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Caught my blue wagon in the background on "more 4" top right. The 56 gasser in "more 6 bottom left is an old friend of mine, they just finished...
Honestly this show is the highlight of our summer with our wagon. I have been to every one and had the car in a couple (last year it broke down on...
The 78 Pontiac Grand Am style el camino existed, I actually drove it once. As I recall it was black and gold. I worked for a GM supplier that was...
Thanks for the heads up. I will check that Monday when I get home. Scott
Anyone .... Please ?
I am having a problem with the battery going dead on my 64 wagon. The alternator gets hot when you try and charge the battery and it will take...
I have the breather on order, thats why the valve cover is off. Thanks Scott
Heres what I ended up doing.... I ran the vacuum line for the brake booster to the intake port that I had plugged. I then removed the PCV valve...
Right now I am using a port on the back of the carb for brake vacuum since the old manifold didnt have a provision for it. If I switch the brake...
Here are a couple of pics of what I have now. Just so I am clear, with the vent from the road draft port up to the carb AND a new vent added to...
Thats the beauty of this group, more car info than you could ever use and someone always willing to help.
Right now it has a rubber plug where the road draft tube was and a hard pipe running into 3/8 rubber hose that is attached to the bottom of the...
I need to install a breather/oil fill port on one of my valve covers since I changed out my intake to a unit without the fill tube. I have a set...
I sat waiting for my truck at the dealer one day and saw the same thing, out of the 3 rear wheel drive vehicles he serviced, not one got the diff...
I should have said that the backfiring was caused "by the carb" the backfiring comes out the exhaust and only when you have it up to around 2000...
That would certainly explain the timing mark being off. I am pretty sure that the backfiring is in the carb, I am planning on tweaking the timing...
For all that offered their advice, once again "Thanks" As of right now I am waiting for a new dipstick for the trans since the old one leaked...
right now its got a new Pertronix coil in it. I had a couple of old good ones around and they didnt work either.
I have rotated it 180 degrees, it backfires and spits like crazy, I am sure the distributor is right as of this point. Thats whats driving me...
The plugs wires are where they belong (checked them several times) The plugs were new when I started (good point on the fouling though) I am...
Here's the story, I have a 64 Belair 4dr wagon that had a very tired 283 in it. I had another 283 in another project car that I thought was better...
I love the lines on that car. Thanks for sharing your story. You dont usually hear stories about Michigan cars heading west.
Nope, not me. We do apparently live in the same town though. I replied to his post and never saw anything else. There are several cars in our town...
Not quite as "mid" as you are, I am in Fenton. I come through Midland a lot, my folks place is on 30 North of Gladwin. Hopefully when I get the...
Any more info on the car ? PM with some details, I know a few people from that area. Scott
Greetings from another Fentonite. Scott
After lurking here for a while I had to post after the Billetproof show. I sort of stumbled onto this site and the great people and cars. Four...
After all that fun how are we gonna make it till next June ? Did I hear someone say "fall Billetproof" ? (I am a known instigator)
What a great show ! This was our second year with our car and our fourth year at the show (havent missed one). If you look in the pic of luckygal...
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