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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    08:29 AM

    In reply to Charles Schultz Helps Move '62 Falcons Off The Showroom Floor
    I discovered TOCMP a couple of years back and it's a great resource. The only gripe is that the site is somewhat on the slow side. There's a sister site called Free Car Brochures ([storm.oldcarmanualproject.com]) that has lots of international brochures.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    07:46 AM

    In reply to Charles Schultz Helps Move '62 Falcons Off The Showroom Floor
    Hard to beat a Ford Falcon Futura hardtop. The fordor is alright, too. But the cartoon helps put you in the right frame of mind for considering its ownership and beauty.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    12/06/09

    In reply to Charles Schultz Helps Move '62 Falcons Off The Showroom Floor
    LOL! I had that exact car, same year, in that exact same color once - except I don't recall it having a differently-tagged rear lower panel like that one shows.
    Two-speed auto on the tree, as I recall. Low and Drive... that's all you need, right?
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    12/06/09

    In reply to Charles Schultz Helps Move '62 Falcons Off The Showroom Floor
    I assume the Japanese attributed the Falcon's success to being sold by cartoons, because they did it 30 years later, by getting the Simpsons to shill the '92 Corolla.
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    12/06/09

    In reply to Charles Schultz Helps Move '62 Falcons Off The Showroom Floor
    This one time I saw a Peanuts cartoon on a webstie that, well, err, hmm, sigh lets just say that Charlie Brown wasn't so shy when it came to the fairer sex. I didn't know Schultz had it in him!
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    12/06/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Thriftpower Six
    My grandfather used a 250cu id to power a hydraulic blockbuster for splitting wood for his slow combustion stove. Perhaps a little overkill but if you've ever split wooden blocks with the old axe style blockbuster you'd think it's the guts of dux.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/06/09

    In reply to Charles Schultz Helps Move '62 Falcons Off The Showroom Floor
    Wow, like I need another site to get lost in! But that one's just lethal looking!
    Thanks (I think!), Murilee!
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    12/06/09

    In reply to Crown Victoria Power Window Regulator Replacement #8, or: How Detroit Cuts Production Costs
    I usually develop unreasonable emotional attachment to my vehicles, that requires extreme engineering if something breaks more than once. In the case of plastic bits which are woefully under-engineered, I have been known to make aluminum replacements. Or even construct completely alternative designs, which can be easily maintained. In the case of the hardware holding the plastic onto the inside of the door, I almost never re-use the clips. I will pony up for new ones if I can find them on the cheap, or if they are some obtuse design, I will redo the interior panel, to include inset screws.

    This very situation, is why I HATE electric windows. They fall into the same category as pneumatic suspensions as far as I am concerned.
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    Image of Jesda Jesda
    04:16 AM

    @DoctorNine: I've never had a power window break, but I did have a manual window in a Nissan bind up. Had to use glue to keep the window shut. :(
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    07:23 AM

    @Jesda: Ha!
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    12/06/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Thriftpower Six
    A friend had a convertible Mustang with this engine about ten years ago. What little power the engine still made was swallowed by the automatic transmission making going on highway on-ramps "interesting". Ridding around with the top down listening to a ball game (AM only, in-dash factory radio) was the coolest thing for this pair of fresh immigrants!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/06/09

    In reply to Charles Schultz Helps Move '62 Falcons Off The Showroom Floor
    "With every passing year those Falcons get prettier and prettier."

    "Birds, Charlie Brown?"
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    12/06/09

    In reply to Crown Victoria Power Window Regulator Replacement #8, or: How Detroit Cuts Production Costs
    Wouldn't it be easier to swap out the entire door?
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    12/06/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Thriftpower Six
    Ford Australia still make that engine. Albeit now a 4.0L twin overhead cam alloy headed grandfather's axe. Some come with up to 400 turbo-charged horsepowers.
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    12/06/09

    In reply to Crown Victoria Power Window Regulator Replacement #8, or: How Detroit Cuts Production Costs
    What is it with Ford and dodgy power windows? An early 90's Falcon (Australian) has power windows that if not used often become stuck, then the motor strips it's nylon gears making the the window as useful as a solar powered torch
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    Image of skitter skitter
    12/06/09

    In reply to Crown Victoria Power Window Regulator Replacement #8, or: How Detroit Cuts Production Costs
    I've come to believe in the car repair buddy-system after a similar repair of a Honda rear-regulator by four arguing engineers (arguing engineers are happy engineers). Between all the cursing, straining, fishing for parts, searching for tools, and failed patch attempts leading up to the eventual fix, we had a wonderful time. And during the project, we were not yelled at for a record-breaking couple of hours.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    12/06/09

    In reply to My Short-Lived Filmmaking Career Made Z-List Stars Of '56 Chevy, '79 Granada
    What, no credits for makeup and hair...? ;-)
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    Image of skitter skitter
    12/06/09

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: If you're serious about your hair, it takes hours to make it look like you've just rolled out of a motel bed.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    12/06/09

    @skitter:
    Yeah, but how do you get the mullet to look so correct...?
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