[70TA-RAIII]

Thanks! I'll update the thread as I work my way thru the car with clean up and maintenance upgrades.

John

[70TA-RAIII]

l decided to rebuild the carb after noticing I would frequently have a different idle speed when I would come to a stop. Sometimes normal but usually high until I would blip the throttle to get it back down. I felt the throttle and it had a lot of slop in the primary throttle shaft. I ordered Cliff's bushing kit to fix it.





lt's back together and runs like new! The same idle speed every time I let off the throttle, just like it should.



I wish I would have bought Cliff's rebuild kit too, so I could get the grooved accel pump for the little rubber boot to fit in.

John

[79firebird_99TA]

Welcome to the forum! I too like the non-console. But I'm partial. My `79 Firebird doesn't have one .. and it has the correct hurst shifter with the 4 speed.

[70TA-RAIII]

Thanks! The car will stay non-console just like it was built.

After thinking it thru and listening to the various opinions here, pretty much everything on the car will stay as it's supposed to be.
I'll probably put in a different radio (the original doesn't work anyway) but only something that bolts in with no cutting or modification.

John

[MUSLCAH]

We just had a radio installed in my sons 64 GP....the radio is in the trunk....and you run it with your Smaaht Phone.....has hands free blue tooth ....a little mic near the rear view mirror....play list....all kinds of things...Slick set up.

[unruhjonny]

Originally Posted by 70TA-RAIII

Thanks! The car will stay non-console just like it was built.

After thinking it thru and listening to the various opinions here, pretty much everything on the car will stay as it's supposed to be.
I'll probably put in a different radio (the original doesn't work anyway) but only something that bolts in with no cutting or modification.

John

Yay!!

I am posting this incase you don't already know it;
1) The AM pushbutton radio (as far as I can recall) is the same unit right up to 1977 - and is the easiest one to get.
2) a Pontiac enthusiast has created a device which makes worrying about upgrading radios almost pointless;
"Redi-Rad" https://redirad.com/
/\ I plan on buying one.

EDIT:
a) As far as I am aware, the AM radio face always has a 'script' style "Delco".
b) Radio came in single speaker output or dual speaker output;
As far as I know all radios which went through an 8-track player used a single output, and the tape playe split the output into two channels.
c) The AM/FM had two distinct looks; the early ones had a 'script' font for the "Delco" logo whereas the latter ones had "Delco" on a little rectangular 'box'.

I hope this helps!

[Dens71TA]

Originally Posted by unruhjonny

b) Radio came in single speaker output or dual speaker output;
As far as I know all radios which went through an 8-track player used a single output, and the tape playe split the output into two channels.

The 8-track player was available with mono or stereo radios. There are two different wiring harnesses depending on the radio option. With the single-channel radio the front and rear speaker signals are passed through the 8-track unit and controlled by the balance knob on it. With a stereo radio the balance is controlled by the knob on either the radio or 8-track depending on what is being used at the time.

[70TA-RAIII]

Thanks for all of the radio tips! I did not know about the redirad place. I like wiring so all of the wiring info is great too.

John

[unruhjonny]

thanks for the correction Dennis(?)

[Norwood]

I would certainly say it’s a 1

[Norwood]

I’ll take your word for it.