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    Muncher you got on some self-induced delusion ride making up claims i never made. To say "don't buy old car unless you like fixing shit" doesn't automatically mean that old cars aren't reliable (as in it does start all the time and drives). They are quite basics devices devoid of computers so they will run unit something major breaks down. You are, as pointed out by sofaking above denying basic physics and chemistry which annoys me more than your personal insinuation about how little i supposedly know about cars. The never-ending list of shit i had to do to my garage kept, fixed-at-dealership, well-cared-for car should at least clue you in that you are not talking to someone who never held a screwdriver - so have some basic respect. You can keep your car in a garage and drive it for 1 mile every few months and 45 year old rubber will deteriorate. Period. And there is way more rubber on cars than just door seals. The padding will turn to dust after decades and vinyl will start showing small cracks here and there. This is not, as i stayed already, due to lack of maintenance but because chemistry and physics. You can keep you car in your living room and massage it every day before going to sleep and you will still run into shit like speedo cable starts grinding inside the speedometer. Nowhere in the maintenance books does it say - lubricate the speedo cable - because no maintenance book assumes people keeping a car for 45 years.

    Cars this old, no matter how much love they got in their life, will slowly break down. All rubber components will have to be slowly replaced and you will have to re-lube strange places you never think of lubbing up. Unless you love it (and i personally don't mind it at all) or want to keep on discovering new "shit to fix" every few weeks - don't buy an old car or spend $$$ to buy a totally re-built car (in essence a new car). Don't take my word for it. Go to any classic car forum and they will tell you the same thing: you have to love that car as you are in for a long ride.

    Again, this doesn't mean you will not love that you know exactly how your machine works. You will visit every nook and cranny of your car and know intimately what makes it go and there is tremendous sense of satisfaction it. This "know how shit works" is more important to me than countless hours i've put (and still am) into fixing it but i'm certain someone else might not be so keen about spending so much time in their garage.

    • So, Why did you add a fuel pressure regulator, and where did you fit it? Can you tell me which type of fuel pump you have? and what the new carburetor is?...Muncher
    • ... because I'm interested in learning from somebody with far greater experience and knowledge such as yourself.Muncher
    • I'd love to know what grade of fuel line you fitted when you were replacing the carb and presumably the fuel pump, and fitting a new carb.Muncher
    • Because it would be dumb as shit to fit a shiny new carb but keep on using old fuel hose that's being eaten by modern fuel. What kind of fuel hose did you use?Muncher
    • (and fitting a new fuel pressure regulator^^)Muncher
    • and can we see your car too please? That would be awesome. I'd love to see what a proper classic car guy drives.Muncher
    • Heres a few shots of me and my buddy pulling his V8 to replace head gaskets and intake manifold. Took us a whole morning because we're so clueless haha!...Muncher
    • https://postimg.org/…Muncher
    • ^ Started at 9am but didn't get thing back on the road until almost 2pm, what with new headgaskets and various other things we decided to do.Muncher
    • on every classic car forum (and i'm part of 2) there is always one guy who talks a lot but when it comes to details, he runs away.pr2
    • it seems you are one of those guys.pr2
    • you think you can catch someone's fallacy by pointing out that you don't need fuel pressure regulator with electric pump but it's only proving how limited...pr2
    • ...your knowledge is. Some carbs, i bet you didn't know that, require lower pressure than even mech pump outputs.pr2
    • any other questions that reveal more about you?pr2
    • you clearly are not afraid to get your hands dirty but i suspect when it comes to theory, why shit works the way it does, you would rather skip that class.pr2
    • i can bang on the wall with "shit gets old - those are the rules of the universe" and you still would answer "no it doesn't" to which all i can do ...pr2
    • ...is tell you to vote for Trump again.pr2
    • Oh dear. Nothing you say makes any sense. You're just lashing out angrily. Sorry I upset you. Just enjoy your car and learn as you go.Muncher
    • 2 pieces of advice based on 30 years of experience: 1 focus on getting the mechanicals rights and sweet before you start doing the cosmetic stuff.Muncher
    • 2 Don't add anything to try and solve a problem. It might appear to work, but you haven't solved the problem, and it will get worse...Muncher
    • Very few old road cars need a fuel pressure regulator, and if it didn't come with one from factory, it wont need one now unless you have made significant mods.Muncher
    • Significant mods doesn't mean changing the carb. You may need a different pump, or somebody removed your RTT, or your carb float is set wrong, or wrong jets.Muncher
    • Happy to have a chat directly/offline if you want to discuss any issues. I may be able to help.Muncher
    • I'd be interested to know what the symptoms are that you have tried to fix with the FPR. I suspect you either have wrong pump, busted pump, or air in fuel.Muncher
    • And finally, I do concede your original point to a degree... it's a gamble buying old cars, but it's not a given that it will always be a lot of work...Muncher
    • I buy cars that don't run, and I make them run again. Once they are right, they are easy to live with and reliable. It's cars that are not looked after well...Muncher
    • that cause problems for people getting into classic cars for the first time. My current car is a 73 - still on a lot of its original rubber parts. True story!Muncher

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