Car Dealerships

[dr wu]

The mechanic I've known for years retired and I actually miss him. Old school two bay dump absolutely dripping with coolness if you have an eye for it. I've been fortunate to have an actual sent-from-central-casting honest mechanic over many years. His retirement made me a more motivated do it yourselfer.

We have a local guy who is somewhat old school...small garage on side street in our town....hope he stays open.

 

[pigfarmer]

When cars still had points

.....never one to pass up an opportunity for a gratuitous photo. This one has ignition points in it. You can still get them and they are of good quality. Ancient stuff, lost art.
That's part of the shop I mentioned.

 

[JahaRa]

@pigfarmer do you want a 1961 Ford F100 Unibody pick up to restore? According to my nephew he thinks I could get 500.00 for it, according to his dad (my brother) it is in good shape. I think it will be too much work and I already have a long list to deal with, but it does have sentimental value for my brother and me.

 

[pigfarmer]

@pigfarmer do you want a 1961 Ford F100 Unibody pick up to restore? According to my nephew he thinks I could get 500.00 for it, according to his dad (my brother) it is in good shape. I think it will be too much work and I already have a long list to deal with, but it does have sentimental value for my brother and me.

Thank you very much and I'd love to but there is that pesky entire continent between us

I wasn't sure exactly what you had. At random I found this.
Looking Back: 1961-63 Ford F-100

So the 'unibody' has to do with the sheet metal, the way the cab and the bed are connected. Normally they aren't and I guess this vehicle is how they figured out they shouldn't be. We learn by doing.

There is a collector market and that thing is cool ! Southwest vehicle, been in a family for decades, limited run .... the ad writes itself! I haven't seen it to know the actual condition but I'd be careful before letting it go on the cheap. Restoration means real shop real skills. But hell if we were neighbors I'd be farting around with it to see if I could get it running

 

[pigfarmer]

1961 ford f-100 1/2 ton Values | Hagerty Valuation Tool®

 

[JahaRa]

Thank you very much and I'd love to but there is that pesky entire continent between us

I wasn't sure exactly what you had. At random I found this.
Looking Back: 1961-63 Ford F-100

So the 'unibody' has to do with the sheet metal, the way the cab and the bed are connected. Normally they aren't and I guess this vehicle is how they figured out they shouldn't be. We learn by doing.

There is a collector market and that thing is cool ! Southwest vehicle, been in a family for decades, limited run .... the ad writes itself! I haven't seen it to know the actual condition but I'd be careful before letting it go on the cheap. Restoration means real shop real skills. But hell if we were neighbors I'd be farting around with it to see if I could get it running

Yes that is it. The one in the picture seems to have a longer bed. It is not in good shape. and is yellow. Sat in the mountains for 20 years. It did run 20 years ago but mice, chipmunks and neglect have probably ruined the engine. My brother has a solution he will make up for me once I get the spark plugs cleaned up, but who knows, at the rate I am going it will be another 20 years. It needs new brakes, tires, the front end is messed up and it needs body work. I will see if I can load a photo of it to photo bucket and the post it here, my photo bucket account keeps asking for money so I am downloading all the photos I have there to my new computer so I can delete them. My nephew says it would take a shop with a 100,000.00 worth of equipment to get it in shape to run again. My brother thinks I can do it myself with his help. (he and I are sentimental about it, but I think he is more than I)

 

[pigfarmer]

Yes that is it. The one in the picture seems to have a longer bed. It is not in good shape. and is yellow. Sat in the mountains for 20 years. It did run 20 years ago but mice, chipmunks and neglect have probably ruined the engine. My brother has a solution he will make up for me once I get the spark plugs cleaned up, but who knows, at the rate I am going it will be another 20 years. It needs new brakes, tires, the front end is messed up and it needs body work. I will see if I can load a photo of it to photo bucket and the post it here, my photo bucket account keeps asking for money so I am downloading all the photos I have there to my new computer so I can delete them. My nephew says it would take a shop with a 100,000.00 worth of equipment to get it in shape to run again. My brother thinks I can do it myself with his help. (he and I are sentimental about it, but I think he is more than I)

You can just paste a pic right here on the forum, no need for photobucket. I'd like to see it.

