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redindianguy #495466 Sat Nov 30 2013 03:02 PM
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It's that time of year when I have to winterize all the cars. Add fuel stabilizer, check anti-freeze strength, hook up the electronic battery tenders and ect.

Didn't drive this 1966, 427, 425hp, 4-spd, Vette this summer. Was stored above a 1956 2dr Ford Victoria.

Due to more cars then space I was going to order 4 more of these hoists to double park the cars. This hoist has three large plastic drip trays that slide on the rails. A tray is placed below the engine, the transmission and the rear differential. If you have any fluid leaks the trays catch them to prevent the fluids from dripping on the car below.

As luck would have it; unknown to me, sometimes during the past 2 months the rear right brake started to leak on the Vette. The brake fluid ran down the tire and onto the ramp (circumventing the drip trays) and onto the 56 Ford. We all know that brake fluid and paint don't mix well together.

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redindianguy #495467 Sat Nov 30 2013 03:02 PM
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Needless to say a few changes in the shop today.

1.) The 56 Ford is off to the body shop for a complete paint job.
2.) The Corvette is no longer allowed on the top.

and Mick thought he was having a bad day yesterday...

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Wow--that's a sad thing to see Dave! That paint on the ford looked really nice too. That would really make me sick to discover a situation like that!
Now that the vette is on the ground floor, you'll have to drive it a little!


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K W FRITH #495470 Sat Nov 30 2013 03:13 PM
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1956 Ford had very few miles on a 10 year old restoration. Will be doing the brakes on the Vette and replacing all brake lines with stainless steel lines.


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great cars you have their Dave,,sad story on the ford,hard way to learn when something happens like that..love the Nova,when I got out of the service I had ordered a brand new 69 nova
with 396 375hp turbo 400..man that thing was quick.drove the wheels off of it when I got home that first month...wish I still had it,trouble when you get married at a young age,didn`t realize I should of kept it...
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Bummer on the 56 ford deal . You have some nice stuff Dave. Post us a pick of the old 56 when she is repainted .


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Sad to see the damage to the Ford, Dave. Car collections are one of the hardest things to keep without things like that happening. I have never had a large collection but even trying to keep two or three cars nice while they set unused is a challenge. I have thought about stacking cars with the lifts before and always thought about the car on the bottom being vulnerable to such accidents. Guess you could put covers over the bottom cars, but they would have to be impervious to things like brake fluid and then they become really out of sight and out of mind. I have sold a lot of cars over the years that I really wanted to keep simply because when I would get them out to drive it would take a day to fix deteriorated parts or inop systems that were that way just from non use. At least I don't have to worry about driving a gas pump that has sat for a year!.....Gary

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I agree. I have to remove the gas tanks and replace the fuel lines and fuel pumps in three cars because the additives in the new gasoline has softened up the fuel lines. The new ethanol based gasoline's are garbage (in my opinion). They absorb moisture and cause corrosion in the fuel tanks if left to sit and deteriorate.


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I try to keep fuel treatment in mine if I think about it when I drive them. I don't know if it really helps though. I only burn premium that doesn't contain ethanol (supposedly) in my Mustang and add Lucas octane boost to that as it is supposed to have a stabilizer in it. The other problem I have run in to with this ethanol based, highly oxygenated gas is how fast it will evaporate out of carburetors when the car sits for even a week or two. I have a Corvair Corsa with the turbo engine and it has the old carter YH side draft carb. I had to put an inline electric pump on it just to get it started after setting as the fuel is gone in the carb in a few days. The old fuel pumps on those Corvairs won't hardly pump enough fuel to refill a dry carb. I put the same inline electric pump on my Mustang with a bypass circuit so you can just hit the switch to refill the empty carb to get quick starts after it sets for a while. It's a constant battle....

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Chrysler has confirmed the 2015 Challenger "Hellcat" will be going into production. Will have a price tag in the $70,000.00 range.

Challenger SRT with a Hellcat engine is propelled by the new supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI V-8. Its 600-plus horsepower, and 575 ft lbs of torque rating will be the highest of any V-8 engine in Chrysler Group's celebrated history. The all-new V-8 engine can be mated with an upgraded six-speed manual transmission or a beefy, new TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic – the first such gearbox ever offered in the Dodge Challenger SRT's time-honored segment.

Rumor has it, Chrysler wants to have the final horsepower number in at 640HP to tie the Viper V-10 engine numbers.

http://www.drivesrt.com/2015/challenger-srt-hellcat/


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If you are wondering why Dodge chose the Hellcat name for the supercharged HEMI engine. It appears the engine is actually named after a Grumman World War II fighter plane that had its engines built by Nash. Nash later joined Hudson to form AMC (American Motors), which Chrysler acquired in 1987.

It’s not clear whether or not the said trademark lived on under AMC and Chrysler, but the Hellcat fighter plane was of great importance to the U.S. army during World War II, which would explain naming the engine after it. With more than 5,000 enemy aircrafts destroyed and a kill-to-loss ratio of around 19:1, the Hellcats were the most efficient fighter planes the Allies used above the Pacific.


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Originally Posted By: Dave's Garage
Chrysler has confirmed the 2015 Challenger "Hellcat" will be going into production. Will have a price tag in the $70,000.00 range.

Challenger SRT with a Hellcat engine is propelled by the new supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI V-8. Its 600-plus horsepower, and 575 ft lbs of torque rating will be the highest of any V-8 engine in Chrysler Group's celebrated history. The all-new V-8 engine can be mated with an upgraded six-speed manual transmission or a beefy, new TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic – the first such gearbox ever offered in the Dodge Challenger SRT's time-honored segment.

Rumor has it, Chrysler wants to have the final horsepower number in at 640HP to tie the Viper V-10 engine numbers.

http://www.drivesrt.com/2015/challenger-srt-hellcat/



Wonder if it will do 200 out of the showroom like the new GT500 coupes? I would have thought they would have tried to top the GT500 662 H.P. Those Challengers are good looking cars though.


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Awesome cars…. Best looking muscle car on the market today, and Im a Ford Guy!


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It was a fun day of driving in the sun...
57 Pontiac & 2006 Ford GT40 (835HP dyno'd at the rear wheels).

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Dave

You once posted that you look after a large car collection for someone.

Are these part of that owners collection?

He must need a full time mechanic like Jay Leno has to properly maintain so many automobiles?

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