: Did a little junk yarding yesterday and found
: four 15x7 cop car wheels. Got them for $11
: each.. now I need to find the dog dish style
: hub caps.. preferably the ones with the
: little holes around the outer edge, but I'll
: take anything that will look cool. Any
: sugestions out there on possible sources of
: reproductions, or good used versions? Or do
: any of you guys have some you would like to
: get rid of?
:
: thanks,
: matt-

: Hope the Valiant is going well.
: Lou

: Hey Lou,
:
: Things are starting to happen with the valiant.
: Actually drove the thing around the block
: the other day. First time on the 5speed.
: Clutch was dragging a little making it hard
: to shift, especially reverse.. If you
: remember I'm using a mcleod hydro Throw Out
: bearing and a toyota truck master cyl..
: turns out I blew it a little figuring out
: piston volumes and linkage ratios.. I'll be
: replacing the toyota master with one from
: wilwood (only $43) that has the same bore
: size and 0.4" more stroke, which will
: be perfect, and my wife will still be able
: to depress the pedal without getting a leg
: cramp.. Haven't swapped in the 8-3/4 or the
: front discs yet, wanted to see some results
: from the trans swap before I changed more
: stuff.. Changing too many things at once is
: a perfect way to get in trouble..
:
: matt--

: So you kept the small BP on the '68, but you
: went to the newer stuff on the '64.. so much
: for parts swapping between cars..
:
: Yea, I read one of your posts on the OD swap..
: sounds really cool. Did the adapter plate
: cause any depth problems with your torque
: converter to trans coupling? Just curious,
: don't know much about those awful-tragics, I
: mean, automatics..
:
: 5-speed swap.. I would do it differently next
: time.. If I do, I'll sell off this setup.
: first things first, though, I need to get
: this on the road.. But once I get around to
: it, I want to do a supra 5spd setup, got
: interested in it from a guy who was using it
: behind a buick, and from there I learned
: about the australian guy
: (castlemansrodshop)who makes all kinds of
: bellhousings for trans swaps, but none for
: the 'yota box to slant.. It's a superior
: gear box compared to the t-5's, even the
: world class versions, and it's cheaper and
: pretty common in the pull-yor-parts.. down
: side is it was a weird case to bell mounting
: pattern, no normal round bearing retainer..
: so some funky machining needs to be done..
: It'll probably be summer before I get into
: that ball of fun..
:
: Yea, we should catch up.. when are you moving?
:
: matt-

: Did a little junk yarding yesterday and found
: four 15x7 cop car wheels. Got them for $11
: each.. now I need to find the dog dish style
: hub caps.. preferably the ones with the
: little holes around the outer edge, but I'll
: take anything that will look cool. Any
: sugestions out there on possible sources of
: reproductions, or good used versions? Or do
: any of you guys have some you would like to
: get rid of?
:
: thanks,
: matt-

: Matt I've got four off a 78 dodge pickup,
: pretty straight alittle rubbing will take
: out the waves. You are right the old
: Plymouth sedans had 1/4" circular
: indentations around the perimeter where as
: the trucks had a series of small and large
: ridges I have the latter.I had 15x10 wheels
: made and my old hubcaps need a home Bruce
: Johnson Portland OR