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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / Aluminum Dents

« on: December 20, 2007, 21:14:29 »

Jim, did you get your dent fixed?  Let us all know how it turned out.  John

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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / Voltage Stabilizer

« on: September 01, 2007, 21:20:59 »

Success. On my test drive, the fuel gauge read about 3/4 of a tank which is consistent with the mileage I put on since the last fill up.  The temperature gauge read below 90 degrees celcius, when it would have read 140 before the new stabilizer was installed. John AK1103

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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / Voltage Stabilizer

« on: September 01, 2007, 20:29:03 »

I found it!  I removed the passenger (right) side underdash panel and there it was, just hanging there above the radio.  The stabilizer should be grounded and mine was not, so I grounded it and tried it. It was still malfunctioning so I replaced it with the solid state unit I had purchased from across the pond.  FYI, the stabilizer has two light green wires (output to the instruments) and a dark green wire (power in to the stabilizer) going to it. I am on my way for a test drive and will post the results later.  John

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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / Voltage Stabilizer

« on: August 28, 2007, 12:44:21 »

Ron, the part I am referring to is the voltage stabilizer, which is supposed to send a constant voltage of around 10 volts to certain of the instruments. The fuel gauge and temperature gauge will read high if more than 10 volts are supplied and low if less than 10 volts are supplied. I believe the device installed when our cars were new is the old style stabilizer which operates with points inside a tin container, hidden somewhere behind the dashboard. I have purchased the new space age solid state stabilizer which is supposed to be more reliable than the original.  We'll see...  The voltage regulator is built into the alternator and maintains the output of the alternator at an acceptable level, 13 volts or whatever. These are two different parts, serving two different functions. I hope to dive into the dashboard this weekend to again try to locate and replace the offending unit. John AK1103

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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / Voltage Stabilizer

« on: August 24, 2007, 16:15:50 »

Jim, I looked carefully in that area and couldn't see anything that resembled the voltage stabilizer. Will check again though. John

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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / Thinking about buying a 1985 Mk IV...

« on: July 28, 2007, 00:16:21 »

I bought mine in the summer of 2005 for $55K.  It was modified by Roush Special Vehicles early in its life and had the original 302 replaced with an all aluminum 351.  I was fortunate to have been able to obtain much of the paperwork (copies) from Roush which documents much of the work done to the car. The car was virtually disassembled by Roush and reassembled with many trick components. I like to think I got a good deal as the seller was asking north of $70K when I talked him down. I don't think these cars are coming down in price any time soon and given the price of aluminum bodied kit cars are a tremendous bargain in my opinion. I feel that anything around $70K USD for a nice, low mileage car is about right in the USA right now. European and English cars seem to have much higher asking prices. Just my two cents.

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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / ignition key???

« on: July 16, 2007, 03:15:37 »

Jim, you must have a different style ignition key than I do.  I just looked at my spare key and it is a normal, flat key, just cut on both sides. It's like a Ford key, or a Jeep key, nothing special. I thought your car was only 10 away from mine (1113 v. 1103). What does your key look like?

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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / ignition key???

« on: July 08, 2007, 21:48:19 »

I got an extra ignition key at a local Ace Hardware. It is a plain silver key and not one of the fancy ones with a black plastic grip (like the original). The guy at the hardware matched up the original key with one of his blanks, cut it and lo and behold, it works. I only had one original ignition key and was uncomfortable without a spare. John 1985 MK IV

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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / Insurnace question

« on: May 17, 2007, 12:15:04 »

My classic car insurance company (American Collectors) has my 1985 listed exactly the same way.  I questioned them about it and they say it doesn't make a difference as far as coverage is concerned, as long as the serial number of the car shown on the policy matches the car which is insured.

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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / what's this button for?

« on: April 28, 2007, 22:01:58 »

Is it the cigarette lighter?

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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / AK 1005 pics

« on: April 26, 2007, 03:05:19 »

Nice car! Did you order that steering wheel directly from Moto Lita?

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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / leaky valve stems!!

« on: March 05, 2007, 14:30:14 »

I checked with the mechanic who installed my tires and who replaced all four of my valve stems and he advised that there is nothing special about the replacement stems. Just be sure to clean the wheel before installing the stems. John

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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / WTB MKIV

« on: March 04, 2007, 21:58:53 »

SOLD for $58,888.  Did anyone here buy it?

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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / WTB MKIV

« on: March 04, 2007, 13:02:44 »

Henry, there is a 1985 Autokraft MK IV on Ebay right now that fits your criteria of costing less than $60,000.00. It is AK1059.

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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / Different Trevor Legate book

« on: February 27, 2007, 10:44:09 »

nikbj68, I did read "Cobra in the Barn" and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have always maintained that half the fun of the old car hobby is searching out long forgotten vehicles and attempting to buy them. About 10 years ago I stopped to look at a RWA Midget for sale in a driveway a half mile up the road from my house. I noticed another car in the garage, but could only see the rear bumper.  I thought it was a Mercedes 190 but asked the owner "Is that a Mercedes 300sl?"  He said "Come here and help me move these bikes and you can take a look at it"  After we moved several bicycles that were parked against/next to it and lifted the upside down canoe off of it, sure enough, there was a 1960 or 61 300sl roadster, still in its original paint, with hardtop installed. The gent inherited the car from his father in law who had purchased it new. He knew what he had and the car was not and is not for sale, but I ended up with a fun story and made a new friend. Several years later, I bought a low mileage 71 Etype 6 cylinder coupe from a fellow who lives 2 doors away from the guy with the Merc. I chased that one for 11 years before finally being able to buy it.  I sold it in 2005 to help pay for my MK IV. They're still out there waiting to be found, just keep your eyes and ears open! John