Frankie the Fink

Perfectly fine, but I'm not uninstalling my split window wireless backup camera so your car will start

biggd

Just sayin, wireless is not all problem free. I'm in the automotive business so the little bit of money you make on installing one of these devises is lost in spades when it comes back and you have to fix the problems it's caused for free. You have a unit that is working fine for you, good for you.

dahogan

I paid the price for an original teak wheel and love it. Enjoy em anyway you like while you can

71scgc

Yeah, not true.
My father ran Michelin radials on his '58 fuelie. He put them on immediately after he bought it. Pushed him up a class in SCCA racing.

Carter

biggd

I watched a video of a old motorcycle race where the bias ply tire deformed at a certain speed and blew apart, they showed what happened to the tire in slow motion, scary stuff. This was before radials were the norm.

bradc6

The NCM is 500 miles from my house and I drove the 66 up last year. Made the same trip in the 2016 this year.

Tooth Doctor

My '64 Roadster now has:
Front disc brakes
Vintage Air
Borgeson power steering
Retrosound stereo with dash and kick panel speakers
Bolt-on knock-off reproduction wheels with radial tires
Rebuilt .030 over 327 from a '68 Camaro (original engine in storage)
Hurst shifter
New exhaust with Magnaflow mufflers
Koni shocks

It's very fun to drive and comfortable.

RatDog

My upgrades involve items that improve reliability, safety, comfort, appearance, and convenience rather than performance.

PS and PB (added by PO)
Bolt-ons (added by PO)
Radial Tires
Vintage Air
Mallory Unilite
LED tail lights
100 amp alternator
Solid state voltage regulator
Holley 4160 with electric choke
Dewitts combo radiator & electric fan
Teak steering wheel (my wife scored Eric Freeman's last one for me)
Red key battery cutoff mounted inside glove box
Bluetooth device that plays iphone tunes, wirelessly, through the original, unmodified, radio/speaker
Replace vinyl seats with leather (next project)


Steve

My addiction

Wow! Beautiful stance on your Sunfire yellow It's funny when you have the repo knock off's how good the stock hubcap with goldlines look What radials are you running including size?

tuxnharley

Yup, it happens - even with factory equipment. I have a good friend who brought his new 2005 Corvette back to his 40 year old house/garage. The car went completely dead/would not start in the garage. After much investigation and a long story it turned out his old garage door opener frequency was interfering with the Corvette fob frequency.

He bought a new garage door opener.

tuxnharley

My upgrades:

Tremec 5 spd

Borgeson PS

15" steering wheel

Hartz cloth/Stayfast convertible top

and, of course, Michelin radial tires!

Lotsacubes

I'm a C2 newb, but the TKO600 was HUGE..... Totally transformed cruising pleasure with my wife for those 2-3 hour drives we do often. With 3.70's, 70 mph is now about 2050 rpm. Transformed the sound from headbanging to Grateful Dead. Worth every penny.

DansYellow66

I hate to hijack the thread but when us older guys recall something related from our past it's just too difficult to let it go.

Back about 1974 the Corps of Engineers had a bunch of International Harvester pickups that were so long and low they were completely useless out on the dam construction site I worked at, so they were relegated to running errands and deliveries up and down the roads. They were the first work vehicles we had received with an electronic ignition system. One of them on a frequent route it was driven, took to completely shutting down on the road - always in about the same location. After a period it would re-start. After several instances of this and studying the area, our maintenance guy finally figured out that every time it was driven by a particular radio repeating tower we had installed for our Motorola radios, the radio signal apparently killed the ignition system. After awhile it would re-set or something and start back up. We had a hard time accepting this story, but it only happened along side that radio transmitter tower.

rayvaflav

Hush-Mat in the doors, the floor and the inside of the roof. I also added an additional taillamp ground at the of the frame on my '66 coupe. I also added brighter instrument panel cluster bulbs and probably most importantly, a dab of anti-sieze on the knock-off threads.

Ray

mrg

Basic comfort adders done to a 50 year old car make cruising, especially long distance, a real joy.
For starters: radial tires and gas shocks to improve the ride. Next up add a cruise control. Adding AC takes it up another notch. ..One might go from there to cover certain mechanical upgrades such as OD trans or differential, suspension and/or steering, headlights. Throw in listening pleasure to round out the package.
​​​​​​​John

bradc6

BF Goodrich Silvertown 205/75R15 from Coker.

The hubcaps are on 67 rally wheels painted black. I have since replaced them with bolt on knockoffs from Corvette America. I will eventually restore the hubcaps and get some correct 66 steel wheels for them.

davekp78

Radial tires, power brakes with dual master cylinder, Halogen headlights with upgraded electrics (relays and wiring), LED front and rear turn signals, fire extinguisher, battery cut-off.

65Bob-bo

Added to my '65:
Petronix electronic ignition
Dewitt Al radiator
Powder coated suspension parts
Poly bushings (bad choice for trailing arm)
Radial tires
Vintage air
Teak steering wheel

65 vette dude

Halogen headlights, LED taillights, and redline bias ply tires......other wise, my 65 is just like it rolled off the assembly line.

hope2

I'm in the radials only class.