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My wife is getting another heart.
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<blockquote data-quote="Recon" data-source="post: 16931609" data-attributes="member: 181287"><p>The radiator is in, and we had to get another lower hose. The previous one had to be shorten to fit the much larger original brass radiator.</p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230705/4b195bfecc5eeb9e7318a69139d7928e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>I’m not sure if you can tell the positive batter cable clamp is broke. So, new cables will be ordered tomorrow. There’s a few things that also need some attention. The fuel line, from pump to fuel filter, is touching the lower radiator hose. We have a section of the old hose In between them. That will be resolved soon. </p><p>As of today, Independence Day, marks the first day I drove the car. Now given it was only about 100 feet. Reason being is the car was fuming up the building pretty bad and with the race fuel mixture it’s wasn’t great for the eyes and nose. I had a few impressions from it. The shifter is extremely notchy which I like. Although there will need to be some adjustments made as she wasn’t real happy going into reverse. Quick note is the shifter assembly was labeled as for a 65 Impala. I found out later that, that was incorrect, imagine that. It was for an earlier Impala. One thing that we had to do was trim the reverse level at the shifter as it was making contact with the transmission crossmember. </p><p>The clutch seems to not changed its characteristic of being very stiff. Not a negative trait as I’m used to it; having this car for so long. Throttle response is great. Today was the first day the throttle linkage was hooked up. It’s also a nice touch that after 14 years of ownership the car will finally have a functional choke set up. When the car was restored several years ago not choke parts were available for my small block with the original carb.</p><p>We had a coolant leak outside and it was the radiator clamp at the thermostat housing. That’s taken care of and thankfully not much coolant was lost.</p><p>After the final session of fine tuning the carb and adjusting the timing; I can say she runs great. And man my constant doubt, of the cam not meeting my high expectations, is out the window. The car is talking a lot of shit at an idle, and I love it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from somewhere in the twilight zone…</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Recon, post: 16931609, member: 181287"] The radiator is in, and we had to get another lower hose. The previous one had to be shorten to fit the much larger original brass radiator. [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230705/4b195bfecc5eeb9e7318a69139d7928e.jpg[/IMG] I’m not sure if you can tell the positive batter cable clamp is broke. So, new cables will be ordered tomorrow. There’s a few things that also need some attention. The fuel line, from pump to fuel filter, is touching the lower radiator hose. We have a section of the old hose In between them. That will be resolved soon. As of today, Independence Day, marks the first day I drove the car. Now given it was only about 100 feet. Reason being is the car was fuming up the building pretty bad and with the race fuel mixture it’s wasn’t great for the eyes and nose. I had a few impressions from it. The shifter is extremely notchy which I like. Although there will need to be some adjustments made as she wasn’t real happy going into reverse. Quick note is the shifter assembly was labeled as for a 65 Impala. I found out later that, that was incorrect, imagine that. It was for an earlier Impala. One thing that we had to do was trim the reverse level at the shifter as it was making contact with the transmission crossmember. The clutch seems to not changed its characteristic of being very stiff. Not a negative trait as I’m used to it; having this car for so long. Throttle response is great. Today was the first day the throttle linkage was hooked up. It’s also a nice touch that after 14 years of ownership the car will finally have a functional choke set up. When the car was restored several years ago not choke parts were available for my small block with the original carb. We had a coolant leak outside and it was the radiator clamp at the thermostat housing. That’s taken care of and thankfully not much coolant was lost. After the final session of fine tuning the carb and adjusting the timing; I can say she runs great. And man my constant doubt, of the cam not meeting my high expectations, is out the window. The car is talking a lot of shit at an idle, and I love it. Sent from somewhere in the twilight zone… [/QUOTE]
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