I just saw Richter's post on the other thread. I hope the caps I sent are useful. I don't have a lot of other early engine parts but do contact me if you need something else.
For whatever reason, we can't use them. Theyre too small I guess, and the crank is too big. Not sure if I can explain it right. But basically, there's just too much metal there to be rounded down to the desired depth. My husband located a source for main caps that will fit, but its from this horrible ebay seller, forcarent. We've purchased a few things from him in the past, not knowing he was the same guy, but he's incredibly rude, and you have a 50/50 chance of getting exactly what you paid for, and will have to open disputes. The only thing we did get from him that was ok, required driving quite a ways to be picked up at a greyhound bus stop, because despite claiming they would ship it to our home, it apparently cost too much for them. Anyway, pretty much, if I find a GT6 part on ebay, with a pic of it on a red tarp, I avoid. I would really rather my husband not have even considered purchasing caps from him, even if it meant that I would forever do without. He was extremely rude to me after escalating since I never got a refund after shipping things back. 4 years have gone by and we're at a different address. So odds are good that he doesn't remember us, but I remember him. In fact, when my husband discussed his conversation with the guy, as he was trying to sell us TR6 main caps, and my husband was merely asking if it would work with our engine, the guy sounded a bit rude, talking down to him. I immediately ask if it was "forcarrent" and sure enough, it was. I seriously think the only reason this guy is still in business is because he is the biggest ebay seller, some times only, who parts these out. That, and good buyers tend to wait till the very last minute to escalate, believing theyre getting a refund, which eats away at the feedback time. I never once gave this guy bad feedback due to the deadline.
Anyway, if you do come across anyone in the future needing the ones you sent me, just let me know. I would be happy to "pay it forward" and ship them onto the next individual.
when I met you and your husband a few years ago I remember a Porsche being worked as well - has that been displaced by the Packards?
No, we still have it. It still driveable, but is also pretty much on hold. If this Caribbean wasnt Packard's halo car, one of 750, worth $70-$100k fully restored, I would've done the evil wife thing and told him "take you money and your time, and finish your other car." In fact, the only reason you didn't see an RX7 in the driveway is because I made him sell it, as a condition of me lending him the money to buy the porsche, which, he paid back pretty much instantly. The deal with the packards were that they were local. I dont remember what we paid, few thousand, but a farm was being sold to developers because "OMG we need more houses!!!" and these vehicles needed to be gone ASAP. Since its local we will occasionally run into the seller and/or his friend. In fact, this just happened last Thursday.
The neighborhood we moved to has an HOA. The house you saw, clearly didn't. But we literally have 5 cars parked in our 3 car garage. Its quite a sight. Since both Packards pretty much HAVE TO stay in the garage, this makes things difficult. In fact, as soon as we brought the first one home, all three houses in front of us went on the market. Last weekend all three moved out. I'm a little suspicious.
I still have my mustang. ...because that's MINE!!! People have negative opinions about it when they find out I occasionally let my daughter ride in it. They seriously think its wreckless, and that I'm breaking some kind of law. Its very rare when she does ride in it, but seriously. You expect me to sell a car I've had since the 90's and buy a minivan/SUV? Do they require poor people to do that? CPS doesn't take their kids away. "OMG! You don't have AC!" I just have these crazy memories of riding up front with my parents. And when I was 5, DID NOT have a child seat! I cant believe my own mother, who, BTW, also thinks I'm a horrible person for doing it, would put me in such danger herself! I mean, stuff like that is actually illegal now. Not at all like what I do.
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