Where is everyone #5

I have always liked to run all motor. Nothing wrong with a little juice by any means. I bought that car at an auction. It was an all original 60k actual miles car. It sat 7 years covered up in my granddad's barn. Gathering a piece here and there. The 540 happened by dumb #### house luck. I would cry alligator size tears if it had a big event lol.

I can't say I would ever take on another project of that size. I built a rotisserie frame I would give away cause I'm sure I will never use it. I can promise you the first ice cream run was worth it.

 

When I applied to come here they said I could come over on a work Visa and renew it every 2 years. I asked em what happened if they didnt renew, and they told me I'd have to go back. No thanks I said, cause i was bringing my wife and 3 kids, selling house etc. I'll just wait until I get the Green card in me hands. 7 bloody long years and we finally got it. We were out of there within 4 weeks.

 

I'm in that peterbilt and red conestoga for now, just ordered some parts for my binder and I'm hoping to have it ready to RIP in the next month.

 

Here's my opinion, a good mechanic is good at diagnostics, therefore he should be good with a computer and any other methods of diagnosis.

I don't like dealing with parts changers, the type of guys who throw part after part at a problem just poking and hoping for a solution, I'd rather pay a few extra hours of diagnostic fees.

That said, alot of younger techs cant do any kind of diagnostics without a ####ing computer, if there's no codes being thrown their up the creek without a paddle.


Just what I've seen being a paying customer at many shops all over the country...there's some really knowledge guys in this group, matter of fact a few of them have turned wrenches on my old junk and for that I'm forever grateful.

 

You guys have been prolific today.

Regarding American cars of the 60's my personal favorites are all over the place. Here is my top picks. 63 Corvette split window 327/375, 65 Corvair Corsa turbo, 66 Shelby GT350, 67 Nova SS L79, 68 Cougar GT E 427, 69 Camaro SS/RS Some of the ones I would like to have back are my 69 Camaro, 67 NovaSS and, 65 El Camino. I am a die hard Chevy guy but, I did have a 67 Mustang GT fastback with a 427 medium riser when I was a kid. One of my all time favorites is 55 Nomad, perhaps the best looking wagon ever made. Trucks, I like Chevy, advanced design, task force and 67-72's. There were some neat Ford's and Mopars but, I never really warmed up to them, my 67 Mustang was a money pit. It is funny, my dad was a huge Ford guy.

As far a mechanics go, I just shake my head at the state of the trade today. The manufactures have made depot repair assemblies the only option. Most of it is due to time and equipment to do component overhaul but, the skill or lack thereof is part of it. Think about this, spark plug wires, distributors, carburetors etc are alien to many at this point. Imagine a young guy setting a dual point distributor or adjusting dual quad carbs. Most shops don't have guys that even know 20 year old cars let alone 50 year old cars.

That said, I do like electronic fuel injection/ignition. Megasqiurt is a great tool for me, I play with Mercedes V12's and there is so much that you can do with open source controls.

Steve

 

Not sure...all the evidence was scattered everywhere!! Lol! I think the block was weak. Not properly magnafluxed at the machine shop?? I was so mad about the whole affair I sold it.

 

That is one of the nice things about port injection, dry nitrous systems are much more forgiving.

Steve

 

This was all back in 1990. There has been a lot of learning since then and a ton of advances in systems. I should have done a lot more studying before throwing huge amounts of giggle gas in it and just seeing what happened.

 

It was my first and last run at Nitrous... especially a system that big. When I bought my Nova in '89 it was a $750 car. It was a rust free beater. I sunk a lot of money in it. Nothing like a rotisserie car but it was fun. By today's standards it would probably be a $20k car with everything I had done to it. I wish I still had it. would have made look like this with a slightly cammed 396 a th350 and a 12 bolt with :56's and been cruising.

 

Your definition of beater and mine may be different lol. Looked good to me. I went fuel injection for the cruise factor. Loading up in traffic sucks lol.