Fan
When confronted with the problem of my fan hitting the lower radiator hose on my 48 Chevy I marked the end of each blade with 1 inch masking tape and the cut off that inch with a die grinder. No problems with balance as the same amount of material was taken off each blade. Still moves more...
Sales tax
In Washington St. we have to pay sales tax on out of state purchases only if the vender has a physical presence in the state. Example is Amazon, if you buy something from a vender on Amazon and the supplier is out of state and shipped from out of state we pay sales tax because...
Tires
I may be wrong, but I don't think there is a federal rule about fixing tires over 6 yrs old. It sounds like a sales trick that the dealers use to get you to buy new tires, or they are afraid to fix anything anymore. Google it.
Cad. 500
472/500/425/368 ci engines all look the same and there are no numbers to tell you what you have. the only way is to measure the stroke. This can be done with a stiff wire down the sparkplug hole.
Stroke can be measured through spark plug hole if the engine will turn over.
1968-'74...
Milage
I have a Chevy Druamax and have gotten 23mpg empty on the freeway. I once had a Ford with a 460 and got 18 mpg, 9 in the city and 9 on the freeway, lol.
Brakes
I used a Speedway universal kit with the Corvette master cylinder and mine also had a deep hole in the end of the cylinder shaft, BUT it also came with a insert with a dimple on one end so it could be used for power brakes. What they left out of my kit was the plastic bushing that goes...
Sharkhide
Great stuff, used it on all the polished aluminum trim as well as the wheels on my 66 Satellite. Available at Eastwood. Just follow instructions.