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Did you do any wheelies along the way? :shock: I remember as a teenager, my dad would overload his '55 Chevy pickup and then invite me to drive. What an experience! It was tough to keep that thing going in a straight line. Had a similar experience with my '75 Ford pickup. Put as much horse manure i...

I looked but didn't see any rust around the edges of the vinyl top. Would be good to get a close up of those areas to check for bubbling.

I like to stabilize rust before covering it with paint or POR15. OSPHO is good but it should be cleaned before painting to avoid acid working under the paint. I used lacquer thinner to get treated rust ready for paint. https://www.amazon.com/Ospho-605-Metal-Treatment/dp/B000C02CDG/ref=asc_df_B000C02...

Leaking caliper(s) got brake fluid on the pad(s)? Front or rear?

I got caught with the different size splines after being assured that the MC SS steering box was a direct bolt in on the El Camino. Well, that's true if you get the MC SS box off a donor and take the pitman arm with it. Otherwise the pitman arm had to be replaced with one with the MC SS spline. In t...

Dave, Had the same issue when a Monte Carlo steering box was swapped in to the El Camino. There are two different diameters for that style of splines. Got it resolved with the seller listed here. https://www.tiresmoke.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1972&p=13144&hilit=1981+el+camino+pitman+arm#p...

I just noticed the cup holder on the driver's door. The guy has a sense of humor.

Don't think the Lincoln wants to be sold. I was taking it to get it cleaned up for a car show where I was going to park it with a "For Sale" sign on it. On the way the AC wasn't cold. WXO and I worked on it and found the refrigerant gone. Scheduled an appointment at Pep Boys to have them l...

If the XTS were a 2016, the iphone would work but I haven't found a 2014 solution. The links you emailed are moving in the right direction, just need to find a solution that doesn't require mods to the car or $6XX price. (IIRC, the in-dash GPS map upgrade is about $150 so that's the upper limit on p...

Something I neglected to post in the summary: smart phone/Google Maps connected to dash is much better technology than in-car GPS systems. Our 2014 XTS GPS data base is 5 years out of date and expensive to update. My Android phone is connected to the car's dash display and audio systems for voice ca...

It was fun following you, the Cossick Farm is in Togo, MN., not too far from Bemidji, the home of Paul Bunyan. :) Hey 32V, Didn't know you were from MN. It is really beautiful country. Would love to see it again but it's a really long drive. We saw the Paul Bunyon statue but didn't stop for a pic. ...