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From: schotk@marcus.its.rpi.edu (Kevin Douglas Schott)
Subject: quality paint job
Summary: can it be done yourself
Keywords: paint
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:39:21 GMT

Say I wanted a *very* nice paint job on a relatively small part
(for example, motorcycle gas tank or frame, single fender, etc.).
Is it possible to do the job myself or is it best to take it to a
shop?  I'm relatively adventuresome and do ok with a wrench, but
I don't have big $$ to put out for equipment.  Is $$ (i.e. high $
paint and equipment) the biggest factor in a nice finish or is skill
and patients?

Thanks.
From: joes@sw.stratus.com (Joseph Spriano)
Newsgroups: alt.autos.rod-n-custom
Subject: Re: 1978 T/A questions
Date: 16 Nov 92 10:57:55 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.
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I also need to rehang the drivers side door since it sags.  How do you go about
doing this???? Is it hard or not... I would like to avoid paying someone to 
do this...


Sam


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Hi Sam, well I am not sure about your engine problem but rehanging the door is
easy. I have done it on many a car. The only thing you need is 2 people and some
sockets (the correct size) Losen the bolts on the frame. They usuall have sliging
bracketc on them. By this I meen they hinge on the door is usually slotted bigger
then the bolt is. Losen the bolts have someone hold the door and move it up or
down, thighten the bolds and close the door to see how it closes. Keep in mind you
may have to adjust the lock and pin on the door as well. They are equally easy to
adjust in a similar mannor

Hope this helps

Joe
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Newsgroups: alt.autos.rod-n-custom
Subject: american cars in England
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 00:08:48 EST
From: Frank_Ritter@SHAMO.SOAR.CS.CMU.EDU

I'm moving to England, and thinking of taking a car with me, either
for use, or for later resale.  I can't seem to find a right hand drive
(wheel on the "wrong" side) car, and I've heard that old TransAms, for
example, command an unusual premium in England.  Any comments?  Anyone
who can offer me an actual price in England for say, a 1980 TransAm in
good condition?

Thanks,

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From: robb@ais.org (Robert Gonyer)
Subject: Re: Building/hopping up my 91 Mustang 5.0 LX
Keywords: Mustang
Organization: UMCC
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:55:42 GMT

In article <ausdal.721881204@hertz> ausdal@ece.scarolina.edu (Thi Van Ausdal) writes:
>That's all I can come up with right now.  Take this shopping list and go
>to your local newstand and buy a genre magazine like "Mustangs Monthly" (not
>a real name--- I can't think of one right now, it's late leave me alone) 
>and there will be a host of ads for these and other goodies for your LX.
>
Actually, you are right, but it is Mustang Monthly.  I happen to
have the shirt on right now :)

>Happy shopping!!!!!!!!
>				T. VanAusdal


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From: milliganc@woods.ulowell.edu
Subject: RE: Ski-tows 'n' Flat-heads
Organization: University of Lowell
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:15:56 GMT

   A flathead running a ski-tow?  Where was this?  I'm curious to know.  I
knew of a guy who when to a ski area localy(Mass.) and traded them a flat-
head to them for the engine they where curently using at the time, IT was
a Blue Streak Six.  For those of you who don't know, this was the ORIGIANAL
Corvette engine.  Personaly I feel (he did to) the ski slope folks got the
sticky end of the retorical stick.  Oh, well.
      BTW, the aformentioned welder recently got *another* general refubishing-
I haven't the heart to rebuild it.  Odd, the engine in our '38 Buick (the
engine is a '47- more parts potential) hasn't been redone since the mid '70's
(carb kit- manifold gasket) and it uses less oil and sees more use....
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On      Or       On
Road    Repair   Race
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From: jws@billy.mlb.semi.harris.com (James W. Swonger)
Subject: Re: Pontiac 301
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:51:54 GMT
Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne FL

 I remember the 301 being poorly thought of, even the turbo version, when
they were new. Never had one myself.

 Now, the Pontiac 400 was one of the nicer engines. Nigh indestructible,
good power, reliable as hell. Plus, the 400 was a factory option - parts
all over the place - since the late '60s (I've seen '69 Firebird 400s and
'70s-'80s TA 6.6s. Should be easy to find one in a wrecked big Pontiac.

