Gen X | Master Mechanic | Inventor | Schindler of Automotive’s
Henderson, NV
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The ‘61 Pontiac Star Chief is nearly ready. Electrical is done except for one HVAC control wire. I’ve put 41 hours into the engine and AC install with no complaints, thanks to the work quality—these guys can’t get enough of it.
The stakes were high, but good pussy is hard to resist.
BREAKING: Nvidia, $NVDA, CEO Jensen Huang sends a company-wide email regarding his recently reported relationship with a Chinese spy.
For anyone wondering what it looks like from Craigslist to perfection, check out the video of the ’64 Chevelle build we recently finished.
New notification about my money account. The perks look temporary for regular guys like me. I'll still use it, but less—no incentive. I already have a bank card that transfers money fine. On the plus side, it's an established account for transfers if I ever monetize, which is extremely unlikely given how the platform works and my resistance to the drama and rage.
If this gear train had zero slack and zero friction, 10 turns of the input gear would move the output by about 10^{-99} of a revolution.
If that microscopic distance were the size of a human, it would equal roughly 10^{126} diameters of the observable universe.🤯
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80% of the power in your car battery comes from Einstein, and physicists only proved it in 2011, after 150 years of starting cars without knowing why.
Lead has 82 protons. They pull its inner electrons so hard that those electrons move at 60% of the speed of light.
At that speed relativity kicks in. The electrons get 25% heavier and drop closer to the nucleus. Lead’s outer pair gets locked in so tight that lead dioxide grabs electrons extra hard.
That grab is what powers your battery. Physicists ran the numbers with and without relativity. Of the 2.1 volts in every cell, 1.7 come from relativity.
Switch Einstein off and your 12 V car battery gives about 2 V. The car never starts.
Tin sits right above lead in the periodic table, with almost the same chemistry, and a tin battery barely works. Tin is too light for relativity to matter.
Every car battery on Earth is a relativity experiment.
There’s a pencil hidden in this video. Drop the timestamp if you find it.
Just a few more details and I’ll wrap up and deliver the ’61 Pontiac Star Chief. I shared these three stills so you can examine them closely and see the detail.
Labor: $5000.
Would you pay me to do this for you?
#restoration #Pontiac
ALT Engine bay restoration, Pontiac 389 w/ac
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Horizontal "batwing" tailfins, cat-eye taillights, low-slung wagon utility, and
250-hp Turbo-Thrust 348 V8 power.
Meet the ultimate Space-Age family hauler—the 1959 Chevrolet Brookwood Station Wagon! Slotting in as Chevy's mid-level station wagon for 1959, the Brookwood carried all the outrageous styling hallmarks of General Motors' most radical model year while offering practical 4-door utility for suburban America.
Up front, it features low-mounted dual headlights positioned beneath prominent hood air intake nostrils and a wide horizontal mesh grille. Its long, low profile is defined by panoramic wraparound windshield glass, full-length side chrome trim, and Chevrolet's wild, flared "flatwing" rear tailfins housing iconic cat-eye taillights. Under the hood, buyers could opt for Chevy's potent 348-cubic-inch "Turbo-Thrust" Big Block V8 engine, producing 250 horsepower in standard form (or up to 315 hp with Tri-Power carburetion), paired with a Powerglide automatic or 3-speed manual transmission.
Question: Would you cruise this radical '59 Chevrolet Brookwood Wagon or a '59 Ford Country Sedan Wagon for an ultimate classic long-distance road trip? Comment below!
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President Trump truthed out this absolutely incredible video today. Stop what you are doing and watch the whole thing.
In baseball ⚾️ , it’s called a home run. When all is said and done, labor for this engine bay restoration and AC install will be about $5k. Current work is $3,800; I still need to install the radiator and carburetor plus a few more details.
Would you pay $5k for this?
ALT Pontiac 389, engine bay restoration, including AC install. 1961 Pontiac Star Chief
Remember when we had good parts? Yeah, me too. Let me outline the parts situation for everyones understanding.
The good parts are what industry calls firsts. Firsts are quality parts that have passed inspection.
Some parts aren’t exactly right but will work, these are called seconds.
With many of these first two classes of parts nearly gone we have entered the phase of thirds.
Thirds are parts that failed inspection and are thrown in a pile and can only be used if they are somehow massaged or fixed so they can be installed. They are essentially salvage that in some cases can be used with modifications.
The worst part is, they want the same amount of money for the thirds as they do the seconds, there is no mercy.
Afternoon update on the ’61 Pontiac Star Chief. I installed a freshly built engine and a Vintage-Air air conditioning system. As the pieces came together, it was time to tie everything together and run the loom for maximum sexiness. At any rate, I’m making great progress—maybe tomorrow we’ll fire it up. 🤞
I was a little aggravated yesterday but today is another day. I piss Xcellance in my niche. Not everyone is born with natural skills though. Take the owner of the Silverado with the brakes that completely failed because the pads got so thin that they ate the rotor and squirted the caliper piston out of its socket. Mind you, this guy said this just started. Either he is really hard on brakes, or he turned a blind eye, regardless it will cost him a lot more than had he come in and said; hey my brakes are starting to squeal.
When I’m not turning wrenches, this is the kind of stuff I like to dig into.
In 1989 a scientist in Japan fired electrons at a wall with 2 openings, 1 at a time. Each one landed as a single dot. After 140,000 dots they had drawn stripes that only a wave going through both openings at once could make. Then he added a detector to see which opening each electron used, and the stripes vanished.
Every electron went through both doors. Until someone checked.
Physicists voted it the most beautiful experiment ever done, and nearly 100 years after quantum mechanics was born, nobody can say why looking changes the result.
There’s an eye hidden in this video. Drop the timestamp if you find it.
I know many folks see me and probably wonder, “Who the fuck is this guy?” I don’t point the camera at myself much because I’m not the center of attention—my restorations and experience are. I know I come off a little cocky and all-knowing, but there’s a reason. I’m 61 and next year qualify for retirement. I’ve been a certified mechanic since 1987, proficient in light-duty and heavy equipment repair. My love of building engines equals my love of restoring classics. I’ve been in Vegas since 2010 and built a reputation as one of the best in the area. I work privately on high-profile builds and restoration projects.
ALT ‘61 Pontiac Star Chief 389-cid w/Air
One of the most important steps before starting a new engine is to prime the oil system before installing the distributor. Remove the valve covers first so you can see oil reach the rocker arms once the lifters are fully bled. Start with the engine at top dead center on cylinder #1. Drive the oil pump until oil appears at both the intake and exhaust rockers, then turn the engine 90° and follow the firing order for each set of rockers until oil is seen. Complete two full crank rotations in 90° increments, pumping until oil appears at each step. This prevents valve chatter and excess bearing wear on a fresh engine at startup.
Update on the ‘61 Pontiac Star Chief. After getting the accessory drive belts installed it was time to get the wiring straightened out because it was a mess. After things were organized a bit I went ahead and primed the system with oil and dropped the distributor in. #Pontiac #StarChief #Customs
