Cars and car troubles

[Warwick C]

some interesting photos of my car at its different ride heights

no hydraulic pressure flat

normal ride height

inter mediate height

high for flood crossing and wheel changing

 

[Manuheleku]

I have the K&N on my PT Cruiser, I can see you could have problems if you over oil it. It's sort of a meticulous process to do it right, but I am a bit A.R. so no biggie.

 

[Manuheleku]

Speaking of my PT Cruiser, apparently something attached to the top of my gas tank has a small leak that I still haven't located. I changed the o-ring seal where the pump goes on. I have also replaced the fuel hose from the pump to chassis. I'm guessing that the next thing would be the charcoal canister? Do those leak fluid or just vapors? I'm not really an expert on modern gas tanks, I couldn't believe the tangle of hoses on top of this thing! Nothing like my '65 F100! Any suggestions?

 

[Manuheleku]

Thanks, I'll check them out. That would be cool if it was just a hose. Charcoal canisters aren't cheap.

 

[Manuheleku]

One thing I did on the PT was to reroute the intake of the airbox to the wheel well. The air there is cooler than in the engine compartment. That's supposed to increase performance also. Don't know how doable that is on the Vic. I did it with some PVC and foam for sealing the opening to the wheel well (which already existed).

 

[Manuheleku]

Well, I just returned from the Ford dealership where I picked up my wheel cover. This is what a $223 wheel cover and center cap assembly looks like:

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Nice, but WOW!

 

[Butterfly_Lady]

Warwick wanted to know more about the artwork I planned on doing on my car that I mentioned in the "How do you feel today?" thread so, here is a picture of the car that inspired me to think about Sharpie art. BUT I will be adding more color then he did do to a psychedelic look like Janice Joplin's Porsche. (though hers was actually painted)

This, is all done in Sharpie permanent marker. He actually found one that was an oil based paint though that he went over everything with and added the color with. before he was having to go over the Sharpie constantly because the sun would fade it. He couldn't even clear it because all his hard work would still disappear.

 

[Warwick C]

Double WOW to the cost of your hub cap Sportster

 

[Warwick C]

Butter fly lady you might want to look up the Von Dutch car paint jobs. I think he did some thing similar He also created the flying eyeball as well.

 

[Butterfly_Lady]

I know others have done something similar with sharpies, he is not the only one. I don't know if I can do anything even remotely as good as his without stencils and extra practice.

 

[Warwick C]

This is a photo of the Janis Joplin Porsche

 

[Warwick C]

The Ed? big daddy cars also might be of inspiration as well. of the 60s shows car fame

 

[Butterfly_Lady]

Yea, like I mentioned before, the guy who owns the car I posted, found the Sharpie paint ones, to start with, I just want to use sharpie to see if I even like it and if not I can let it fade away and try again, then get the paint ones to get it to stay longer.

 

[Warwick C]

I under stand your approach it is easier to try it out in the sharpie first, then redo it in paint later on if you like it.

you might like the front on photo Butterfly lady can you spot the butter fly.

 

[Warwick C]

I wonder if you would be able to use butterflies, as a concept behind it

 

[Butterfly_Lady]

Yep, I had already seen pictures of her car all the way around and I don't think that is the only butterfly on the car. also on the back passenger side it is like a starry night. it is very neat the way all of the things blend together on it.

 

[Butterfly_Lady]

I wonder if you would be able to use butterflies, as a concept behind it

I already had that though, I don't want a car that is just one solid color, I want to stand out (which means I will have to dial back on my gas pedal foot lol)

 

[Warwick C]

What I was meaning was many butterflies all over the car. you may be able to use a stencil for the outlines.

 

[Warwick C]

I was thinking of the Ed Roth cars, They were painted by Larry Watson.

 

[Butterfly_Lady]

here is one thing I was thinking about putting on part of the car (as well as lots of butterflies lol)