I really don’t, wish I did. I had Holley Projection years ago. I really don’t remember much about it
Jakes CJ7 build
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Do you really have to have your cars inspected? A friend of mine just had a car inspected by DMV and the Troopers but he manufactured it and had to provide receipts for all the parts.
New fuel pump but he’s not measured pressure at the injectors. In telling him this, I’m getting more information: new coils but old distributor.
What year is it?
They have to have a safety inspection every time you license them or renew your license plates in Missouri
1971
Tell him to get a cool Bronco!!
He can’t have mineTell him to get a cool Bronco!!
So, I’ve been teaching Jake to drive the Jeep. It drives like a Jeep and the kid has been having a hard time in traffic in town on hills and nothing is flat here. I don’t have but a couple of months to teach him to really drive. He made the suggestion to drag out the GMC work truck and let him drive it for awhile. So I drug it out from around back this morning and started cleaning on it. It hadn’t been washed in years and the interior was disgusting! I spent the day cleaning up the inside and when the kid got home he washed the outside. We then took it out for a drive with Jake driving. It was like driving with a different person! He did great in town and on the highway and I wasn’t terrified once in driving around for a couple of hours. I asked what the difference was and he said I’m comfortable driving this truck I’ve always drove this truck. So I guess it might be easier to teach him to drive in this and then move him to the cj.
I will have to agree with him. Jeeps are a critter all their own which is why Daisy Duke had stunt doubles!
I had one when I was 16 but he is different than I was. He told me tonight every time he gets in it his mind goes blank. I said oh I can tell.
He can drive the old GMC as long as he wants.
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The jeep is manual and the truck is an automatic. Could that be the difference?
Yes I believe that’s a lot of it
Keep him driving the jeep twice a week at home on empty back roads or an empty parking lot in town where there is no stress. The truck is for everything thing else until he gets used to the jeep at a slower pace.
Working your way through a brain fart, is a skill too.
Working your way through a brain fart, is a skill too.
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Back when I got my first set of wheels, all the ones I could afford had manual transmissions. It was not a smooth ride for the first week or two, but it was necessary to learn, so that's what happened. I agree with Clem - keep him driving the Jeep often to get more familiar with shifting.
The old Jeep started right up in negative temperature. I let it warm up and took it to the woods for a drive.
If I knew Jake wouldn’t like driving the Jeep it would have a v8 in it. I have a 304 amc that will bolt right in and a conversion bell housing to adapt a Chevy engine in it. I’m leaning towards the 304. We took the top off last night for the summer.
My buddy that is a Jeep fanatic had or has a 1975 Renegade with a 304.
He had a frame off restoration in the mid 90s.
The place that did the work had a built 409 so he had that installed and kept the original 304 and had that rebuilt.
He would take x-ray tech for a ride in his Jeep but he made them sit on a towel because so many of them peed on his seat.
They called it the suicide ride.
I rode in it one time and the girls were right.
He blew the doors off a 911 porch.
It didn't corner for crap but in a straight line it was amazing.
I think it's sitting in his barn in Texas. I'll have to ask him.
He had a frame off restoration in the mid 90s.
The place that did the work had a built 409 so he had that installed and kept the original 304 and had that rebuilt.
He would take x-ray tech for a ride in his Jeep but he made them sit on a towel because so many of them peed on his seat.
They called it the suicide ride.
I rode in it one time and the girls were right.
He blew the doors off a 911 porch.
It didn't corner for crap but in a straight line it was amazing.
I think it's sitting in his barn in Texas. I'll have to ask him.
Did you mean to toss that in this thread?
https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/knives.20559/page-2
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Driving with a clutch in hilly areas is tricky.
I learned to drive in Driver's Ed and the car had an automatic transmission. We had a three on the tree at home, and I was glad to know how to drive the automatic before I learned how to use the clutch and to shift. One of my current vehicles, the one that I use for transporting dogs, is a 5 speed manual. When I started driving it a few years ago, the business of clutching and shifting was awkward for me. Now, I can shift and clutch mostly without thinking about it, but stopping on a hill can be tricky, especially when someone feels the need to come up close behind me. For people like that, if there is room, I will deliberately roll back a little to let them know that they shouldn't be so close. It usually gets people to back off.
I learned to drive in Driver's Ed and the car had an automatic transmission. We had a three on the tree at home, and I was glad to know how to drive the automatic before I learned how to use the clutch and to shift. One of my current vehicles, the one that I use for transporting dogs, is a 5 speed manual. When I started driving it a few years ago, the business of clutching and shifting was awkward for me. Now, I can shift and clutch mostly without thinking about it, but stopping on a hill can be tricky, especially when someone feels the need to come up close behind me. For people like that, if there is room, I will deliberately roll back a little to let them know that they shouldn't be so close. It usually gets people to back off.
