[GH85Carrera]

That type of thing is exactly why I do 95% of the work on my cars myself. I can't do a good alignment, and some things are over my limit of ability. I talked to a lot of my grey hair friends that have 1980s and older cars and asked them all who does your alignments. No way am I taking my El Camino to a tire store. Most don't have older cars in the computer database, and I do not want a stock alignment.

I finally found a guy that got two referrals from trusted picky classic car owners. I called and chatted with him a few minutes. I told him the guy that did the last alignment had retired and sold off his equipment. He said that is the guy that trained him! Bingo, he got the job.

I showed up with the El Camino fresh from a bath, and all detailed. I told him that I bought it in 1991, and he said he will treat it with care. He let me watch. I knew it needed an alignment and the upper A-arm bushings had worn out for the second time. Removing those giant springs scares the hell out of me. So I let a pro do it, and it was all done perfectly, and new MOOG parts were used.

I own old 1980s cars because a major part of the car hobby for me, is tinkering and maintaining it. Just this last weekend I did the 380,000 mile oil change and lube job on the Elky.

So no, I really don't have any of your type of stories.