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Correction: I live in Atlanta, but I drive my cars to Florida frequently on vacation. Atlanta is bad enough, though. I was T-boned in my '79 F-100 by a 92 year old lady driving a Buick Park Avenue a few years ago. She could barely see over the wheel and ignored a red light. Then, she started reading...

What are you calling the cowl? The entire structure surrounding the speaker on my car is chrome. No painted metal.

Are you talking about the perforated screen over the speaker? Satin.

Interesting; I just noticed that your seller lists the manufacturer as Metro Molded Rubber, not Steele. The part number and packaging matches up with Metro's website. So both guys are selling the same part for much less than it would cost from the manufacturer. Your guy is $19.00 less than the other...

Hambone, that ebay link you posted is selling the Steele product. You can see the "S" under the rubber in the upper left. Steele is all top quality in my experience. I've used a lot of their products on my Cadillac. I haven't bought anything for the Toro, though. A restorer I know told me ...

Rear bumper will cost $400-$500 to rechrome and straighten. 3 piece front bumper will be $900 - $1100. Probably cost $700 to $1000 to do the front seat with correct fabric and vinyl. Get the correct materials. The labor is the same whether they're stitching off the rack vinyl or the proper stuff. Yo...

It is a good looking car. I'd drive it for a while to see how you like it before making major modifications to the brakes. i just got back from running errands in mine and it's a great driving car. No worries that the drum brakes won't stop me when I need them.

I've said this here plenty of times but there is really no point in doing so in my opinion. For normal driving, the drums are fine. I've been driving my '66 for almost 4 years as a daily driver. (It shares the duty with a '56 Coupe de Ville.) I have never experienced brake fade or felt that the brak...

Try Steele. Fusick may have some stuff but I think he gets his from Steele, too. My catalog from Steele doesn't have a lot of things for the Toro, though. Door to body weatherstrip, $110/pr. Trunk $35 Rubber The Right Way and Sofseal are two other companies that might have weatherstripping. Toro spe...

The reason I asked about the horn is that it works whether the key is turned on or turned off. Most of the other things have to have the key on to work. I think that rules out the ignition switch as the culprit. It has to be something common to every electrical system on the car starting at the batt...

Trace every single vacuum line in the headlight circuit. (do the lights turn on when the switch is pulled?) There is a "T" underneath the vacuum reservoir that, on mine, was disconnected. Hooking it back up got the lights to go up and down properly. Test the reservoir by blowing in it and ...