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Moggy struggled to go over hill to the valley so turned around as it was getting oily smoky in the cab .
This engine has done well but have a feeling I need to upgrade ...1098 or 1275 .anyone got a goodie there willing to part with .have a ribbed gearbox waiting....simi valley ,ventura county,Los Angeles area.is the 1500 triumph from spitfire a viable swap as they put them in midgets ....thoughts please...money is limited.....

Question for paint color on my 58 ranger.....mine is orange earl sscheib color from late 80s .it was nearest color but my firewall is original more like tomato soup orange....what is the color as iam looking to repaint soon....

Off work today as feast and famine entertainment business has been messing with my cars and coffee meets .five days a week with weekend work .
So took the ranger out to thousand oaks,every 1st and 3rd saturday.washed in the auto car wash ,hood emblem survived ,.up onto freeway andcruised over the hill ....wings over Camarillo might have syphoned off a few of regulars ,still good turnout...

Ronald Reagan library cars and coffee this morning .had to take the beast as broken truck blocked jalopy and edsels so dodgecwhich has been work commuter this week...here's a bit of what was there....

Out for supercar sunday at pierce college ,woodland hills. Melody went to the antique swap meet and I came and parked up early
Ray with his 55 chevy showed up for a matter and is about to have knee replacement on Wednesday. Best wishes for a speedy recovery .
Edsel still needs some polishing and vacuuming but woody got on list first as I need a cheap daily .headed to TV city ,old CBS for work this week ....here's a look at some of the cars today....

Out for cars and coffee this morning at valencia which i haven't made it to for a while .trying to find a charger for phone that fits dash,not easy to get one as it needs to be very deep....on the road by 630am and a nice drive starting easy but taking it up to 65 across valley...coffee and a bagel from western bagel .not as many people but there are a lot of shows today...good chin wag with some regulars and then early exits heat was building on the asphalt.....up on freeway and all way home 65 to 70....here's a sample of what was there...

First drive since April and my trips to England and Illinois. Out to the parts store and after a haircut for me ,we arrive at the car wash for good wash before it gets too hot .temps are near 100.and the Edsel is running with the electric fan on as a precaution .good to be out on the road. .cars and coffee tomorrow.
When it cools will vacuum and polish.....

Just as a follow up on alternator ,have got cover off ,is the metal box on side the built in regulator or is it the white plastic centre piece.
This is just to reiterate that the alternator goes from pegged at 16 + to dropping to 9 10 at load with lights it slowly moves between these two extremes .of course I could throw down another 150 bucks but I'm determined to get to the root of this as im sure others have faced same issue .if anyone can shed light on parts supplier ipleasen socal I'd appreciate this .budget wise with labour at 125 bucks an hour getting electrical professionals involved beats the point as I can get another for the same money if not less.thoughts

Question for all you electrical wizzkids,about to change the generator to alternator ,have the one off lizzie that I changed as it was charging but either at over 14v on Guage or under 10v .is this caused by the internal diodes and can they be replaced by a novice or should I just get a new one as this one was only maybe 18 months old .lizzies replacement has no problems so it is definitely the alternator .information or opinions please notrude comments .remember I am a cheapskate so answers appropriately.....

Got the travellor out of garage and drove it around block multiple times to warm it up before the pm heat hit.
Got some jobs to do in the early am as heat advisory continues this week....