What's in your Garage? AK Car Show!

[RFP]

'87 Porsche 911 /M491 ... Number 40 of 62 made

 

[YY1]

Timeless.

 

[OldJBL]

My suv. 2000 Mountie, 5.0, AWD, 59,000 miles. Bought it new in 2000.

I am curious. Are you a member at ExplorerForum.com? You have a nice Explorer and being a California vehicle it must be in exceptional condition underneath.

 

[skippy_ps]

I am curious. Are you a member at ExplorerForum.com? You have a nice Explorer and being a California vehicle it must be in exceptional condition underneath.

Yep, I'm a member there. I have found some really helpful info there when I was trying to figure out how to repair some widget. But, like any auto forum, you gotta double check what folks are telling you. Explorer forum was really helpful when I was changing the cam synchronizer.

What guys sometimes don't think about is that even though a vehicle may have low miles all of those rubber/plastic suspension parts crap out simply from age. All of the boots on the ball joints split open and the lower control arm bushings were cracked and hard as a rock. Changing the lower ball joints was no fun at all.

Some fairly recent pics underneath.

Torsion bar removal.

Original lower a arm getting new bushings.

New inner and outer tie rods, sway bar link.

 

[centsless]

07 Indy Pace ...with about four-five thousand in upgrades. Fast intake, stainless headers, K&N air, Billy Boat exhaust, Pioneer sound system, and Michelin Pilots...

 

[RFP]

Oh, nice 'Vette!

Here's my C6

 

[noogies]

Our 2004 NB Miata and ... the mystery vehicle!

Guess what?

 

[TomD62]

 

[OldJBL]

Yep, I'm a member there. I have found some really helpful info there when I was trying to figure out how to repair some widget. But, like any auto forum, you gotta double check what folks are telling you. Explorer forum was really helpful when I was changing the cam synchronizer.

What guys sometimes don't think about is that even though a vehicle may have low miles all of those rubber/plastic suspension parts crap out simply from age. All of the boots on the ball joints split open and the lower control arm bushings were cracked and hard as a rock. Changing the lower ball joints was no fun at all.

I have been a member there for almost 20 years and have owned explorers or mountaineers continuously since the mid 1990s. Being a member there has saved me thousands upon thousands of dollars in repair costs. The good thing about ExplorerForum is there are plenty of knowledgeable and they quickly call our the posers. The one very good thing about where you live is rust isn't an issue. Making most repairs is something that can be done. Keeping a rusted out hulk on the road is a fool's errand.

 

[OldJBL]

T-5 was a POS out of the box. I could never rush shifts with it.....

I'll never forget when the T-5 blew. I was doing a somewhat hard pull at a low RPM in third gear and it sounded like a grenade exploded under the car. Right after that there was this horrifying sound like rocks were being chopped up in a big blender. The good thing is this lead to the T56 being installed. I think it was the most satisfying mod I did to the car. It shifts like butter and with a Steeda Triax shifter it just rips through the gears with ease, if needed. The worst mod was installing a SPEC Stage 3 clutch. It takes a huge amount of effort to disengage it but on the up side it will never slip even a millimeter.

 

[Mr.Jim]

Mini Cooper S

 

[Danddd]

I have a tendency toward wagons

 

[usedto]

 

[Blue Shadow]

Looks like it was watered and shrank based on the patina.

 

[quiet]

The Chrysler New Yorker took me to Oklahoma and back last week. The Dodge Dart went grocery shopping last night and the Oldsmobile Toronado locomotioned itself about 100 feet today for the first time since 1976.

 

[noogies]

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and ... the mystery vehicle!

Guess what?

Okay, did I keep you in suspense long enough?

'69 Olds 4-4-2.

 

[Roadrash]

Okay, did I keep you in suspense long enough?
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'69 Olds 4-4-2.

Nice!

 

[A/D/Slover]

Inside my garage surely is a show.……just no car ……..driveways will have to do for people movers………the 93 Burban slowly secretes on the street

 

[bobabode]

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Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

 

[noogies]

Inside my garage surely is a show.……just no car ……..driveways will have to do for people movers………the 93 Burban slowly secretes on View attachment 2879108 View attachment 2879109 the street

Those look pretty nice considering they spend their lives out in the elements!