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Secret Compartment
Some years ago I had a '66(gulp!) Dodge Dart,and was a member of the Slant 6 Club of America.Shortly after purchasing it,I noticed,mounted on the passenger inner fender, some kind of electronic control box.Its' wire disappeared into the tape-wrapped wiring harness near-by.Knowing I didn't have electronic ignition,I curiously began to investigate just exactly what it was,and was really puzzled when the single cable that left the box turned out to be fake,nothing more than a piece of windshield wiper hose,stuffed an inch or two into the wiring harness.The electronic box was magnetic,and slid apart like a big hide-a-key,to hide who knows what,a spare key,some good stash?It was about 4"x6",and I could imagine it being sold by J.C. Whitney.
I wish I hadn't,but let it go with the car when i sold it,cause I've never seen one since,nor run across anyone else who has.Anyone here know about these,or where I can get one?I promise,it's not to hide my stash.My stash these days is kept in the desk I'm sitting at now - Hershey's Chocolate Bars.
I wish I hadn't,but let it go with the car when i sold it,cause I've never seen one since,nor run across anyone else who has.Anyone here know about these,or where I can get one?I promise,it's not to hide my stash.My stash these days is kept in the desk I'm sitting at now - Hershey's Chocolate Bars.
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I used to read JCW's catalogs cover to cover as a teen, and remember seeing something like that. It was a couple pages back from the Motor Overhaul Pellets, just ahead of the Jester hood ornaments and curb feelers.
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Hate to admit,I've bought two-out-of-three of those.That hood ornament looks awesome on my truck.
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I used to add up all the gas saving devices from JCW and was afraid to put them all on my car because gas would be constantly overflowing out the fill spout from so many gas saving devices. I was a mechanic in the Navy and had a cook from Kentucky who ordered all kind of products from JCW and paid me to install them on his 1955 Dodge. I also tightened up the radiator cap and he chewed me out because the pressure blew out the grits he had to stop leaks in his radiator. 
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My dad served with a guy in WWII who would decarbonize the jeeps by throwing rice down the carb; "Well, ya know it's workin', it comes out dirty!"
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Getting back to the original post, I would think you could make something similar using a box from Radio Shack. Make it look like something connected the same way the box you saw back when.
Another use for vacuum hose. I never lock the doors of my truck, I would rather have some one rummage through it than break into it causing damage. I figure the 4 speed, non-synchro tranny is more than enough deterrent but if I'm in an area I'm really concerned about I pull the coil wire and put it my pocket but I've hear of people making bogus coil wires using a piece of vacuum hose. Now that would really confound a would be thief.
Another use for vacuum hose. I never lock the doors of my truck, I would rather have some one rummage through it than break into it causing damage. I figure the 4 speed, non-synchro tranny is more than enough deterrent but if I'm in an area I'm really concerned about I pull the coil wire and put it my pocket but I've hear of people making bogus coil wires using a piece of vacuum hose. Now that would really confound a would be thief.
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Bob,I had actually thought of taking an old Mallory or MSD spark control box,splitting it open and gutting it,and trying to make a way it could be opened/closed.The original one had a nice imitation brand name printed on a metal label,it looked good.
Edit note:On second thought,I've got an old voltage regulator I removed when I installed an alternator,I could modify that.Now,what can I hide in there?
Edit note:On second thought,I've got an old voltage regulator I removed when I installed an alternator,I could modify that.Now,what can I hide in there?
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JC Whitney sure isn't like it was 30 years ago, now you can buy pretty much the same junk at the local chain auto parts store and not have to pay the shipping. When I started working on my F-2 I would look through the catalog and see what parts I could get from them, I even took a ride down to their Chicago store. At the time it was in an old building in a neighborhood I wouldn't want be caught in after dark, or late afternoon. I suppose the demand for those type of items are now being handled by other on line type of places.
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I wish I hadn't,but let it go with the car when i sold it,cause I've never seen one since,nor run across anyone else who has.Anyone here know about these,or where I can get one?I promise,it's not to hide my stash.My stash these days is kept in the desk I'm sitting at now - Hershey's Chocolate Bars.
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The thing about that old one is that it looked about right for that era of car.My old regulator would be too small to hold much stash.
The thing about that old one is that it looked about right for that era of car.My old regulator would be too small to hold much stash.
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JC Whitney sure isn't like it was 30 years ago, now you can buy pretty much the same junk at the local chain auto parts store and not have to pay the shipping. When I started working on my F-2 I would look through the catalog and see what parts I could get from them, I even took a ride down to their Chicago store. At the time it was in an old building in a neighborhood I wouldn't want be caught in after dark, or late afternoon. I suppose the demand for those type of items are now being handled by other on line type of places.
The counter guys back then were real characters, not a lot of patience but knew every part in the catalog by heart. When my '53's 223 threw a rod, I got a reman'd crank, one new rod, one new piston with rings, a new oil pump, new mains and rod bearings, plus a full gasket set. They didn't have to look anything up, grabbed it all off the shelves. As I recall the whole kit'n'caboodle cost under $200 (which wasn't cheap back then -- I only paid $250 for the truck).
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