what ever floats your boat. it seems like lots of guys who had to run around with older technology back in the day steer clear of it in present day. some dont. some do a little of both. take Pop for instance ,a mixture of old & new, old where he wants it & new where he wants. Joe, even though he use to be mr OEM ,is same way, some old ,some new. I guess I am too, some old ,some new. & some times guys get tired of the old if it parks them on the side of the road enough or they get fed up with working on it. I know a couple of guys who now dont run points after getting their fill of them.comethead wrote:
I have a strange satisfaction in making that old throttle system work. My car broke at home so no worries
so where am I going with this? I dont know.
except we build them to suit us. So if I say one part is better than another, maybe it is, if it is new against old. but that doesn't mean I'm calling the old one bad or junk or unsafe. just that is better, & proven better many years ago as technology got better. & so if I say one is better, it is just what I have learned. & if I say one is better I'm NOT putting down any ones car for having old style parts. & I also respect your decision to have what you want. So if I say I have broke lots of those back in the day, the other is better, I'm just making statements & not trying to put your car down. I think we all do this to some extent about one thing or another & it is just passing on wisdom ,which is just a nice way of saying I learned that the hard way. some times people take it wrong, & take offense. & sometimes it is hard to see that guys are only trying to help, not to put down. So read in to it & give a guy the benefit of a doubt, he most likely is trying to help. On the otherhand, if someone doesn't say ''thankyou'' the way you want, dont take that wrong either, he is thinking & trying hard to fix his car. If you're here for praise you're at the wrong place. IMOSafety first! So if one of us recommends better brakes, that is an issue that involves others around you where ever you drive so I hope guys take off the mule binders for this one area, at least for the single chambered master cylinder. if you plan to drive it ,make it as safe as you can.
so I Joe I wont tell you what I really think of that throttle system.....again! (today) he he he!!!
But seriously, I hope that contraption doesn't break in an unsafe place amigo! again this is all [JMO] !!! & no disrespect intended to anyone.
... there is not one comet on entire site that has been driven just like it is more then POP's ol red ride,,,,why you ask ?cause you ain't owned yours as long !!MINE was a daily driver for a few yrs..been in so many different states,,and with 64 stuff..now that is service,,but I keep my comet in good shape,,so to that ol saying ,if it ain't broke....hell,don't fix it !! people sometimes change things just for the sake of having something to talk about...pop's 64 has been on the road so much and for so long ,most here if any will never catch up to it,,they can't ...so the bottom line is do what what ever you want with yours and set back and look at it,change over to what ever suits you,,but POP is going to stay with a proven winning hand..... 
I build them to last and I know how to do it,and I know how to pull proper maintence,,the VC have not been off since it was built back in the 90's,put the gear drive in april 1996 set the timing where I wanted it and have never touched it since,,BUT if I get a wild hair and want to change the frt end over to a 65,thanks to john,,I have most of it,if I want disc brks,I already have it,but as good what I have right now is working......am staying with the winning hand....pop
