Bubba Engineering
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From: Sedalia MO
Bubba Engineering
So, my latest find with my new ride has prompted me to ask...What is some crazy things you found that a previous owner Bubba engineered? Me, so far I have found that the PO had all vacuum accessories ported through the rear of the Holley carb that was on the vehicle before I changed it out. Also, the alternator is on the opposite side, and not aligned correctly with the water pump pulley. Finally, he left the bottom bell housing cover off exposing the flywheel and the torque converter. I am sure more to come...
Melting Slicks
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From: Peoria Arizona
I don't want to clog up your entire post with the stuff I found on our '77, so I'll just toss out a couple of them.
Custom lowering job in the front
Lost your key for the locking lugs? No problem... hold my beer and hand me that ball peen hammer and a chisel. (before and after I fixed it)
Wires melted... what are they for? Don't know but it still runs. Good - tape 'em up.
Lots more, but again, I don't want to take over your thread lol
Adam
Custom lowering job in the front
Lost your key for the locking lugs? No problem... hold my beer and hand me that ball peen hammer and a chisel. (before and after I fixed it)
Wires melted... what are they for? Don't know but it still runs. Good - tape 'em up.
Lots more, but again, I don't want to take over your thread lol
Adam
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From: Cary NC
The person who I bought my 70 from had the car at a shop to have them replace the body mounts, and all of them were loose when she drove it from there to my house. The front especially was just dangling, and the front end had been removed and reattached at some point and basically they just dabbed some glue on it and shoved it back into place, and then snipped the stainless moulding on the drivers side to make it fit. Needless to say that was a whole day just to get it back to solid.
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From: Sedalia MO
I don't want to clog up your entire post with the stuff I found on our '77, so I'll just toss out a couple of them.
Custom lowering job in the front
Lost your key for the locking lugs? No problem... hold my beer and hand me that ball peen hammer and a chisel. (before and after I fixed it)
Wires melted... what are they for? Don't know but it still runs. Good - tape 'em up.
Lots more, but again, I don't want to take over your thread lol
Adam
Custom lowering job in the front
Lost your key for the locking lugs? No problem... hold my beer and hand me that ball peen hammer and a chisel. (before and after I fixed it)
Wires melted... what are they for? Don't know but it still runs. Good - tape 'em up.
Lots more, but again, I don't want to take over your thread lol
Adam
Had plenty of vacuum on the wipers, what a dumb
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you win!
Melting Slicks
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From: Peoria Arizona
Seriously though, I knew how much was wrong with our car when I got it, but I just couldn't let it end up in a junk yard which is where it was headed. It's running and we're driving it again. Long ways to go, but it's on the mend.
Last edited by AdamMeh; Jul 9, 2013 at 12:37 AM.
Burning Brakes
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From: Burkburnett TX
I had one of those self tapping hooks for hanging bicycles in the garage being used as a muffler hanger...its now in the garage with my weed eater hanging from it. I have been in the corvair crowd for a while, bubba was not so frowned on there, provided it worked and was safe.
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From: Austin Tx
I'm not trying to defend Bubba, but this thread has brought to mind one of my favorite Shakespeare quotes - "the evil men do lives after them, the good oft is interred with their bones".
I'm just thinking about how much we rely on the internet to properly maintain our cars. This forum is one of the main reasons I'm able to maintain my car myself, without it I image I would either need to pay others, or yes, release my inner Bubba.
Somethings are simply idiotic, like heating the coils to weaken then, to lower the car. But many other things that get laid on the proverbial Bubba, I sometimes think, would I do any different if I didn't have the resources I have today?
I'm just thinking about how much we rely on the internet to properly maintain our cars. This forum is one of the main reasons I'm able to maintain my car myself, without it I image I would either need to pay others, or yes, release my inner Bubba.
Somethings are simply idiotic, like heating the coils to weaken then, to lower the car. But many other things that get laid on the proverbial Bubba, I sometimes think, would I do any different if I didn't have the resources I have today?
