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Old 08-16-2017, 09:35 PM
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The photographer got some good shots on a nice day.
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Still some good miles left in that tire.
Looks like your going to have to cage the rest of the tires when you show it with them on.
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Old 08-16-2017, 10:43 PM
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Yeah, that was one of two NOS 1973 tires I found. Most of what you run across are 1974 to 1977 which don't have the white "F" shield logo on the sidewall. The three original tires on the car and the original spare are still holding up fine.
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I changed the oil the other day since it has been four years and 674 miles since I got the car on Labor Day 2013. I sent a sample off to Blackstone and got the results back. Though they like to have at least 1,000 miles on a sample so it compares with their 1000-mile analysis baseline figures, they can work with anything. The oil was 5W30 Castrol GTX plus a can of STP Oil Treatment.

Looks like everything is good inside the 44 year old engine. As he mentions, the fact that the car is running on 100 octane Low Lead AVGas, it gives a false positive for lead. Here's what the lab guy said when I pressed him for further info:

"Any way, you're curious about the Avgas adding to lead, and it certainly
would. Avgas is labeled as 100 LL, but it's just considered low amounts of
lead compared to old leaded fuels. There's actually a fair amount of lead
in that fuel, which will make lead read high in our analysis, which is
generally harmless. The only problem with lead reading high is that it
masks lead from the bearings. Everything else looks great for your engine
though, so we aren't concerned with bearing wear now. If you have any other
questions or concerns don't hesitate to get in contact with us."
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One of the out-takes from the photo shoot the other day. :-)
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That out-take is a killer shot.
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Thanks. He took a lot of cool photos at the local airport. Hopefully it will show up in print in the future. I sent a bunch of the outtakes to Enrico and Lenora and they loved them. The are getting them printed and framed.
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It's an absolute mystery as to why only 43 of these cars were built when anyone could have ordered one of these. What an awesome looking car compared to anything else of the era. And it had A/C!
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It's an absolute mystery as to why only 43 of these cars were built when anyone could have ordered one of these. What an awesome looking car compared to anything else of the era. And it had A/C!
Higher insurance rates? Oil crisis? Country turning its back on performance cars and starting to look at BMW 2002s, 240Zs, etc.?
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I changed the oil the other day since it has been four years and 674 miles since I got the car on Labor Day 2013. I sent a sample off to Blackstone and got the results back. Though they like to have at least 1,000 miles on a sample so it compares with their 1000-mile analysis baseline figures, they can work with anything. The oil was 5W30 Castrol GTX plus a can of STP Oil Treatment.

Looks like everything is good inside the 44 year old engine. As he mentions, the fact that the car is running on 100 octane Low Lead AVGas, it gives a false positive for lead. Here's what the lab guy said when I pressed him for further info:

"Any way, you're curious about the Avgas adding to lead, and it certainly
would. Avgas is labeled as 100 LL, but it's just considered low amounts of
lead compared to old leaded fuels. There's actually a fair amount of lead
in that fuel, which will make lead read high in our analysis, which is
generally harmless. The only problem with lead reading high is that it
masks lead from the bearings. Everything else looks great for your engine
though, so we aren't concerned with bearing wear now. If you have any other
questions or concerns don't hesitate to get in contact with us."
Can anyone send this guy a sample? If so what's the process?
Thx!
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