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I just about overloaded my DVR with Apollo recordings the last few days. PBS, SCI,C-SPAN, Smithsonian channel and others had quite a few shows about the moon landing and Apollo missions in general.. I'm old enough to remember when Shepard was launched and of course Apollo 8 and Apollo 11 kept you glued to the old black and white TV. Unfortunately we could only pick up NBC and ABC, so we didn't watch Cronkite.

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Happy Birthday John! Enjoy your day!

Good to hear from you John. Never give up, it's amazing what the mind and human body can do as long as hope and willpower prevail.

Jim

Good news John! My continued prayers.

I did my own box years ago. It's a pretty straightforward process if you can round up the necessary bushings and such. Unless you've got some severe wear problems the bolts should remain tight and as far as I know they can be reused. If you have a Chassis Overhaul Manual, Section 9 gives you all the info you need. I actually had to make my own bushing for the cover because they were not available. This was in 1980 so the aftermarket may now supply everything you would need.

Darrell, I can't agree more. The wealth of information John has shared is immeasurable. I for one have learned from him as I am sure others have. John always was the guy that had first hand knowledge of the cars and production methods and would take time to answer questions no matter how trivial. Thank you John the time you have devoted to this forum.

My prayers are with John and his family. I truly appreciate the his answers to my emails in the past. Godspeed.

Jim

You are in my prayers John.

I had something similar happen on a Turbo 400 years ago. Changed gaskets and fluid 3 times then decided that wasn't the problem. The selector shaft seal was the problem. Might take a look.

Jim

Yeah I used to go every Thursday back in the early '90's. Ran and '82 Indy Pace Car Z. Had more fun racing it than a fast car. Liked to cut a better light than the cars with a box. Someone on another site posted a picture a drag strip with the Candy Man it in it. I asked about it and whoever posted  didn't know anything about the car or where the picture was taken. I knew the car looked familiar so thanks for the post. I remember Butch Shirley from Anderson running at Greer. He may be able to help or maybe Gene Cromer may remember something about the car.

Jim

 He's originally from that area. He used to run at Greer when we were racing. He drove Butch Duggins' Vega some, the Carolina Wagon and others. He used to have a website when he was racing that had a lot of pictures of his old cars. I've been trying to track down his first Vega for him.  A friend of mine had it and sold it. I've lost contact with my friend since he moved away, but I still looking.

Jim

Quain welded some spring perches for my Dana 60 back in 1980 when he had a little shop in Naples, NC. He was also building his Vega then. Had that 60 in my Camaro back then and eventually reinstalled the 12 bolt. He's a good man.

Probably painted the sub-frame grey so as to spot any cracks immediately. Bill Jenkins did the same thing on his race cars for that purpose.

Jim

Excellent job. Thank you Martin!