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Hello Folks

I have a 68 fastback Shelby tribute. All the body mods are similar to a shelby of the same year so hope someone has an idea of how to sort

Upon acceleration a very strong smell of petrol enters the cabin

Floats in carb are set correctly and zero petrol smell at the front of the car

I understand it can be the fuel filler rubber tube, the trunk lid seal, gas cap, exhaust tips not being long enough or gaps around tail lamps

My question is, what do you use to seal around the tail lamps and rear panel?

Cheers  Peter

FYi,  when I log onto this site from UK. It always says "Website not secure"  in the address bar once I get in

Cheers. Peter

Hello Folks

Has anyone done a Jack ID article?

I have alot of Jacks and wouldn't mind knowing what's what with them.

Cheers. Peter

Had a free evening for once

Took 2179 for a fast road jouney

Performed very well.. Do think I narrowed down my "noise" to my RH muffler

Here she is resting afterwards

https://imgur.com/gallery/XPTyoli

Just saw this on facebook

https://imgur.com/gallery/kEvqHf7

Hello folks

Recently bought a 67 fastback that I believe has four American racing 14 inch magnesium wheels

The back of the hub mounting area is hollow and they are very light

Five spoke TTD style. Black centers with a bare metal lip

Are these worth anything?

Trying to determine if selling the car with them or without them makes sence

Back of rim on bead area says in raised cast letters, Made in USA and 6x14. Also there are oval metal inserts for behind the wheel nuts. They fit in an oval recess

 A mate asked if I wanted to go to a local show that was happening in a few weeks. I said yes and today was the show. It was a different kind of show in that it was indoors as well as being for the Stance crowd.

So BMWs, VWs, Supras, RX7s, crazy paint, stereos wheels, slammed to the ground cars and then there was us. Him in his 32 street rod and me in the 68 Shelby clone

Well he won best of show and I won a trophy in Vintage....what a surprise

Just goes to show that car folks are car folks, we all like great cars

We met lots of cool people and saw some very impressive cars as well

https://imgur.com/gallery/33Ep9Mn

Even though I adore my 66 GT50 with its 65 style side exhaust it is making me deaf

Can anyone suggest a replacement system?

My car is not concourse nor will it ever be a super duper show car in my ownership, so not looking for a Scott Fuller type of system

I don't however want to make alterations to install a new system

I am thinking about an Arvindode system at this point

Any comments, suggestions would be most welcome.

Took my old car, 2170 with its tired paint and aging good looks out today  and drove two hours round trip to a little breakfast meet early this AM

The highway had traffic issues and my satnav chucked me on backroads the whole way

I pushed the car a bit and it responded with surefootedness and a great sound track

I am always amazed at how a fifty plus year old car can bring a smile to my face

Hope your all driving your Mustangs and Shelbys.

There does not seem to be a place on the forum to put a show report, such as the Charlotte Auto fair or similar.

If its not wanted that's cool just thought folks may like to know what was there, what I bought, what I saw and did.

Cheers. Peter

I know aren't we all :-)

Aggressive buyer of realistically priced very nice driver and better quality Fastbacks and coupes. A few tidy convertibles also considered

I won't be paying full high retail but will pay fair market  money and close quick for the right car.  i'm not looking to steal your baby for a song. I will also answer quickly and never mess you about

I have done several deals with members and am about to close another

Don't care about colour changes or non orignal motors

Don't want rusty patched up cars

Very good fastback projects also bought, I.E. non rusty ones.

Not a buyer on. concourse or super rare stuff

Thought some of you may like to see these

Shop is called GT101 in Colchester Essex

Gulf livery car has 15 miles and is £395k

https://imgur.com/gallery/KsLSF

Two Tachs actually

Before the site went down I had posted I was having issues with a Tach dash where the Tach was pegged as soon as the key was turned

I finally got my hands on another Tach and upon trying that I found the Tach worked fine so the wiring was not at fault. That being said this second Tach didn't return easily to zero

I was shortly heading to the USA so brought both tachs and mailed to Phil Severance who has done some challenger gauges for me and also some previous Tach work

For those with an interest his repairs were as follows:
   
"The tachometer, that pegged, had an internal short that didn't show up until the tach was installed and grounded. I replaced the whole board and will sort the old board when I have more time. The tachometer that didn't zero had a lot of contamination in the meter. I replaced the board, balanced and calibrated the meter. Both should be good to go"