You'd really have to examine the frame to see if it's just a parts vehicle. Even if it is the only loss would be to your sentimentality, people collect things like this. In your area 20 years outside might or might not kill it. Without knowing if it runs I'd have to see if the motor is seized. Might not be, but just firing it up is a real bad idea.

I'd pull the plugs and unload a good shot of WD40 in each cylinder. Marvel Mystery Oil would be preferred but a spray can is easier to apply - as long as you don't drop the little red tube extension in the plug hole. Unload some lube in each one, clean the plugs and put them back in. Open the oil fill cap and dump as much Marvel Mystery Oil in there as you can until it fills right up to the top. Put the oil fill cap back on and ignore it for a month. Really. A month.

Then you pull the plugs and try to turn the motor over by hand. Might need a big socket on the crank bolt but you don't want to force anything. If she turns she turns. If not lather, rinse, repeat come back in a couple weeks. You're in no hurry and time is your friend. Even if it's not seized I'd still do this to make sure you don't destroy it by firing it up. You'd eventually drain all that out, give it fresh oil and filter just to get it so you could evaluate the rest. Carbs, brakes, electricals, front end work is easy stuff.

If I had a piece of property to run it on I wouldn't care if it was screwed up as long as it ran. Is that 5 acre piece an option to keep it on or is it in someone's driveway?

 

[JahaRa]

You can just paste a pic right here on the forum, no need for photobucket. I'd like to see it.

You'd really have to examine the frame to see if it's just a parts vehicle. Even if it is the only loss would be to your sentimentality, people collect things like this. In your area 20 years outside might or might not kill it. Without knowing if it runs I'd have to see if the motor is seized. Might not be, but just firing it up is a real bad idea.

I'd pull the plugs and unload a good shot of WD40 in each cylinder. Marvel Mystery Oil would be preferred but a spray can is easier to apply - as long as you don't drop the little red tube extension in the plug hole. Unload some lube in each one, clean the plugs and put them back in. Open the oil fill cap and dump as much Marvel Mystery Oil in there as you can until it fills right up to the top. Put the oil fill cap back on and ignore it for a month. Really. A month.

Then you pull the plugs and try to turn the motor over by hand. Might need a big socket on the crank bolt but you don't want to force anything. If she turns she turns. If not lather, rinse, repeat come back in a couple weeks. You're in no hurry and time is your friend. Even if it's not seized I'd still do this to make sure you don't destroy it by firing it up. You'd eventually drain all that out, give it fresh oil and filter just to get it so you could evaluate the rest. Carbs, brakes, electricals, front end work is easy stuff.

If I had a piece of property to run it on I wouldn't care if it was screwed up as long as it ran. Is that 5 acre piece an option to keep it on or is it in someone's driveway?

It always tells me the photo is too large. I have even cropped pictures and they still are too large. Maybe I can figure out how to change it from jpg to something else.

 

[pigfarmer]

It always tells me the photo is too large. I have even cropped pictures and they still are too large. Maybe I can figure out how to change it from jpg to something else.

I assume you got a Windows PC. Right click Start, hit Run. In the box type mspaint. When it opens paste in your photo.

Control + W opens the Resize and Skew dialogue box. I usually make them anywhere from 10-30% of their original size then copy and paste the reduced size. Don't think I bothered with the last pic and it was a little over 4MB.

 

[nivek]

It always tells me the photo is too large. I have even cropped pictures and they still are too large. Maybe I can figure out how to change it from jpg to something else.

The maximum image size set for attachments has been at 900 megabytes with no restrictions on dimensional size (width and height)...I've had it set that way for many years and doubt any images posted here even reach 100 megabytes much less 900 megabytes but I have a high ceiling set so there is basically no ceiling...

