Recent content by 1983regal

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    Your car *WILL* get stolen!

    Almost everything you want to know about open carry, www.opencarry.org and almost every state has an open carry page on facebook.
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    Buick Door shells

    Wow was waiting on these, but you priced them out of reach for 90 % of people who need them.
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    Question About Thermostat Housing for a 1983 Regal W/3.8

    Tried Rockauto and a bunch of other places, turns out my car is a 1983 but the Tstat housing is from a 1981. I don't know the history of the car so not sure if the motor has been changed and they pulled it from an earlier car. Well lets say until the new housing shows up I believe the tstat...
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    Question About Thermostat Housing for a 1983 Regal W/3.8

    Has anyone run into a problem finding a thermostat housing/water outlet for the 3.8? Local parts stores list two different ones and neither are what came on my car. The closest part I have found that looks like mine is listed for the 4.3. Any Help is greatly appreciated.
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    Do bench seat cars have console mounts?

    No only cars that came with a console will have the mounts for a console. The seat mounts for a split bench and bucket seat car are the same though. My regal had the 60/40 split bench and I changed it out to monte carlo SS bucket seats.
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    Dropped spindles roter question

    I believe you need rotors for 84 to 87 g body, the safe bet would be to use them for an 87 g body. The early cars had a smaller spindle stub and somewhere between 80 to 83 they changed twice I believe. Below is from this thread...
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    Bi+C# Thread for the nit-picky old men

    Hey now my R/T Dakota took first place in a car show, they had a class for everything. Was in late model modified truck class, my brothers Jeep tied for third in the same class.:lol:
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    Bi+C# Thread for the nit-picky old men

    Ok I have to throw in the craigslist award and it goes to the word "bumber". Case in point ad copied from craigslist; I have for sale a very strong running 2007 Dodge Dually 3500 with the much loved 6 speed manual transmission. It has like new tires and wheels that really set this truck off...
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    holley vs q-jet

    There should be crush washers on the fitting in the carb not teflon tape. Fuel will eat teflon tape, only other thing you can use is a liquid thread sealer design for fuel systems.
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    Need transmission lines for Th 350 ????

    You can get replacement lines from http://www.inlinetube.com , http://www.classictube.com , just to name a couple. Your only problem is they are direct factory replacements, I know of no company making lines to add an additional cooler. You can make your own lines, auto parts stores sell steel...
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    jeep steering column

    It is not as cheap a route as putting the jeep shaft in but if you can provide the sizes of the splines on the column and the steering box, flaming river sells the u joints and a collapsible shaft that so you can build your own. I talked to them about this a few years ago for a project of mine...
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    Grand National, GNX and T-Type Are Returning to Buick

    Great idea wrong implementation, look at the rear view picture it looks exactly like a BMW. I see the cadillac styling cues but I see more BMW in it than anything else.
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    autometer tach?

    Its not hard but it does need to be made out of a thicker metal, or it will vibrate really bad. I think i used 1/8 inch plate but could be wrong. I do believe the one made by GNS is even thicker, the only thing I noticed on mine is it makes the gauge surround not sit flat anymore. But it was a...
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    autometer tach?

    I wish I took a picture of the mount I made but it is very close to the one in that link. I am bad at taking pictures of anything, let alone any work I do to my car. There are no visible holes even when the mount is removed, I would recommend either making one or buying one from the link I posted.

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