Yes, a new catalytic converter did the trick. The car passed emissions testing. Yeah! ...   11-17-2012 08:08 pm

BTW, I took mine off last weekend and noticed that they are a kind of fiberglass material, not pressed board. ...   09-03-2012 07:57 pm

Maybe I can convince my brother, who lives in Eureka, to "own" the car. Eureka, which is in Humboldt county, does not require smog ...   08-11-2012 04:14 pm

Worse than putting headers onto a Jensen Healey is putting headers onto a Jensen GT. At least you don't have those dreadful air injectors ...   08-11-2012 04:11 pm

Jensen Healey wrote: The smog exemption will not be changing anytime soon, the bill was shelved. It is so hard to convince people that cars built before ...   08-11-2012 05:45 am

I am one of the rare unlucky ones that still have to get their car to pass California's emission tests. They require a test ...   08-10-2012 10:43 pm

A year and a half later, do you still need the parts? I need to reattach my headliner, so I have to take these ...   08-10-2012 10:21 pm

I just bought a Group 56 Duralast battery from Autozone and I it does not fit my GT. It is just a bit too ...   06-24-2012 01:30 am

I managed to pull on the timing shaft that goes into the auxiliary pump housing and now need to disassemble and reassemble my oil pump.  ...   03-23-2012 12:30 am

Dana was a great guy who wasn't afraid to state his opinion.  I still remember him calling me just so I could hear his GT ...   12-21-2007 11:41 pm

GT 30450 - white with a tan interior.  Exterior is undamaged but suffers from an inexpensive respray.  Interior is completely original and shows little wear.  ...   06-08-2007 04:47 am

I finally just bypassed the vacuum valve.  Every thing that I try to use as a gasket fails within a few days.   Good luck and ...   03-30-2007 05:37 am

For February, we had 15 cars show up!  This is not counting the 2 month old Lotus Exige and the Cooper S.  Among the cars ...   02-09-2007 02:15 pm

We have recently started a monthly get together for any owner of a British car, 1980 or earlier.  We hold it the first Wednesday of ...   01-30-2007 07:07 pm

Unfortunately Delta no longer has them in stock nor do they carry a rebuild kit.  In fact, they say they never even heard of a ...   10-08-2006 03:41 pm

On the inboard Stromberg, there is, what I think is a vacuum check valve.  It sits in line between a vacuum line coming from the intake ...   10-07-2006 11:23 pm

I just found Karp's in Upland. http://www.resleeve.com The say they can rebuild anything and will do whatever you want.  A wild estimation of the booster ...   10-04-2006 10:46 pm

My GT's brakes are in dire need of repair.  In the last week, I have lost all power assist.  When I step hard on the ...   10-04-2006 09:28 pm

I recently replaced my battery with an Optima.  Bigger than the original. it cannot leak and has better storage abilities in that it takes longer ...   09-28-2006 12:05 am

Arrgh!  I went back to the smog referee this morning and failed again.  This time I brought all the documentation that I could find.  This ...   09-27-2006 06:47 pm

That is correct.  I was hoping that if I waited long enough, my car would just be exempt.  But unfortunately that is not to be.  ...   09-25-2006 02:38 am

Mark, thanks for the vacuum drawing.  I'll bring it along with the factory shop manual when I go back to the referee.  Greg, thanks for ...   09-19-2006 04:59 pm

My '76 GT has been off the road for three years due to registration issues.  I was hoping that the rolling 30 year exemption in ...   09-18-2006 08:28 pm