 If you're an extremist, try the 455 Pontiac. They were a less-common
factory option in the early-mid '70s (If you can find a Super Duty 455,
it's worth $,$$$) and could be made to fit. These are most common in
station wagons and other whales.
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Newsgroups: alt.autos.rod-n-custom
From: ausdal@ece.scarolina.edu (Thi Van Ausdal)
Subject: Re: Pontiac 301
Organization: USC  Department of Computer Science
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:46:04 GMT

scl7375@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Liddle) writes:


>Hi,
>  I'd just like to say, that even though it is not my first post, I'm very
>interested in rodding and this is a great group. Now for my question...
>  A couple of months ago, I posted a simialar question on another group. I
>thank all those who answered, and It brought up a few more questions I've been
>pondering.
>  At the beginning of the summer I aquired a 1979 firebird that had been stored
>winters, etc, and when I had it inspected, I got more than a fair share of
>compliments on how it looked and how good of condition it was and all the
>normal garage bullshit. But there remains one problem. I was told it had a
>350ci engine when it really had a 301. I can't find parts for the enginr to
>make it perform like i'd like, and from what I hear it's not a performance
>engine. 

True, I can't remember ever shaking in my boots at the sight of a 301 emblem
on someone's fender.  However, there are things to be done...

>I don't have alot of money, nor time till the summer, andsince it is my
>main transportation I'm more interested in looks and sound than blunt speed
>(although anything I could get out of it would be nice) so my request is...
>   IDEAS! I'm looking for possibilities to improve performance on the same
>engine if possible. If it seems rediculous to you, tell me. I'm really unsure
>what to do, I'd be much better off with a 350 or other more popular motor. I
>have enuff expirience under hoods (my father has owned many 350's and 454's)
>and any Ideas are welcome, as I am unsure what I'm gonna do. 


>						Thanx alot,
>						 
>							Liddle	

Since you said you're interested in sound and looks...
Try to find a set of tube headers, and dual exhausts.  Hooker, Hedman,
or someone else may have one to fit your motor (not experienced under 
your hood, I assume it's a different port/flange setup than the 305/350
Chebbie) and a good set of duals will improve your performance and sound
nice.  That is, you DID mean the sound of the motor, and you're not one 
of those who's going to put a 6-disc CD player, pullout stereo, four amps
(Front/Rear, Woofer/Tweeter) and so forth.  The sound of the motor, right?
This assumes you have a four-barrel, not a two-holer.  A K&N filter will
improve your breathing somewhat (assuming again that you're well-carbed),
and they have nice chrome filter housings, too.  If you're going to put in
new wires at your next tuneup, go for some Accel or equivalent silicon-core
wires---they misfire less and are really cool yellow, blue, or red.  An 
Allison, MSD, or Mallory ignition system will assure you great spark.

Those are a few bolt-ons that will provide you with maximum performance
(OXYMORON) from your stock motor.  

		T.VanAusdal

Newsgroups: alt.autos.rod-n-custom
From: robb@ais.org (Robert Gonyer)
Subject: Re: Mustang II swap help
Organization: UMCC
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:27:17 GMT

In article <ausdal.722179500@einstein> ausdal@ece.scarolina.edu (Thi Van Ausdal) writes:
>
>Urethane bushings are also recommended.  Not only will they last the life 
>of your car, they give better road feel and don't deflect as much (better 
>handling) under cornering loads. 
>
>I assume you mean rear discs.  I don't know of any rear disc conversions 
>or retrofits that will work on your 'II.  I asssume that the fronts are 
>discs from the factory.  Hope so, anyway.  If they are vented front discs,
>then rear disks will be a bonus.  If not, then 4-wheel discs would be of
>dubious benefit:  65-75% of braking is done on the front wheels (weight
>transfer and all) so if fronts aren't best they can be for their size, 
>larger/better rears will only make you slide rear tires more easily.
>
>I'm clueless as far as your trans problem goes.  But lemme say this:
>all the back-ends we did were for cars with ATs.

Unfortunately enough, They are drums all around.

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From: ausdal@ece.scarolina.edu (Thi Van Ausdal)
Subject: Re: Mustang II swap help
Organization: USC  Department of Computer Science
Date: 19 Nov 92 13:25:00 GMT

robb@ais.org (Robert Gonyer) writes:


>Hi.  I have a 1978 Mustang II.  Currently it has a 2.3L engine.  Since
>the body is immaculate, and a fastback, I would like to swap a 302 into it.
>I realize the front suspension will have to change.  Are stiffer springs
>going to suffice?  The engine we are building will be somewhere in the
>neighborhood of 300 horses.  Also, it is a 4 speed.  I would rather keep it 
>that way, but I have heard that the only tranny that will fit in this
>car and also hold up to the added power is a C4 built.  Is this true?
>Any comments and suggestions are welcome.  Im also looking at upgrading
>the brakes to disc brakes from a junkyard car.  How hard is this to do?
>Suggestions for type of donor car and things to watch out for are also welcome.
>Thanks...
>-Robb

Urethane bushings are also recommended.  Not only will they last the life 
of your car, they give better road feel and don't deflect as much (better 
handling) under cornering loads. 

