Continued - DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CAR
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:43 pmHi! Gang,
The other thread was getting a little long in the tooth. So, I began a continuation thread. Well, the seller delivered the car on Saturday (11/04), late afternoon. WOO! HOO! It is setting out at Richard's place now. I removed the fuel tank Saturday night and it came out very easily - and well, YUCKY! inside. but, no rust or corrosion. There is a place in St. Petersburg that will clean it up real nice and coat the inside, although, it doesn't need it. Still, I want it coated. The tank already has a drain plug in the lower left rear corner - SWEET! The seller threw in a new fuel pump, too. When I went back out the next day, Richard had washed the car and cleaned the tires and wheels. What a fiend! The two of us rigged up a gravity feed gas tank filled with white gas with a neoprene hose and primer bulb and attached the container to front of the hood. Then we fitted the hose onto the fuel inlet on the Holley 4bbl racing carb. (No choke) I may change that out after I run it a little bit to check out the performance. Hit the key and it fired up on the 3rd try. Not bad, considering off rich it was running! After freeing up the sticking linkage and some minor adjustments to the carb, it now purrs like a kitten and ROARS like a Lion!!!!! Not bad for an engine that has not ran in 5 years. (Yes, we took care of all of the fluids and the oil gallery) Next will be to fix the brakes, although the emergency brake works - go figure after 5 years of sitting and not being used. Yes, it needs some work but, the worst is getting the windshield pulled and repair a few rust spots along in the bottom of the windshield area. They are not very bad, though. Put the fuel tank back in and take it for a drive. Yes!, this is a daily drivable car for only $2200. Oh, I need just about every interior plastic panel. I think I will repaint it Carmin. So, if anyone has some good Carmin interior panels let me know. I'll post some more pics next time. Talk at ya later.
John
John and Richard
The other thread was getting a little long in the tooth. So, I began a continuation thread. Well, the seller delivered the car on Saturday (11/04), late afternoon. WOO! HOO! It is setting out at Richard's place now. I removed the fuel tank Saturday night and it came out very easily - and well, YUCKY! inside. but, no rust or corrosion. There is a place in St. Petersburg that will clean it up real nice and coat the inside, although, it doesn't need it. Still, I want it coated. The tank already has a drain plug in the lower left rear corner - SWEET! The seller threw in a new fuel pump, too. When I went back out the next day, Richard had washed the car and cleaned the tires and wheels. What a fiend! The two of us rigged up a gravity feed gas tank filled with white gas with a neoprene hose and primer bulb and attached the container to front of the hood. Then we fitted the hose onto the fuel inlet on the Holley 4bbl racing carb. (No choke) I may change that out after I run it a little bit to check out the performance. Hit the key and it fired up on the 3rd try. Not bad, considering off rich it was running! After freeing up the sticking linkage and some minor adjustments to the carb, it now purrs like a kitten and ROARS like a Lion!!!!! Not bad for an engine that has not ran in 5 years. (Yes, we took care of all of the fluids and the oil gallery) Next will be to fix the brakes, although the emergency brake works - go figure after 5 years of sitting and not being used. Yes, it needs some work but, the worst is getting the windshield pulled and repair a few rust spots along in the bottom of the windshield area. They are not very bad, though. Put the fuel tank back in and take it for a drive. Yes!, this is a daily drivable car for only $2200. Oh, I need just about every interior plastic panel. I think I will repaint it Carmin. So, if anyone has some good Carmin interior panels let me know. I'll post some more pics next time. Talk at ya later.
John
John and Richard
He felt it was gold. Oh well. At least its in a GOOD home.