Mid Mod Guy

I believe so. I’m going to check my tire pressures today as well to make sure I’m fully inflated. Every little bit counts. I appreciate all the replies so far.

Interesting idea. Any photos?

I have not tried backing in, but that’s worth a try. I literally just bought the condo so I have to make this work.

I’m not crazy about changing the tips. And I appreciate your comment about the color. It’s my favorite too!

I just bought a new condo with a 2-car garage, which is great. But the driveway is sloped and pretty steep up to the garage. When I brought my Avanti over for the first time today, I found that backing out to the street, my tailpipes hit the pavement. I managed to pull out with some minor scraping sounds at the end of the pipe. I tried backing out straight, and at various angles, but it just barely scrapes the ground each time. I’m wondering about replacing the pipe tips with something less round, more narrow. See the attached photo. Or are there other options I'm not thinking about?

After lots of background processing and thought, I figured out why my part was not fitting on my Avanti for the backup lights. There’s a small metal threaded reducer that is situated between the backup light switch and the master cylinder. It's a larger diameter on one end and a smaller diameter on the other end. When I took off the old switch, this part was still threaded onto the old switch, and so the new switch didn't fit into the master cylinder correctly. Once I realized this, I unscrewed it from the old switch and then re-screwed into the new switch and now it fit perfectly and the lights work. Yay! Here is a photo with the old switch still in place, in case it helps someone else who encounters this situation.

The brake lights no longer work on my 63 Avanti. I checked the fuse, it looked fine but I replaced it with a new one. That did not solve the problem. So I ordered a brake light switch and went to install it and discovered that the threaded part is too small in diameter and does not fit or match the old part. I checked a couple different sources and they all give me the same part numbers and the same part as the one I already have in my hand. What’s going on? Is it possible? I have a non-standard master cylinder? I don’t think so. Here’s the new part that I have that does not fit.