I assume you mean rear discs.  I don't know of any rear disc conversions 
or retrofits that will work on your 'II.  I asssume that the fronts are 
discs from the factory.  Hope so, anyway.  If they are vented front discs,
then rear disks will be a bonus.  If not, then 4-wheel discs would be of
dubious benefit:  65-75% of braking is done on the front wheels (weight
transfer and all) so if fronts aren't best they can be for their size, 
larger/better rears will only make you slide rear tires more easily.

I'm clueless as far as your trans problem goes.  But lemme say this:
all the back-ends we did were for cars with ATs.
Happy motoring!
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Newsgroups: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
From: bcr@cernapo.cern.ch (Bill Riemers)
Subject: What in the world? (WAS: Cable Bill Verbage?)
Organization: CERN, European Research Center for High Energy Physics
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 16:29:56 GMT

I like many other people have no idea what you
are responding to...  Why did you bother to post
this under such a cryptic subject name?

                     Bill
From: tweek@tweekco.uucp (Michael D. Maxfield)
Newsgroups: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
Subject: Re: Cable TV Rules
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 10:48:53 PST
Organization: Tweek-Com Systems BBS, Moraga, CA (510) 631-0615

mitcheec@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu (Elliott Mitchell) writes:

> And the cable companies have wasted no time in raising their prices, 
> blaming the new legislation.  In Nashville, a VIACOM CSR (Customer Service 
> Representative) told a television news reporter, on tape, that the price 
> rise was due, in part, to the fees that the operator is having to pay to 
> the local television stations to carry their signals.  And despite that, 
> the local officials are looking for the biggest silver platter they can 
> find to award VIACOM a 15-year renewal of their franchise.

And the cable companies, If they claim that the funds thay are paying the
local broadcasters are because of the Cable Reregulation Act, are
LYING to you and the media.

From S-12 Sec. 15 (b)(1) Following the date that is one year after the of
enactment of this subsection, no cable system or other multichannel video
programming distributor shall retransmit the signal of a broadcasting station
or any part thereof without the express authority of the priginating
station....

I don't believe that the cable company would come to an arangement after two
months.  No, I'd bet they wait until 11 months and 29 days.

Also from S-12 Sec. 15 (3)(A) Within 45 days after the date of enactment of
this subsection, the Commission shall commence a rulemaking proceeding to
establish regulations to govern the exercise by television broadcast stations
of the right to grant retransmission consent.....
...Such rulemaking proceeding shall be completed within six months after it's
commencement.

Hell, the guidelines havn't even been put into place yet,  I really don't think
that the corporate lawyers for the cable companies would allow the cable
companies to abrogate any rights they may have to contest the `~Must pay to
carry~' in court by paying before such legislation is fully in place.  The
cable companies arguement is that they should not be required to pay to carry
such signals.  By them arranging prior to such legislation to pay the TV
stations, they would appear to be addmitting that the TV station is due some
funds for carriage.  If they were indeed paying the cable companie now, it
would seem that the only premise they would have for a case would be to contest
any legislation that forces them to pay a certain amount to the TV station.
S-12 does not even mention payment, it mentions agreement so therefore I do
believe that if the cable company said that they are paying the TV station,
THE CABLE COMPANY IS LYING!


      tweek@netcom.netcom.com tweek@tweekco.uucp  WWIVNet 5@5058 4@5056
           I'd rather get my cable service from the phone company,
                than my phone service from the cable company.
From: rlw@atlanta.dg.com (Richard Wright)
Newsgroups: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
Subject: Re: Cable Bill Verbage?
Date: 16 Nov 92 19:11:21 GMT
Organization: Data General Corp. ASSD, Atlanta, GA

I offer my abject apologies for the previous posting. My EMail Reader
appears to have flaked out on me. The posted message was a private 
EMail message to someone that baited me into flaming him on a subject
completely unrelated to this newsgroup. Again, I apologize for any
confusion/wasted bandwidth/etc. I am even sorrier that I let this 
jerk tick me off to the point where I even responded in the first place.

