1978 Caprice, the new on-going project! (Yes, I'm still alive!)

[Grand Marquis GT]

The area where the idiot lights are would be great for a tach!

[murphmobile2]

I did fun stuff today. Gauges are in!

[DerekTheGreat]

I ran those cooper equivalents on my Ranger, those were great tires, could handle off ramps at 50+ mph!

[murphmobile2]

The old metal frame wipers are still plentiful in my area, I like the Michelin blades at Wal-Mart myself. At only $6-7 a pop, they work great.

Now I'll have BF Goodrich on the front and Cooper's on the rear! Haha, as long they're all raised white letter and have tread, I'm happy!

[DerekTheGreat]

It rained for about two days here in Ohio, so that helped a lot! We have more coming tonight, so looks like I'll have to cave and get some wipers too, lol.

Send some of that to Michigan! Good wipers make a huge difference, too bad it's getting hard to find the traditional frame type that last more than 3 months... Got those ugly frameless ones on the TC.

I like those tires. I may have to get a set of those for the bird whenever I decide to get new rims.

They sure look nice and provide lots of grip. I was thinking of putting BF Goodrich g-force on the Fireturd next year when it's time to drive that again..

[purplebomb302]

I like those tires. I may have to get a set of those for the bird whenever I decide to get new rims.

[murphmobile2]

It rained for about two days here in Ohio, so that helped a lot! We have more coming tonight, so looks like I'll have to cave and get some wipers too, lol.

[DerekTheGreat]

She's out and about! Glad to be driving the old turd again!

LoL, I know the feeling. I'm getting excited about this warmer weather & melting snow. After a few good rains wash this salt BS away I'll be putting around in my '69 Fury.

[murphmobile2]

She's out and about! Glad to be driving the old turd again!

Ordered my new rear tires, 255/60's to replace my two worn 235/60's. Ordered day before from California, received yesterday. I also ordered a chrome rear view mirror online for my Buick, and it arrived with a small ding and a tiny crack. They didn't want it back when they sent the new one, but it looks great in this car so I'm happy!

[murphmobile2]

Yep, that always drove me crazy. Until I bought headers, it didn't seem to matter what I did to the 302, I just couldn't get it loud enough. Even with headers, it wasn't really loud. The last exhaust I had on it before I sold it sounded the best though. Hedman shorties, 2.5" pipes, an H-pipe, 18" core Thrush glasspacks and dumps before the rear axle. No cats either.

[88Vic]

A lopo Panther with stock duals isn't loud with no mufflers, the tiny pipe, H-pipe and 4 cats keeps it from being loud. In fact mine wasn't really loud enough for me sometimes, but on the days I wanted a quiet cruise, I loved it, nearly silent when you're cruising.

Anyways, hope all those goodies can be put on soon since the weather is finally warming up. I can't wait to see a video of a beastly little 305.

[murphmobile2]

The X-pipe should quiet it down some as compared to an H-pipe, and loud and obnoxious is what I'm going for, haha. But no straightpipes, I hate how anything sounds muffler-less. This will be about as close as I'll ever get to that!

[88Vic]

Being that short it'll probably be pretty loud, even on a low output 305. You might need to have tailpipes made so it doesn't give you a headache. I like the look of old square body car with dual pipes straight out the back, I think straight cut pipe painted black would look awesome, no tips.

On my old 86 C10 that had the 290hp 350, I had Flowtech longtubes, 2.5" pipe with an H-pipe, Flowtech Redhots and turndowns. That was a pretty loud setup, overall louder than the Summit single chamber mufflers I put on but droned less. I think if I had run tailpipes it would've been nicer to drive, not so loud. Being an old truck with no sound insulation didn't help though.

[murphmobile2]

Not a bad idea, I'll hit them with some high temp clear coat! And I finally caved today too...

[88Vic]

As long as it doesn't rust out, damn salt. You should powdercoat all of it, so that, keeping it clean and the lack of condensation made from cats and it probably will never need replacing. The exhaust on my truck is cheap muffler shop pipe, I didn't powdercoat it but I used to wash it all the time and it's still just surface rust after 5 years.