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Gary is a madman. For his 57. 6 on this side, 6 on that side. Oh, and a dozen in the middle. They’re everywhere. [ATTACH]
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Shel Hoyt. He worked at Harman & Collins in the 50’s. He was in sales there, brought in by Cliff to push the H&C magneto ignitions to the speed...
Just found this in my brother’s basement. Anyone familiar with it? Grandmother gave it to my brother 40 years ago. My grandfather raced in So Cal,...
Just quoted myself after more than seven years. I don’t even remember writing that. I just ran into my own reply while looking for some...
This car stores through the Winters. Not really understanding your message. Are you saying that TOB could be leaking but the fluid looks okay in...
Question: If my TOB went bad and leaks, shouldn't the fluid be low? Clutch has stuck down on me a couple times, but fluid level is okay. Can bad...
Perhaps a very timely bump on the thread. The area is a very special place and it is with quite a bit of sadness to read about the Thomas fire AS...
The Ventura trim model seems to be the most desired prob because of the drag racing history and the base model was most typical. But pickings are...
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LOL. I wanted a $421$ and prob would have done it if '61 was correct for it. Nobody wants to sell a 421. 389 just seemed like a yawn, although...
Nearly 10 years ago, when I first hauled home this project, someone on this forum shared a road trip video with this song by Clutch. I always...
Awesome pics and ideas. I am not only looking at using the Pontiac intake, in fact it seems clear that it just won't work. I'm open to unusual...
Thx - I've heard Hilborn has great customer service. I'll shoot an email. I run an original Pontiac motor and I fit MPFI onto it. Runs awesome,...
Looking at old Hilborn mechanical injection intakes. Anyone know the bore size on the Pontiac intakes? I heard they were small. sm-all. Anyone...
I arrived to new home in Santa Barbara, car is in garage. BUT - things did not end well on the road trip. brandon - lifters are regular retros,...
Rockers were fine. When it starts cold it ticks four times right after start then stops ticking at idle rpm. Rev it then it will tick. I think...
it's fre$h - 4,300 miles.
thanks. i picked up the tools and gasket maker i needed tonight to adjust rockers. it will probably be easiest to do this in the hotel lot in the...
I am driving my 61 Bonneville from Minnesota to Southern California (via Chicago) on Route 66. Everything is going well except my valves started...
Snow melted and I have been able to horse around with the car. Holy crap - the improvement is way more than I hoped for or even realized...
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Doing some unrelated work out of Ventura, don't know the area yet. Don't really want to drive to Thousand Oaks or further, hoping there is...
I seen a guy had air supply attached to 3/16" mounted brake line with an end that is sort of flexible pointed at the cutting area on a tube...
acetone from home depot worked well for me. no sloshing or chains - i just let it soak. when finished, it just evaporated in the sun. before...
i don't know. seems to be what has happened to others. also takes longer for pressure to build up. maybe the stock pump just isn't enough for the...
motor cools okay. it's not a band-aid i'm looking for. just lower oil temps. not a race car, but i have a manual trans and sometimes it's more...
Pontiac 455. From what ive read from others with pontiac, The sandwich plate seems to affect oil pressure. Have you noticed change in pressure...
thanks for reply. For my project: the other option would be a sandwich plate and a mechanical thermostat. the electric pump setup would cost...
Every oil cooling solution I have read about has an oil cooler on the same circuit as the oil pressure for oiling the internals of the motor...
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