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Pulled the trim away tonight and discovered the PREMIUM SOUNDS. That runs the speakers in the doors. There's wiring for a sub amp. No idea where it is though. However, that can go on the wish list. Light bulbs in the dash were a success. Phil

It's a Jaaaag. Yup, love Dalton's channel.

Battery charger and battery arrived. Battery duly inserted in the hole, lubricated the mounting bolts and put the thing on charge because it's spent a lot of time in the box. Connected up, the dash provides a litany of faults. It all seems to work though. Climate control screen is half working, but the segments that are broken only show up at a temperature not normally set so that's good. Sunroof and windows all work, which is surprising. Someone's been in there before, it's all nicely greased up. Most of the other electrical things also work. Oddly this car has side repeater indicator lights, rear fog lights and the dash says BOOT OPEN when you pop the trunk. Driver's side seat has two movements that don't work, the front of the seat just whirs and doesn't move up or down, and the headrest just goes click. Radio also needs investigation. Overall quite surprising how much of it still works. Phil

I'm going to take all the useful pieces off and scrap the rest, most likely. The engine, that is. Phil

Fitted a new muffler, which makes highway travel much more pleasant. Photogenic mornings are upon us though. Phil

Probably not. This is the smallest capacity 8 cylinder engine I own.

The back seat sucked up half a tin of leather salve. Ordered some more to finish the task and also some oil to periodically rub in to keep the leather supple. It was very very dry, especially where it's been in the sun. Phil

They do, limp mode. I'm guessing you've never owned a Peugeot?

There is, and a full electric adapter setup to get the computers talking to the GM hardware.

Depends on the state, some require a front plate also. Louisiana is not one of those states though thankfully. Also, the trunk lid appears to ne a USA-specific pressing...?

They sold quite well over here. There's a good following and a pretty good support network.

Interior is nice. New headlining also. Someone spent more on the stereo than I did on the car. That's nice. Phil

This one arrived in pieces. It has suffered severe OMGHGF and then the red lights were ignored and it was driven until it drove no more. Not even going to bother with that one. Phil

I have a potential lead on a running replacement 4.0 for it, so that's my first choice because it's the easiest. Phil

I bought a new car. It's nice but also broken, because Jaguar. New engine required. Phil

Went put fuel. Tonight there are flies. Arse.

Scrub scrub. Turd: polished. Got a do in town on Friday and it was looking a bit scruffy so dusted off the polishing machine and got to work.

Some random old chod hiding out in a collection of old photos. Grandmother, kids and friends in a something Deluxe. By the roof line would guess 50-53 Oldsmobile. Family station wagon at the time. Impala and dog. Different wagon, pickup, car and dog. Caprice and grandpa. Legs visible behind the door are of my wife, about age 5. Uncle in Grandpa's car at the time. Circa '56. --Phil

Best long distance vehicle I owned had 265 hp/ton and that was primarily because it chewed up miles at 70 like it was tootling along at 25. More than enough grunt to get where you wanted to if the mood took you, too. Did 32mpg at 70 also on average. Despite that, I racked up 135k in a car with 68 hp/ton, many of those motorway miles. Driving at speed wasn't a problem but that speed was very nearly top whack for the car so you were hard on the throttle and high up the rev range all the time. It also did about 30mpg at 70. The Pontiac is about the same at 66 hp/ton but the engine is significantly less flexible so long range, high speed (60) becomes a chore. Forget overtaking anybody unless they have fallen asleep or are unlikely to sneeze and shift their foot on the throttle as you go to pass. Power per ton needs more factors than simply that, but 100/ton on up generally means you're low geared enough to not be screaming along at highway speeds, making the journey much more relaxed in general. And then, when some hole decides they want to give you grief you have a choice of actions. The more GT the car (and I don't mean the 80's meaning) the better a highway machine it tends to be. Phil

Alternator bracket broke. So. Now that I have a welding machine, out it came. Zort, crackle. All back on. In place and working again, with oil and grease done at the same time for good measure. Phil

Just took a bit of a sabbatical from the computer. Life is beginning to return to normal around the house after three years so that's good, at least. Phil

No prior but I've done 13,133 recorded miles in it. Odo is missing maybe 150 miles from the last few weeks where the cable broke. Phil

Re fuel my mate's 1.2 exhibited that trouble and it was that cloth covered U section before the pump had cracked under the cloth and the pump was sucking air. That's not substantial welding for a Nova. Most of it is still there.

Ignore the little lead piece (if it's still there on the cable) because by now it'll just slide up and down. It's meant to be the dead travel marker, and you're meant to use a feeler gauge between it and the top of the cable end. Consensus is adjust it back slowly until the cableis slack, then bring it up just to taut then about a quarter turn and snug it down. Check kick-down operates correctly and under anything more than about 5% throttle the change should be positive. Below that it should slip the bands in for a more gentle shift. Phil

There are, they are on the inside edge.