Maybe I can figure out how to change it from jpg to something else.

It shouldn't matter, here's the list of attachments the forum software accepts...

zip
txt
pdf
png
jpg
jpeg
jpe
gif
tiff
mp4
svg
ogx
mp3
wav
epub
m4a
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[JahaRa]

I assume you got a Windows PC. Right click Start, hit Run. In the box type mspaint. When it opens paste in your photo.

Control + W opens the Resize and Skew dialogue box. I usually make them anywhere from 10-30% of their original size then copy and paste the reduced size. Don't think I bothered with the last pic and it was a little over 4MB.

You assume incorrectly. Thank you for the pointers though. I have a Mac. I am a Microsoft hater, I have to use a pc with Microsoft OS for work and every update causes me grief. I am too old to be learning new menu paths every 3 weeks and after Windows 3 I found Microsoft to be quite lacking and too much overhead.

When I have time to spend I will figure out how to change the size of the photo. I have a new Mac and the photo app does not work the same as the old one. I plan on retiring next year and hope that will give me time to get to all the little things that keep moving further and further down the list.

 

[nivek]

[QUOTE="JahaRa, post: 122621, member: I have a Mac. I am a Microsoft hater, [/QUOTE]

I don't like Apple/Mac, too much intrusive software, like Windows 10...I use Linux mainly however Windows 7 is the best Windows version IMO and I use that version of Windows because of programming software I need for work that only runs on Windows...

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[JahaRa]

[QUOTE="JahaRa, post: 122621, member: I have a Mac. I am a Microsoft hater,

I don't like Apple/Mac, too much intrusive software, like Windows 10...I use Linux mainly however Windows 7 is the best Windows version IMO and I use that version of Windows because of programming software I need for work that only runs on Windows...

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My boss sent me home with a computer and monitors so I could work from home. Our company has a policy that no personal computers can be used to dial on to the network. They are switching the database to some hellish microsoft database, very cumbersome and table driven. The current software I program for is a government contract so it will not be converted to the new database until long after I retire, if at all. Microsoft is much more intrusive than Apple in my experience, not to mention how many layers it takes for any software to function and the many layers of security to even match that of a unix system or Mac.

 

[pigfarmer]

I look at operating systems and the hardware that they run the way my dog looks at the kibble I just put in her bowl. Oooh ! My favorite. Because it's what's there.

At work we'd have The Thing and we'd have meetings about it, work overtime and get called out over it. The Thing had a function and it fit into Initech or whatever Office Space it was in installed in. People were hired and fired, awarded bonuses, you name it over The Thing. And then one day it's in my garage and I'm scavenging a power supply out of it. Burp. Next.

 

[nivek]

Got sick of dealerships nonsense and finally did the oil and filter on my truck.

That's one task I've never paid someone to do before, I've always did it myself like most other minor maintenance chores for the car...I don't use any synthetic oil or other synthetic fluids in my car...Oil processing has advanced and regular oil lasts longer, in my last vehicle I changed the oil every 10,000 miles, will be doing the same with the vehicle I recently purchased as well...

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[pigfarmer]

That's one task I've never paid someone to do before, I've always did it myself like most other minor maintenance chores for the car...I don't use any synthetic oil or other synthetic fluids in my car...Oil processing has advanced and regular oil lasts longer, in my last vehicle I changed the oil every 10,000 miles, will be doing the same with the vehicle I recently purchased as well...

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I just had some weird mental hurdle to get over - "new" truck and all. Well, six years late it ain't. I just put in the OEM spec synthetic blend it called for. Two turbos, wee v-6, easy enough to give it what it wants. Switched my wife's car over to Mobil 1 a year or two ago when it ticked over 100K. You want to see real kookery there's the Bob is the Oil Guy (or something website). Talk about going down a rabbit hole.