					Sorry guys. 
					Richard

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From: mitcheec@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu (Elliott Mitchell)
Newsgroups: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
Subject: Re: Cable TV Rules
Date: 21 Nov 92 21:38:00 GMT
Organization: Vanderbilt University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <7FRLuB1w164w@tweekco.uucp>, tweek@tweekco.uucp (Michael D. Maxfield) writes...
>mitcheec@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu (Elliott Mitchell) writes:
> 
>> And the cable companies have wasted no time in raising their prices, 
>> blaming the new legislation.  In Nashville, a VIACOM CSR (Customer Service 
>> Representative) told a television news reporter, on tape, that the price 
>> rise was due, in part, to the fees that the operator is having to pay to 
>> the local television stations to carry their signals.  And despite that, 
>> the local officials are looking for the biggest silver platter they can 
>> find to award VIACOM a 15-year renewal of their franchise.
> 
>And the cable companies, If they claim that the funds thay are paying the
>local broadcasters are because of the Cable Reregulation Act, are
>LYING to you and the media.

You are exactly correct.  And when the local cable manager was confronted 
with the evidence, he claimed that his CRSs were under no instructions to 
tell customers that lie.  They have since stopped.


Tell me, what provisions there are for 
convertors, descramblers or addressable taps.  Are they to be mandatory 
under the new rules?  tnx.
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From: mitcheec@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu (Elliott Mitchell)
Subject: Re: Cable TV Rules
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Vanderbilt University
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 14:01:00 GMT

In article <wRRkuB1w164w@tweekco.uucp>, 
tweek@tweekco.uucp (Michael D. Maxfield) writes...
>...  The entire
>formulas are still being worked on (or soon to be) by the FCC.  We will not 
>start to see any action from the cable re-regulation act for at least 6 months,
>and possibly longer than that depending upon any lawsuits filed by the cable
>companies... and yes, you can be sure there will be a few.... 
>
And the cable companies have wasted no time in raising their prices, 
blaming the new legislation.  In Nashville, a VIACOM CSR (Customer Service 
Representative) told a television news reporter, on tape, that the price 
rise was due, in part, to the fees that the operator is having to pay to 
the local television stations to carry their signals.  And despite that, 
the local officials are looking for the biggest silver platter they can 
find to award VIACOM a 15-year renewal of their franchise.

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From: yatesbd@pharm.med.upenn.edu (Brian Yates)
Newsgroups: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
Subject: Re: Cable TV Rules
Date: 20 Nov 92 02:30:51 GMT
Followup-To: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
Organization: U of Penn

I have skimmed over the preceding discussion, but l'd like to interject my
*opinions*.

1. Congress did not do us a favor with the recent reregulation.  Aside from
the fact that it was an *election year sway-the-vote ploy...(but that
belongs in another newsgroup), it does not promote competition.  What they
should have done, (and I wrote to my senator) is allow the phone companies
to provide cable service, (any information service for that matter), and do
the same for cable companies, and anyone else who would like to get
involved.  We don't the monopoly the cable companies have.  About 75% of
the cable channels I pay for I don't watch, or have any desire to
watch, but I have to buy their *basic cable* package deal.

2. Enough soapbox. The concern with signal leakage is a very important
issue.  I vote (and I am oversimplifying things here) we go to fiber optic.
From: bryan@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
Subject: Suicide TV
Date: 20 Nov 92 16:01:45 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
Summary: Suicide TV
Reply-To: bryan@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Followup-To: alt.cable.re-regulate,misc.legal,alt.politics.media
Keywords: public access cable

Does anyone out there in net-land have any information on the
Suicide-TV case from San Antonio?

Here's what I know: Someone making use of the public access channel in
San Antonio has done a goofy, tongue-in-cheek guide on how to commit
suicide. The cable system (as per their charter?) are carrying this
program. 

But opposing voices (who?) are asking that the show be taken off the
air (or whatever you call cancelling a public access show). The ACLU
is involved, but I'm not sure how far things have gotten.

I'm also interested in any other attempts to restrict public access
programming based on content (esp. any which have succeeded).

Thanks,
Bryan
Newsgroups: alt.cad,alt.cad.autocad,alt.autocad,alt.architecture
From: julf@penet.fi (Ze Julf)
Subject: Spirit 4.5, any clues?
Organization: Penetic, Espoo, Finland
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 13:10:44 GMT
Followup-To: sender

One of my friends, who works at an achitectural office here in Finland, is
contemplating a joint project with a german company. They are using a CAD
software package called "Spirit 4.5", running under dos. Anybody heard about
this software? Any experiences? Any info about file excange formats or
anything?

Please reply by e-mail, I'll summarize if there is enough interest.
Thanks,

	Julf

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Newsgroups: alt.cad
Subject: re: job needed
Date: 19 Nov 1992 15:36 CDT
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