Hello everyone, Just found this place and joined today. I thought I should jump in and intro myself. Name is Craig [TooLow] I am from central PA Harrisburg area. Life long gear head mostly Gm products but have owned a few mopars. Into motorcycles also just about anything mechanical. I am in the automotive suspension industry working for Dayton Parts [stanley springs] making leaf springs.
Ok I joined here because in July 2009 I bought a 1965 Pontiac Tempest for my girlfriend. It is going to be her everyday driver, fixer upper and cruiser. The car is reasonable solid, 326, 2bbl 2 spd auto, power steering, A/C, bench seat. It needs rust repair on lower fenders, floors, trunk, exhaust work and interior work, paint, heck just a plain fixin up. But it is a running and driving car. My girlfriend [Barb] is learning to weld and do mechanical work as she is working on the car. She said it is her car and she wants to do a lot of the work to it, I agreed cause any help I get is a plus and I think she will be much more proud when driving the finished product knowing she did it.
Like I said before I am generaly a GM person, owning a 65 elcamino and a 48 chevy aerosedan[streetrod project] but this is my first Pontiac and is a learning experience. I already learned that the 2 spd trans is not a gm powerglide but in fact a st-300, which I found out after I tore the pan down and tried to change the filter & gasket. LOL now the search is on for a filter and gasket to fit. Anyway, again HELLO EVERYONE from Craig & Barb