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Garage Talk / Re: 40 Years Later, not that much has changed....

« on: July 20, 2017, 04:09:02 PM »

Hey you have better lighting in your shop now.

Yes.  Facilities and equipment have gotten better for sure!

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Garage Talk / 40 Years Later, not that much has changed....

« on: July 19, 2017, 08:14:18 PM »

...except I got a hell of a lot older! 

1977  Rebuilt 302 going back into car:




2017  Rebuilt 302 going into car:



In '77 I had all of the machine work done and put the engine together myself.  This time I had the engine professionally rebuilt to my specs and then dynoed for proper operation, etc.

Looking forward to reliving my youth a little bit! 

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Garage Talk / Re: Collector Car Appreciation Day, July 14

« on: July 19, 2017, 02:43:38 AM »

Neat cruise!  People lining the street watching quite a variety of vehicles going by.

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General Discussion / Re: Muncie Handle on Hurst

« on: June 10, 2017, 05:12:29 PM »

I usually find what I'm looking for right AFTER I buy a replacement. 

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General Discussion / Re: Z10 car on ebay

« on: May 31, 2017, 11:30:20 PM »

I hate it when they've been tubbed,   but I guess about anything is fixable.

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Originality / Re: 68 Z28 open element air cleaner

« on: May 28, 2017, 01:52:21 AM »

Part # 1756 is the lid only.  That's the flash chrome as original with silk screen instructions.

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Maintenance / Re: Is this a Packard 56 series terminal?

« on: May 27, 2017, 12:57:57 PM »

It's called a fish hook terminal in the Delphi/Packard engineering handbook.  It's in the miscellaneous series and is not part of any family like Series 56 or 59, etc.

The part numbers for the terminals are 02962604 and 02989966, but they are long obsolete.  I'm sure somebody makes them for repop harnesses, but I don't know who.

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Originality / Re: original or repop gauges?

« on: May 23, 2017, 03:26:23 PM »

I'm not an expert but the fuel gauge looks a little off.

Here's an original U16 fuel gauge that I have:

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Restoration / Re: 69 Deluxe door panel.

« on: May 22, 2017, 10:44:52 PM »

Wow, that panel really cleaned up nicely in your 2nd picture! 

A very good find!

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General Discussion / Re: mecum unrestored white Z28

« on: May 16, 2017, 05:34:39 PM »

That woodgrain ash tray looks lonely with all that black around it.

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General Discussion / Re: '68 RS - Has been sitting in a barn since 1988.

« on: May 15, 2017, 01:44:54 AM »

I'm always impressed with the info you come up with Ed.

You don't miss a trick!

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Garage Talk / Re: Video on hot stamping to make parts

« on: May 13, 2017, 03:15:08 PM »

Quite an operation!  Thanks.

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General Discussion / Re: mecum unrestored white Z28

« on: May 12, 2017, 03:57:44 PM »

Rear bumper-ettes instead of guards.

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Restoration / Re: teperature and fuel gauges

« on: May 12, 2017, 01:58:33 PM »

Are the pink wires visibly lined up at the connectors?  I'm thinking maybe something mis-pinned in the new harness?

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General Discussion / Re: Coker Firestone sports car 200

« on: May 08, 2017, 11:17:28 PM »

I didn't realize those tires were looked down on.  Those tires are one of the things that really stuck in my head when my brother drove up in his brand new Z in the summer of 1969!  I had never seen a tread pattern like those had and I thought they must be some kind of special race tire that came on Z/28's.    I was 13 at the time.  I have no idea how they drove or how the traction was.  His car had a side post battery too, and I think that was the first time I had seen one of those.  We were kind of a car oriented family so I knew about car stuff even then.

Are the Sport Car 200 tires lousy on the road?