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I was just out for a drive, looking for a shovel I left behind working the other day, and the car looked perfect for a photo. I couldn't resist sharing.

I figured now maybe a good time to get some opinions on fuel stabilizers. My work is ending around mid week and I have 3 vehicles full of fuel. The country is basically shutting down now, and the possibility of a lockdown meaning I can't even drive to use up the fuel.... By the time this is over...

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This week my girlfriend's dad asked me if I was free to go with him 5 hours to pick up his new 2018 Chevy express cargo van to replace his beat up 04. Of course I said yes, I had no plans on Saturday. I was hoping to just drive my car (the 83 Caprice winter beater), drop him off and drive back...

I've been meaning to install the free trailer hitch I got with my $300 parts car for a while now. I finally got it cleaned up painted and installed and the wiring done. Needed a $12 adaptor to connect to my girlfriend's parents tent trailer and then the lights all worked. The car pulled it okay...

My winter beater 83 Caprice has been leaking for a few years mostly from the valve cover gaskets. Lately it's been bad and even smokes when I park it from it leaking into the manifolds. I could have ordered them online for cheaper but I decided I'd like to do it today so I went into my local...

I'm thinking I've been neglecting preventative maintenance on my vinyl roof of my "winter beater" 1983 Chevy Caprice. It gets used daily all winter here in Ontario Canada where it gets salt and liquid brine or whatever it's called they spray our roads with. In the summer it sits in the sun and...

My girlfriend and I made a deal on this party machine yesterday. Carbureted 460 and C6 transmission. About 80k miles. The 460 sounds like new, oil looked like new even though it had been sitting for months, maybe a year. It's getting safetied next week and we should have it in our possession...

I'm due to flush the cooling system again on my 84 Oldsmobile with a 76 350 engine. It still has green coolant in it, but I'm wondering if there is any reason not to put dexcool or some other long life coolant in it? I wouldn't mind spending a little extra if it might last longer or have any...

I'm trying to decide on my next oil change in my 1976 Oldsmobile 350 V8. While it was parked for winter I had mmo soaking in the cylinders and the dosed the oil with it also so I'm currently running a short oci with conventional 10w30 cheap oil.... I've always ran 5w40, 10w40 or occasionally...

My last oil change in my Caprice at the start of the winter I put in Mobil 1 high mileage 5w30 (on sale for $29.99 CND - 5qts). I had to top up a qt and ended up buying another 5qt jug as it was on sale again and nothing was worth buying a qt of, so I still have the rest of that jug here in...

My winter beater is a 1983 Chevy Caprice classic with a 305 engine with a carburetor. This has been my winter car almost every year for the past 6-7 years and I've always felt confident picking a decent oil for it. One of my favorites was Castrol 0w30 (German). Good flow in the cold but a little...

I searched and found nothing on here about this. My girlfriend's car is a 2013 Hyundai Sonata with the 2.4L and about 55k miles on it. I have only been with her about 4 months. After I saw the recall for failing rod bearings I checked her oil. It looked black as tar at 2k miles. She got it...

I've done a lot of reading on here but haven't found much of what I'm looking for. I drive an 84 olds with a 76 350 Olds engine, but unlike most people worried about the ethanol in their classic car, this one gets driven almost every single day. It used to be driven about 100 Miles a day but now...

I am finishing putting back together the cx500 I bought and I will be commuting with it almost 100 miles a day through the summer anytime it isn't supposed to pour rain. I want to use a full synthetic motorcycle oil, it calls for 10w40. A liquid cooled v twin with shared sump and filter. Since...

I'm swapping rear differentials on my 83 Caprice that my girlfriend uses. The old rear end was 2.41 gears and no posi, it needed brake shoes, axle seals, and one axle was worn so I took the opportunity to upgrade it to a beefier 8.5" rear axle with 3.08 gears and posi that came out of an 83...

We put some hockey pucks and bolts through the frame and floor so i can get another winter out of it. If money gets really tight I may end up having to sell the mint condition 83 Caprice, that I paid $1500 for. I can probably make a small profit off it, that's why I held onto the 89. The floor...

Just wondering if anyone knows when they usually start selling winter gas here in Ontario Canada when we get close to winter time? I either never noticed before or don't remember when the switch is, but after some things I've read I'd like to try to park my summer car with a tank full of regular...

It's an 87 442 my friend found on Kijiji. Went there with cash and I drove it 2 hours on the highway back to his place. It's been parked for at least a year but the 307 HO ran perfectly, sounded great and drove really nice. Only problem with it was a wiper started to come off the arm towards the...

So I've been trying to decide on one brand and type of oil to stick with permanently on this engine, and the last change was with a mix of M1 15w50 and M1 5w20, because I bought the 15w50 and then after some more research decided it was way heavier than I needed in this engine that usually uses...