gdp's Comments

Hooniverse : Retromobile 2015: Potpourri Edition

Sat, 21 Feb 2015 05:11:55 +0000

Retromobile is now on my bucket list.

Hooniverse : Mystery Car

Fri, 20 Feb 2015 18:03:26 +0000

Wolseley? Yessssssss! Even better than the Riley.

Hooniverse : Mystery Car

Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:32:23 +0000

Wow. I don't know why, but I thought MG 1100 or Austin America. I wouldn't have guessed Countryman, though. Good catch!

Hooniverse : Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Best 'They All Do That' Dealer Service Story?

Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:34:28 +0000

In the early to mid '70s, lifter noise on startup in Ford V-8s was even noted in the owner's manual.

Hooniverse : Last Call- Pleased to Meat You Bumper Sticker Edition

Thu, 19 Feb 2015 15:23:50 +0000

Someone here needs to buy this thing: 1969 Mercedes-Benz L408 G Auxiliary Fire Truck: http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/merced... <img src="http://assets.hemmings.com/uimage/34774051-770-0@2X.jpg" "width=600"> And it's only 40 grand.

Hooniverse : Hooniverse Asks- What's the Dumbest Specialty Tool Required Maintenance Issue You've Ever Encountere

Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:53:26 +0000

Thanks. That looks like a decent one, but it's Android only. There are some iOS ones (Wi-Fi rather than Bluetooth) on Amazon. I had looked awhile back at some here: https://www.scantool.net/

Hooniverse : Hooniverse Asks- What's the Dumbest Specialty Tool Required Maintenance Issue You've Ever Encountere

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 22:23:22 +0000

Can you post the Amazon link, pretty please?

Hooniverse : Craigslist Crapshoot

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:24:08 +0000

That doesn't make any sense - it's a GT, but with a one-barrel engine. Being a GT, it should have the RPO L11 two-barrel.

Hooniverse : Retromobile 2015: What the Manufacturers Brought

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:17:26 +0000

I love the 604, too. So much so that I've found myself looking at used ones on French car for sale sites, on more than one occasion.

Hooniverse : Good News for Brooklands= Good News For ALL OF MOTORSPORT.

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:06:01 +0000

James May did a tribute to Brooklands on James May's Toy Stories (a wonderful series, if you get a chance to see it). It's Episode Four, where they build a 2.95 mile long Scalextric track, along the original Brooklands route. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May%27s_Toy_St...

Hooniverse : Big in Berlin – Lucille is a 1972 Ford Country Sedan turned German

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:55:10 +0000

Whoa, it's a transplant from SoCal. As for the headlights, been there, done that. I used to run Cibie' low- and high beam headlights on my '68 Bonneville. Of course I had to swap them out and put in the original sealed beams before going for the annual state safety inspection, since the Cibie' lamps weren't DOT marked ("FOR MOTORCYCLE USE ONLY" in the U.S.), and then swap them back in after the inspection. And of course a Country Sedan is a wagon only. Why did they use the name "Sedan"? You got me. The woodgrain version is the Country Squire. When I was in high school in the '70s, we would occasionally carpool in a friend's parents' metallic brown '72 Country Sedan. Other days it would be a '68 Ford Fairlane 4-door sedan (302 2-barrel), a '64 Plymouth Valiant 4-door (Slant Six with a pushbutton automatic), or for a real treat, one guy's mom's '74 Mazda RX-4 4-door with 5-speed.

Hooniverse : Hooniverse Asks- What's the Dumbest Specialty Tool Required Maintenance Issue You've Ever Encountere

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:44:31 +0000

What is that $20 part called? Is it an ELM 327 kinda thing?

Hooniverse : Hooniverse Asks- Do You Know What all the Buttons in Your Car do?

Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:37:01 +0000

Ironically, it's called a "courtesy wipe". It's supposed to get that drip trail that comes down in the sweep area after the wipers shut off.

Hooniverse : 1993 Ford Bronco body on SVT Raptor frame, engine

Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:07:46 +0000

Wow. Having formerly owned a '95 F-150, I look at those door trim panels installed on those '93 doors, and I'm just amazed. The way the top corners of the panel look, it's just like the originals. And the dash? Damn. There's a lot of engineering and fabrication work here. And yeah, I agree, some kind of flares would look good here. Sure, offroading is going to sling dirt and mud on the body, but a set of flares would minimize it, and protect the paint. I imagine there are plenty of wrecked Raptors out there; you'd just have to make sure you trammel the frame, to make it's straight, and also carefully check the suspension and rear axle for damage.

Hooniverse : On Saabs, Crayfish and Chopping Firewood

Tue, 3 Sep 2013 00:23:03 +0000

Wow, crawfish. I loves me some crawfish étouffée, with plenty of Tabasco sauce and a cold beer.

Hooniverse : Nürburgring Sightings – Widebody BMW 2002 touring

Tue, 3 Sep 2013 00:16:43 +0000

Wow, wow, WOW!

Hooniverse : Weekend Edition - When did eBay sellers become so thin skinned?

Mon, 2 Sep 2013 02:08:51 +0000

And Jim, your blood pressure doesn't need that, either.

Hooniverse : Hooniverse Asks- What do you Like Better, New Cars or Old Cars?

Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:17:29 +0000

Plastic vacuum lines are about the worst automotive idea in history. And the white ones are the most crack-prone.

Hooniverse : Hooniverse Asks- What do you Like Better, New Cars or Old Cars?

Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:10:27 +0000

^ ^ ^ What he said.

Hooniverse : NYIAS 2013: Photo dump part threeve

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:45:53 +0000

The headlights on the Z-28 look different, too; no halo lights.and no projector beams, just a simple quad setup.