Guy

California 1975 and older is still exempt from smog, the Leno law would have changed that to cars being 35 years or older being exempt. Once upon a time it was twentyfive years or older were exempt. Most cars 2000 and newer its only a visual inspection with motor running but no sniffer in the tail pipe.

I wish there were a some sort of search engine for the AOAI forums, by topic, old posts get buried, relevant discussions from the past are hard to find. Ive been on this forum a couple of years and I know Ive read something about a particular subject but then am unable to find it, so I start scrolling back through the old posts, was that info in 63/64 or did I see it in Avanti II, or was it trivia,or a pub dicussion. I would like to see a search engine for the site where you could enter a topic and all posts relative, regardless of which forum would be available in one spot. Hows that for an idea? Guy

Someone posted a photo of markings in glove box vanity, I found these markings on glove box door.

Didnt like the way it felt so I decided to take it apart, bend tabs out of way and it comes apart easily, pull apart remove insulator, cleaned traces and contacts with 400 grit and back together

Value is only as valueable as the evalueator. Hasnt this been flogged to death.

I installed Flowmaster cast iron ramhorns headers on my sbc conversion in my 63, very good quality and fit, not cheap, I first ordered a welded tube type ramhorn quality was horrible had to return. Guy.

I went a different way to get rear discs. I took a ford explorer 8.8 limited slip rear end and shortened the left side axle an inch or so, removed ford spring perches and put on ones to fit stude springs, also made mounts for torque rods (traction bars). E brake cable IHad made by california push pull, locally. Nice clean set up.

What was the backspacing on the wheels you used?

You forgot the first rule of business "The customer is always right" not knowing what the guy ended up with for his 100k investment makes it difficult to jugde, after all a custom Avanti just sold on bring a trailer for over 150k

Came across this, thought it might be of interest.

It seems that bleeding of the brakes is a regular problem and multiple people have posted about not having proper pedal height. No one yet has suggested using a pressure bleeder, when I worked as a mechanic thats how we did all the cars, never bench bleeded ever, never had an issue ever. It is not to difficult to make one. Good luck Guy

It will take more than a button battery to run a mechanical clock designed for 12v. Average button 1.5v and even if you put 8 in series to get 12v it wouldnt have the amp/hr capacity to run very long.

What you need is an artist or old school sign painter. We have become paralyzed by tech.

Is the fan shroud the same on a Avanti 2 as the original? I have a SBC in my 63 wondering about what fan and fan clutch to use, fan diameter?

I tried a variety of spray type contact cleaners without success before opening them up. Opening just requires bending the hook tabs a little bit , easy. Even after cleaning with acetone there wasnt continuity untill sanding contacts with 400 grit.