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Bit off: Some wheels sailing down the road are not a result of torque error. Had an interesting spate of bus wheels leaving. One across a busy "business route" and one on I.H.35 that was found 1.5 miles down the road. Lots of trouble to track down the cause. They were mounted with a proper torque wrench (XXL). Turned out the painted steel wheels were not oven cured properly. After a bit of wear, the paint gave a bit and off goes the lug nut. I wonder how easy a similar thing could occur with old alloy wheels or cheap bad metal studs.

Get hold of Tom, the Birkin dealer in Colo. The flat ones will always break. I got a newer design from him that have outer bent ridges, much stronger. I suspect Scott is on the right trail about too much air leading to too much shock from the road, but the flat bar type is no good.

Shouldn't have told her to wait in the car. Nice job.

Scott, if only you were as pretty as that first patient, instead of like the last one.

Congratulations. There's nothing like getting legit!

With an original, Moss may have a lot of what you need, but a paper copy of Hemmings has everything:

Well done. That looks like a real bumper. Equal to OEM!

@hahuang65, my car was a Birkin, previously registered in Ill. Chassis # only, stamped under rollbar. Unless things have changed, the 30 day tag lets you drive anywhere. I got 3 in a year (the max) for the Birkin and never had an issue. We had a police force at work, so I just had a friendly cop come out and verify it. She was not assigned to any particular squad. The form just required a sworn peace officer.

I also had to get that inspection form. Appointment for inspection? Any sworn peace officer can do it. Find a cop. Most like goofy cars. That was much easier than trying to find one to do a finger print card.

Very nice looking.

Short article on an original: https://classicmotorsports.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e32c785aa03c0e6cb578e7c6&id=8150ac158b&e=07ee42a8dd

"Fried chicken grease has done very well in my car" Yessiree, Scott's down home cures and fixes are sure to please. Iffen it don't look right, just lick it off. Just right time for a little schmaltz? The old German Oma always thought goose fat was better.

Nice looking dash panel.

The key may be keeping it out of the sun as much as possible. Helps the leather too.

Congratulations. Enjoy. " The fresh burns on my left shin helped me learn that lesson! " Rest assured there are some mistakes one only makes once.