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Got all parts to install the new oil pressure sender and the oil pressure safety switch [img] [img] [img]
I also bought a rear sway bar last year. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Smal progress. A short foreword. In the last two years I was thinking about a 17" Schroeder Racing steering wheel to install it in my 55. The 230$...
I started cleaning the heads, it is work in progress. I'm waiting for the header flange to port match these two parts. Maybe I will do a port...
I showed my girlfriend how to handle rust and this is the result [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] We also converted the lights to H4 and...
It was very cheap
Thank you
In front, between driver and passenger.
Cool find. Great car. I hope you have much fun with it.
The rear suspension is similar to my 1955 Chevy, leaf springs right and left. To get a similar drive feeling like original we maybe go with a...
It was imported from Cali in 2016 to the Netherlands.
Yes I found Clark's Parts Store via internet search for parts. Thanks for the hint. We will buy the suspension parts from them, they have front...
OK yesterday my girlfriend, my daughter and me did a 21 hours trip to the netherlands and back to pick up a 1961 Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside...
I had a brake problem and solved it with an new master cylinder with 1" bore. The brakes never worked so good before. I worked on the carburetor,...
I plan to use a electric fuel pressure gauge inside the car in the near future, that is coming in the 4 gauge panel underneath the dash. I also...
I cutted a bigger hole in the hood, know it has 9". I marked a the holes for the scoop and filled the old ones with an epoxy clay. I used the clay...
Ha ha, right.
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I'am still waiting for the carb studs and Gaskets, it should be here at wednesday. But I wanted to see how it looks with spacers and I started my...
I installed a adjustable proportional valve. I hope the car is stopping better now. It is too wet and cold to do a test drive. [IMG] My daughter...
The new carb arrived. It looks nice. I'm waiting for two parts before I can bolt it on the engine. I hope I can bolt it on next week. [img]...
Yes it is a Performer RPM. Baumi you can use an open spacer instead of removing the divider if you have enough under hood space.
Before [img] After Spacer porting [img] [img]
Finished the work on the under side of the intake [img] [img] [img] [img] [img]
Sunday work [IMG] [IMG] I removed 1" Next step are the ports thru the heads. Another thing I did. Painted it black and sanded the rips out....
I installed new exhaust tips. We had too much exhaust fumes inside the car. The trunk sealing is new but seals not completly. It looks ok for me....
[IMG] I also changed the power valve to a 9.5. I wrote with AED to hear which carb they recommend. Very fast and good answer. I am still...
I got the nozzles and cams for the carb. So did a basic setup to the carb again, primary butterfly opened up so the transfer slot is square, idle...
Thanks Baumi, hope we meet more often next year.
I did the first engine oil change. Everything looks good, I added Zinc to the oil again. I still have some problems with the carb at acceleration,...
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