[Jeff Hamlin]

Conducted the 1st Detail of the season,

[BILL BOWMAN1]

Quick test fit on one side.. still room to spare!

[FirebirdHank]

Uncovered the Solstice, dusted it off, cleaned it up with Adams detailer and went for a top-down drive, One minor issue that will be resolved by the end of the week. Did the same process with the G8 last week. Only the Firebird remains covered tucked away in the corner of the garage. It will be out in the sun soon.

[jhein]

I drove it! Yes, the mighty TA prowls the streets once again. I had it out yesterday afternoon and then again this morning. I love driving on cool, crisp mornings. It was in the low 40's this morning. I don't know why that feels good to me but it does.

[Skidmark]

Originally Posted by jhein

I drove it! Yes, the mighty TA prowls the streets once again. I had it out yesterday afternoon and then again this morning. I love driving on cool, crisp mornings. It was in the low 40's this morning. I don't know why that feels good to me but it does.

Agree, it's your little piece of heaven. Difficult to put how it makes you feel into words, but it's real. Glad you enjoyed every second of it

[Shiny]

Started it! Still excited to have it running.

I'm motivated by this recent thread on adjusting divorced chokes and setting fast idle:

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...errerid=160974

Mine needs work but there's hope. The choke coil and linkage is pulling the choke closed:



The fast idle cam pulls the throttle off the idle screw:



The pull-off opens the choke when it starts:



And the choke opens after it warms up.

All good compared to where I've been stuck!

[71GP76TA]

My cheap ass splurged for wheels and tires.

[67drake]

Originally Posted by 71GP76TA

My cheap ass splurged for wheels and tires.

Attachment 632245

I really like those rims.

[67drake]

Haven’t really posted much lately because my non Pontiac has been getting my attention. Dropped the engine in my ‘62 Mercury this week after I pulled it for a rebuild. Should be able to break the cam in this weekend, but with the HFT failure rate these days I’m honestly a little nervous!

[kingbuzzo]

I concur!

[Jack Gifford]

221 or 260 in the Meteor? (Sorry if you already told me and I forgot)

[67drake]

Originally Posted by Jack Gifford

221 or 260 in the Meteor? (Sorry if you already told me and I forgot)

Well, I had always thought it was a 221 based on the casting codes. After I pulled the engine and inspected it, I found it to be a 260! I brought this issue with the codes up over on a Ford website, and the best explanation we can come up with is that it’s possibly a service replacement block.

[Lemans64]

Decide to buy a Digital angle gauge to try and check my pinion angles, Already had adjustable uppers, but had never bothered to check it.
Had a 4 post hoist at work, but had to wait till retied and do it at home. LOL. Crawling around on floor I found that trans was down 2.1 *
and rear was pointed down 3.5*. OOPS. adjusted to up 2.1* and found I was able to move axle housing a touch side to side with adjustable
uppers. Tires were hitting exhaust, adjusted to center the diff and road tested. All good. Now onto the next thing I have been putting off for years, LOL.

[400 4spd.]

We recently replaced a customer's exhaust system ('69 GTO) with a Gardner system (awesome quality and fit), and I bought the 2 1/2" system we removed. As time has allowed the past couple of days, I now have it under my '72 Grand Prix.
Next week I'm picking up a built '67 428 from another customer. Hoping it ends up in my '67 GTO. My original WT can go to the next owner when the time comes.

[MUSLCAH]

Getting the 64 GP out of storage ...Saturday....Then my 67 GTO next weekend.

[Radman]

I have been to busy working on the cars to post what i did to them.
Red car: 1. Replaced the 30 amp generator with one of the 90 amp Powe rMaster alternators that are in the 30 amp generator body. 2. Replaced the trunk and door lock, I was starting to have trouble with the key. 3. Replaced the old T3 headlights with the modern sealed beam that are still marked T3.
White car: 1. Raised the Tri-Power gas line feed farther from the engine. 2. Changed the shut-off valves at the gas tank from 1/4 to 6AN valves. Hopefully that will cure my fuel starvation at the big end of the strip. 3. Door lock on the drivers side kept flopping part way out of the door. Replaced the lock securing clip inside the door.
Working on a new windshield for the red car.

[65 Lamnas]

Compared the pics of my block from 10 months ago to vs today.

[Jack Gifford]

Well... I didn't actually do this today, I had a shop do it. Both exhaust manifold gaskets needed replacing on the 455HO in the 'Bandit' Suburban, so I bought a pair of Remflex gaskets and had them installed. It's a nasty job even on a lift. I have to admit to feeling too old to tackle it from a creeper.
I can't complain about the gaskets- the engine was built in '93- 31 years and lord knows how many miles ago! I've put 50,000 miles on it without ever needing to get into the engine.
What I did do on my Pontiac today was continue machining stuff to convert the lakester's broken four cylinder hemi Pontiac to a two-cylinder. Rather than source a smaller blower, I'll keep the huge 14-71, but underdrive it a bunch more (about 19% of crank speed) . This requires a 2-stage belt drive, so I'm almost finished machining a jackshaft arrangement. Keeping with the low-budget approach, and using spare parts, I'll only need to buy a couple of belts.

[Verdoro 68]

Got up at the crack of dawn and headed over to a show in Benicia, CA. Pretty good showing of Pontiacs. Every time I go to one of these big shows where you're locked in all day, I'm reminded me why I like the smaller casual cruise ins better.

[b-man]

Began cloning the Le Mans into a GTO.

The Horror…..