65 GTO

[Thumpin455]

Thanks Stiney, there's lots to do yet, but I have the hard stuff done. One thing that bothers me is if I fall, get hurt, or something like that, by the time anyone finds me it could be months.

Got the headers on, what a treat that was, but so much more enjoyable on a lift. The springs sit wrong, so I will probably pull it apart and run the other ones, maybe cut quarter to half a coil off to drop the nose a bit. Worked on it until 9. I'm trapped out here because the Tahoe is broke and I need parts, nobody will give me a ride into town and the red car is buried in snow. One the snow melts I can hey in and get the stuff I need.

I am least fond of April.

[DanStokes]

Let me X2 on Stiney's comments. I'm old and too accustomed to comfort but I appreciate your drive and determination. Rock On!

Dan

[mike343sharpstick]

For garage lighting I would recommend these from Home Depot. I've been replacing all my lights with these LEDs and the improvement is amazing, the price is very reasonable as well. You can daisy-chain them and not have any light degradation so it makes mounting options a bit easier as well depending on where you have power in the ceiling.

[DanStokes]

I don't know what Home Depot charges for them but I've been getting them at COSTCO for varying prices depending or whether they're on sale or not - IIRC I paid $23 & change for the last couple. Another advantage is that they come on in cold weather unlike my old florescents.

Dan

[Thumpin455]

No home depot or Costco here, Lowes and menards are the only choices. The lights in using can be daisy chained, thats what I did on both walls. Later this year I'll do two rows on the ceiling too. One wire, up to seven lights. Really bright, not much power needed, so when I go off grid I have the lights I need already in place. Eventually I want another string along both walls about 5ft up on a separate circuit, that should give me plenty of light to work, and if it works good, when I do my downdraft paint room in an adjacent building, I'll use them to light it.

Looks like the control arms wont fit a Pontiac with headers, so back to the ones I had on before worn the stock sized spindles, but with cut springs, not a bunch, just enough to lower the front a bit. I'll find a car they fit and do that one instead, maybe the 68 will work better. Or maybe the Cutlass I'm doing for my girl in Chicago.

Finally got into town today, I hate April weather. Worked on the air lines today, trying an idea I have to limit the water in my hoses. I built expansion chambers and venturii into the system, with the idea of pressure drops condense the water so it can be drained. We'll see if it works this week.

I'm usually wiped out by 10pm now, it's a good thing I don't want a night life.

[Deaf Bob]

At least you make it to 10 pm..
I'll help the kid to "dark-thirty" but I'm dragging my ass home then..

[STINEY]

, not much power needed, so when I go off grid I have the lights I need already in place.

Planning on DC and bypassing the transformers in those fixtures?

I have visions of setting up my barn with REAL DC LEDs and the right amount of solar feeding a small battery bank, and leaving the lights on 24/7.

Someday houses will be wired separately for DC lighting, in my opinion. AC makes sense for fluorescent and incandescent, but not for LED.

[Thumpin455]

At least you make it to 10 pm..
I'll help the kid to "dark-thirty" but I'm dragging my ass home then..

From now until October, it gets dark after 2130. So I only go until dark, but then I'm crashed before long.

Wind, solar, and generators. I'd like to find a big Sterling engine to run a generator since I have a constant heat source. Someday stuff, right now I have lots to do.

[Scott Liggett]

What's this? I spied an Olds!!

[Thumpin455]

What's this? I spied an Olds!!

Yes the girl I'm seeing bought a 72 Cutlass S, I'm rebuilding it for her. She bought almost all the exterior sheet metal and got me a few things to pay for labor in advance. A GTO hood for the 65, a dual quad intake last year, and I kid you not an EFI system. She is paid up on labor for most of the build, and I can get the GTO running awesome too. Finally meet a girl that doesn't expect me to buy her everything, best part is she lives in Chicago. Going to put the same EFI on her car if this one works out on mine.

The pipes are my air line dryer, something I'm trying out. If it doesn't dry the air, I'll build a still out of it. l

[Thumpin455]

Almost forgot. Worked on dents today. I'm not liking the one on the fender, but the other two seem to be coming out ok.

[DanStokes]

Almost forgot. Worked on dents today. I'm not liking the one on the fender, but the other two seem to be coming out ok.

That stud gun is the cat's butt, no!!?? I have one I can borrow whenever I need it which is almost as good as owning one.

Great work, as always.

Dan

[Scott Liggett]

Yes the girl I'm seeing bought a 72 Cutlass S, I'm rebuilding it for her. She bought almost all the exterior sheet metal and got me a few things to pay for labor in advance. A GTO hood for the 65, a dual quad intake last year, and I kid you not an EFI system. She is paid up on labor for most of the build, and I can get the GTO running awesome too. Finally meet a girl that doesn't expect me to buy her everything, best part is she lives in Chicago. Going to put the same EFI on her car if this one works out on mine.

The pipes are my air line dryer, something I'm trying out. If it doesn't dry the air, I'll build a still out of it. l

Does she have a sister? HAHA! Happy for you that you found a lady who shares your car passion.

[Thumpin455]

Yeah she is lots of fun, taking her sons to the National event in Chicago in June. Well be their first time experiencing fuel cars. When I start on her car, I'll make a thread for it in here.

[Mater]

let us know what you think about the fuel injection system. been thinking of getting one for the GA but not sure if you can run flex fuel with it