[VCho455]

More sheetmetal work on the bird.

[PAUL K]

Took the RAIV TA for a spin, then the Super Duty and then the RAIV and then the 80 ..... The 80 is WAY faster! All in all a good weekend for "drive time".

[Hunter98TA]

drove it on the road for the first time in 25 years.

[VCho455]

Originally Posted by Hunter98TA

drove it on the road for the first time in 25 years.

Congratulations!

[Hunter98TA]

this thing sounds so wicked. I didn't think it would sound like it does, nice lopey, crackling deep voice. It's actually my son's car that he bought at 15. He's 43 now LOL. I've been working on it since so this is the first time it hasn't been in my garage.

[PAUL K]

Excellent.... That's fantastic!

[Hunter98TA]

I'll be doing a write up on the whole process. She's been through a few color changes. LOL
TEASER
68 400, with Holley Sniper which so far has been Fantastic. Engine dynoed at 468 but with a 650cfm carb. Hoping for closer to 500 after full tuning.

[SD455DJ]

Originally Posted by Verdoro 68

My impatience got the best of me. We're expecting the seats back from upholstery this week, and my son is anxious to get it back out on the road. Rather than go through the rigmarole of getting an estimate to fix the wheels, I fixed them myself.

The damage looked worse than it was, but still took most of the weekend to fix. Three of the four just needed some sanding and touch up. The fourth was a little more intensive and needed some epoxy repair, so I ended up refinishing the whole wheel. Don't tell anyone, but it actually came out better than the first time. Got the wheels mounted on the car today and they look pretty good. I know the tire shop is getting off easy, but I'm still going to make a few calls tomorrow.

Your Ventura reminds me of the 455HO "What if" that Royal made up on a '71.5 Ventura Sprint with 15x7 Honeycombs and F60-16 Goodyear Polyglas's. It's looking really sharp!

Dennis

[Verdoro 68]

Originally Posted by SD455DJ

Your Ventura reminds me of the 455HO "What if" that Royal made up on a '71.5 Ventura Sprint with 15x7 Honeycombs and F60-16 Goodyear Polyglas's. It's looking really sharp!

Dennis

That's cool, I don't know that I've seen that before. I like to pull from the factory parts bin to make stuff that didn't exist, but maybe should have. I suspect the Honeycombs were never offered because the Ventura was an economy car, but they look good. We've been talking about either putting the green '74 GTO stripes on it or reinstalling the side moldings. I'm for the former, Cole is for the latter.

We got the back bumper on and have completed our to do list for the drive to Arizona. The color match on the filler looks worse in the pic than it does in real life. The carb needs a little more love and it needs a wheel alignment the big work is done. Presuming we can get some seats to sit on, I think we're about as ready as we're going to be.

While we're waiting on seats and mucking with bumpers, his buddies are in full on thrash mode trying to get engines in their cars for trip down.

[71GP76TA]

Picked up another set of KR wheels for the '72 T/A. These are in better shape and have matching date codes that are more in line with the build date of the car. Seller had them listed on Facebook marketplace as 14x6's..

[PAUL K]

Originally Posted by 71GP76TA

Picked up another set of KR wheels for the '72 T/A. These are in better shape and have matching date codes that are more in line with the build date of the car. Seller had them listed on Facebook marketplace as 14x6's..


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[tempest1964]

Got a friend who could stop by today. Helped me pull the hood off. Then I pulled the 6 banger. A little cleanup and the 421 will be going in.

[VCho455]

Went and saw a man about some car parts. Now I have to find information on how to rehab them.

[Jack Gifford]

Not today, but spent most of last weekend checking valve clearances of the '26. It does have adjustable tappets, but what a nasty job. Access is terrible on flathead inline engines, with the manifolds pretty much blocking the view (and fingers) through the narrow access hole. I had thought I might explain the noisy valvetrain, but none were more than a couple thou loose. So it's still noisy.

[Carl S]

I had a clock for one of my 66's sitting on a shelf. Took it off, cleaned it with brake clean, filed the points and about 36 hours later it's still keeping time. I'm curious how long it will run....

[66sprint6]

What I’m doing with my Pontiac, is selling a Chevy motor that we have, so that I can get a Pontiac motor. I’m expecting to get a good buck for this. It’s not rebuilt. It’s a crate engine that’s virtually new. We put this in our ‘66 for a bit when we had an issue with the OHC6 engine.
We’ll have this running on a temporary stand for prospective buyers. A nice running engine like this is pretty hard to come by around here, so I’m expecting a quick sale.

[srmmmm]

Dropped off a repop RamAir IV manifold at Reher-Morrison for a little runner massaging. Number 1 had more of a corner than a radius on the final bend, number 4 had a low ceiling, and number 7 had a boss protruding into the roof. Nothing too severe, but enough to cause an imbalance between cylinders.

[PAUL K]

Originally Posted by srmmmm

Dropped off a repop RamAir IV manifold at Reher-Morrison for a little runner massaging. Number 1 had more of a corner than a radius on the final bend, number 4 had a low ceiling, and number 7 had a boss protruding into the roof. Nothing too severe, but enough to cause an imbalance between cylinders.

Well that's pretty cool .... Hope you post some pictures of the finished product

[GtoFM]

Originally Posted by Carl S

I had a clock for one of my 66's sitting on a shelf. Took it off, cleaned it with brake clean, filed the points and about 36 hours later it's still keeping time. I'm curious how long it will run....

Take it to a local clock shop and have them lubricate it properly so it lasts a long 'time' ;-)

[Cosmic Charlie]

Small Show 100+- cars
Mine was def not the Nicest but the Judge picked it
"Best Saturday Night Cruiser"