Auto shops to avoid around Knoxville/Pigeon Forge

[KiltedBanshees93GT]

Hey, hola man.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll keep em in mind, if you'd let em near your Cobra thats good enough for me, lol How far out there are they?

Hopefully we'll be getting another car soon, (the 'Depot has decided to get rid of night crew, thus screwing up our work/ride schedule) then I can start looking at some of the bigger projects that I've been putting off (5 lug conversion and a motor rebuild) and maybe even get some work done on the '66.

Do you mean the Mustang yard in Dandridge or the one by the fleamarket? I got my electric fan and a bunch of bits and pieces from the Dandridge yard, I've only been to the other place once.

Later,
J

[mustangII460]

The stang yard off of 25/70. I think its actually considered New Market, but closer to Dandridge. Probably the same one your talking about. The shop near the flea market off on 139 in Kodak is a joke. They don't seem to interested in selling anything.

I just picked up some spindles friday afternoon, so I'll be putting big brakes on soon.

Wrench & Tow is in Jefferson City. Exit# 417 toward Jeff City on Hwy 92. You make a left turn on Hinchey Hollow Rd. 1/8 mile on right. Can find it on google. I would give these guy the keys to my house. Its a Towing buisness and they take some work. They like the big 18 wheeler crap too.

[mustangII460]

O-yeah, I just changed out my rear axles to the Ranger ones. I already had a LSC Lincoln rear with 5 lugs, but the axles are 1.25 inches longer than fox. I had a bit of tire scrub.

The junkyard next to me, Hillbilly Auto, sold me two Rangers ones for $50 bucks.

All you'll need is the Lincoln Rotors and Ranger axles unless you want late model wheels. Then you'll have to do what im finally getting around to doing, SN94/95 spindles.

I just re-did my motor. I took the block to Maryville off of E. Broadway. David Hitch Automotive. They bored it 30,freeze plugs,cam bearing,rodded it for $211.00. Not bad. Now I have a 331 stroker motor. The intake and carbs cost more than the rebuild.

[KiltedBanshees93GT]

Nifty, thanks for the tips,
Yeah, the one on 25/70 is the one I've had the good luck with. I wasn't impressed with the place by the flea market either, they wanted something like $30 more for the same e-fan. The only bright spot was that I found a "privacy screen" for my hatch, in pretty nice shape. (don't think I've ever seen another fox that still had it, LOL)

I'll keep wrench & tow in mind for sure, and the shop that did your engine work. Do they do hot tanking too? The new setup looks sweet, I thought you were running EFI for some reason, (DOH?!) That things gotta be a beast, let me know if you ever need a navigator, LOL

As far as wheels I'm looking at the 96ish (iirc) satin split 5-stars, I can't dig up a pic right now, but they're concave 17's that I think would look sweet on a fox body, stock, but not, and 4 wheel disc. But that'll be at some point in the future,

Sorry bout the lateness of reply, my 'puter time is fairly irregular these days

Thanks
J

[USMC302]

Any of yall know a GOOD mechanic that's not overly expensive in Nashville area? Specifically Hendersonville? Thanks

[bmxmon]

MustangII460, I dig those carbs, they look sweet!

[mustangII460]

USMC, I don't know of any over that way.

Alex, Thanks for the complement.