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Bill/Otto, Thanks for the quick thoughts. Both ideas have great merits: 1. The rear antenna would just plain look cool IMHO; Bill, I'm aware of the Job 1 "prototype" and somewhere I found pics that helped bolster the idea for me that it would look good. 2. Otto, the idea of NO antenna is o...

Folks, I'm beginning the reassembly phase of the restoration to my '67 Deluxe. This is a bit long to paint the picture of where I'm thinking. While it'll be mostly stock, there are liberties I'm taking to personalize it. For example, I chromed a set of original valve covers (I kept the true painted ...

All, I'm slowly putting my beloved '67 back together after about a year's worth of resto work. The original Sautern color had been covered over years ago with a burgandy color that I have since replaced with black. Given the black interior and black vinyl top, I want to go with thin redline tires. N...

Had something similar happen to mine several years back - harness rubbed against the a/c expansion valve and shorted out. At the time, I was able to cut out the ~3" of molten bad wiring and spliced everything back together with very high-end crimp connectors that have lasted to this day. Severa...

Hey guys - getting in on this a bit late but since I'm in the middle of restoring my '67, now's the time to do the drum to disc conversion too. I have some additional questions: - Do we know what years of Toro and Eldo spindles will work such that my '67 wheel bearings can be reused, or did all year...

Hey Gang, Gregg L here, otherwise known as gmrocket. I'm one of the original "Toro List" guys along with Sparky Kalkhoff, Mike Frederick and others from back in the mid 90s. My '67 Deluxe, shown below in better days, is undergoing a frame-on restoration and I'm jazzed up about being back i...