miserably hot and sticky summers" to me, and this year seems no different.

From the definitive search engine whose corporate motto was "DO NO EVIL" to a hypocritical self-righteous dogma and greed driven pile of ...

Mozart probably knew what a sentence is.

Word-salad is a product of stupid trying to sound smart.

The Columbia is made for a "closed driveline" or "torque-tube" setup, but could be converted to an "open" style driveshaft coupling. The only other major mod required would be replacing the buggy-spring perches with semi-elliptic perches welded to the axle housings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TO sidcharles: The above statement is self-explanatory. It deals with additional modifications required to convert a torque-tube rear to an "open" configuration. Conversely, to convert a torque-tube rear end on a transverse leaf spring to work with parallel leaf springs, the driveline must also be converted to an "open" configuration. Sorry I can't go into more detail but some glitch in the forum's software prevents me from posting a very complete response.

NOTE TO MODS: I've written an in-depth response to this question, clarifying seeming contradictions. HOWEVER, somewhere in the text is apparently one of the keywords or phrases that set your forum's software's hair on fire, and that has triggered the dreaded "PAGE CAN'T BE FOUND" when I try to post it. Sorry, but it's just not my job to jump through hoops to compensate for software glitches when I take the time to write and post complete factual technical information in response to questions posted by forum members.

Turboed cars can be great. Think about the Porsche 930 that set a performance benchmark and was one of the most desirable cars on the planet, even though it was not very forgiving to drive. They also tend to be complex and reliability and ease of service/maintenance can suffer as a consequence. Back in the '80s there were many shops turboing everything imaginable, and while a lot were turkey hack-jobs, some were well thought-out and engineered and beautifully fabricated...and very fast.

Shouldn't really be a problem. The steels used in them is very good, and modernizing bearings, seals, and lubricants can give excellent reliability. (*You wouldn't want cheap "offshore" bearings and seals, as they tend to fail early even installed in things like little Toyotas. US or German or Japanese-made bearings and seals please, NOS if you can find it.) "Modest power levels" is one key element, not abusing the drivetrain by clutch-dumping, etc. is another, and keeping vehicle weight down to what was expected when the rear-ends were made is another. Though it's not common these days, there are some people who actually DRIVE their old cars as daily transportation, and it's important to remember that these were all quite dependable NEW cars at one point, in use every day and taken on long trips. In the early days of drag racing, it wasn't uncommon to see old Ford banjo rear axles behind Chrysler hemi engines making many times the power and torque the axles were designed for, and though failures were frequent (and not costly, as junkyards were full of cheap replacements), breakage was a direct consequence of severe abuse...NOT because of any inherent weakness that would affect normal day-to-day operation. When you really get down to it, depending on the funds available, every internal component (including gears) inside an old Ford torque-tube style rear end can be re-engineered and made to the standards of late 1950s (the introduction of the Ford 9" rear end) through mid 1990s, when Detroit rear axle assemblies were as close to "bulletproof" as any OEM parts ever manufactured.

Smokin' '50s style swing jazz...great for working on hot rods. Disclaimer: I've only listened to the first cut, but if the rest is as good...

Stop destroying the past with stupid.

This saddens me. Staying there was on my bucket list for once I got to AZ. Beautiful beautiful beautiful classic kind of lodge they just don't build anymore.

Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim...truly tragic. Now, back to the one sentence game. The last word was "please".

More information on where that is please. ^^^

Coast Guard cutters tend to be fast, capable, and beautiful.

All the Columbias under Fords and Ford products were delivered with buggy springs. Anybody who says otherwise is blowing "internet expert" smoke. "Buggy springs" are, by the way, nothing but transverse leaf springs. AND...you can set one up with parallel leaf springs or even coils (either of which can be put under virtually any car) but that usually requires changing the torque-tube snout on the housing to an "open" style universal joint...all standard practice on Ford "banjo" rear ends in non-stock applications for more than 70 years. And for credibility's sake...part of what I've been doing for a living for over 5 decades is building "period" hot rods.

Shameless lies, including bizarre revisionist history that has no basis in reality, being presented as truth by mainstream and social media. It's called "retconning". It used to only be done to fiction. Anyone who disagrees has their comments disappeared. AND THE VAST MAJORITY APPARENTLY DON'T KNOW OR JUST DON'T CARE.

Their inept tinkering with the functionality of the site continues unabated, and highlights the fact that there appears to be ZERO OVERSIGHT as to whether changes actually WORK or not. The latest glitch is the disappearance of written descriptions in the listings across the site. While the descriptions display for a second or two, they disappear shortly, leaving prospective buyers with nothing to rely on but the listing header and the photos. Good job.

"Speed kills" they told me, but I always thought it was the sudden stop.

A wise starship engineer once said "the more you over-think the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drains".

Balanced personalities are easier to deal with than those who are unbalanced.