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Yeah, Jay Allen has a neat place there, they visited in the pre-Roadkill episode in the Buick convertible. The 39 Chevy sedan that I built in the late 80s, and Jay bought from me in the mid 90s, is glimpsed in the episode. It's parked on the street now, I drove past it today. There was also a photo shoot in Hot Rod mag about that time.
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Bisbee used to full of hippies selling their beads and artwork. They're still there, just older........I always liked the town.Ed, Mary, & 'Earl'
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Originally posted by squirrel View PostYeah, Jay Allen has a neat place there, they visited in the pre-Roadkill episode in the Buick convertible. The 39 Chevy sedan that I built in the late 80s, and Jay bought from me in the mid 90s, is glimpsed in the episode. It's parked on the street now, I drove past it today. There was also a photo shoot in Hot Rod mag about that time.
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Originally posted by squirrel View PostThey do tend to last a long time
The mill
oh god, "the jason motor" (halloween horror film reference, cant kill it/keeps coming back from the dead)
a friend had a 67 dart we were doing a 360 swap into, so he decided to kill the 6 first, send it off with a bang.
floored it till it valve floated and held it there for 20 minutes. still running. drained the oil, started it and let it run
for 20 minutes. still running. decided the 1-2 combo was the answer, no oil, rev till float. it lasted almost 30 minutes
before finally heat seizing. just for giggles, 20 minutes later i tagged the key--it started and ran. didnt even knock.
them things are scary......
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Originally posted by fatguyzinc View Post
oh god, "the jason motor" (halloween horror film reference, cant kill it/keeps coming back from the dead)
a friend had a 67 dart we were doing a 360 swap into, so he decided to kill the 6 first, send it off with a bang.
floored it till it valve floated and held it there for 20 minutes. still running. drained the oil, started it and let it run
for 20 minutes. still running. decided the 1-2 combo was the answer, no oil, rev till float. it lasted almost 30 minutes
before finally heat seizing. just for giggles, 20 minutes later i tagged the key--it started and ran. didnt even knock.
them things are scary......
Dan
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Originally posted by fatguyzinc View Post
oh god, "the jason motor" (halloween horror film reference, cant kill it/keeps coming back from the dead)
a friend had a 67 dart we were doing a 360 swap into, so he decided to kill the 6 first, send it off with a bang.
floored it till it valve floated and held it there for 20 minutes. still running. drained the oil, started it and let it run
for 20 minutes. still running. decided the 1-2 combo was the answer, no oil, rev till float. it lasted almost 30 minutes
before finally heat seizing. just for giggles, 20 minutes later i tagged the key--it started and ran. didnt even knock.
them things are scary......
how did we get to the top layers? glad you asked... the Dart was aka the ramp truck.... throw bale to top of dart, from top of dart to hood of the truck, to the top of the truck to the top of the stack.... safety 3rd!Last edited by SuperBuickGuy; October 18, 2021, 09:48 AM.Doing it all wrong since 1966
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Casper got some art today. It's done with sharpie, so it'll go away after a while in the sun. Both sides.
I also got a new chinese aluminum radiator...the old one seems to be original, never worked on, and had enough flakiness that I decided it was time.
And I got most of the dash working tonight. I'm waiting for the new instrument voltage regulator to arrive, but the gas and temp gages are moving now (too far!), and there are lots of lights working in there as well. Mostly just stuff not making contact with the PC board, from age. Turning the nuts on the gauges, and the grounding screws, fixed a lot. I also had to deal with the light sockets being dirty, and some with broken off tabs. I just hope the speedo survived, it was working great before I took stuff apart.
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Imperial with a slant six and 5.13s...that is literally a tank!
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Originally posted by squirrel View Post
And I got most of the dash working tonight. I'm waiting for the new instrument voltage regulator to arrive, but the gas and temp gages are moving now (too far!), and there are lots of lights working in there as well. Mostly just stuff not making contact with the PC board, from age. Turning the nuts on the gauges, and the grounding screws, fixed a lot. I also had to deal with the light sockets being dirty, and some with broken off tabs. I just hope the speedo survived, it was working great before I took stuff apart.
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I still had a little issue, with the grounds...the gauges would start reading high, when the left turn signal was on! the grounding screw on that part of the PC board was still a bit dirty, I fixed it by wiggling and tightening it.
Also got the dome light working (someone put a single pin bulb in, which shorted the dual pin contacts). The speed don't work...it pegs when I drive. I should probably take it all back apart and see if something is jamming it, like a broken off tab from one of the light bulb holders.
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