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JpMotorsports 09-28-2017 05:10 PM

Don't see anything

JRC99 09-29-2017 06:08 AM

Odd. There should be videos loading in. Here are the direct links, then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZr01i1PBpI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfhn8eJ3uXU

Ambrola 09-29-2017 05:50 PM

She really sounds good. Now get those license and drive it.

JpMotorsports 09-29-2017 06:30 PM

Sounds good. I am running full 3" from the headers back through Thrust mufflers and electric cut outs when needed to make a little more noise.

JpMotorsports 09-29-2017 06:55 PM

JRC99 Check out my car thread on my 67

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=139601

JRC99 09-30-2017 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ambrola (Post 1369539)
She really sounds good. Now get those license and drive it.

I've got my license now, but I'm terrified of this car. Manual steering and manual drums does not go with 2017's version of an 18 year old. I need to get to an empty parking lot with it and just spend some time getting familiar with it.

Jp, I've seen your thread. Gorgeous '67! I *believe* this car had Thrush welded mufflers on it before hand, but with 2.25" pipe. It was too damned quiet!

JRC99 02-11-2018 07:04 PM

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Ordered a steering wheel to replace that 90s Chevy truck wheel. Went for one that I know has been around since the 80s, since one is in Rick Dobbertin's old ProStreet Nova.

NorCam 02-21-2018 01:30 PM

With manual steering you're going to find that the truck wheel was a lot easier to grab hold of and turn rather than this smaller foam wheel you ordered. Perhaps you should rethink the wheel and get something easier to grab. Like a Cushion Grip GM wheel perhaps?

JRC99 02-23-2018 06:49 PM

I'm aware, but we had a '63 Fairlane with a very similar wheel, and manual steering, and it was fine.

JRC99 02-25-2018 10:38 PM

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Okay, it's harder to steer, but I can live with it. It looks great. Once the car gets rolling it'll be fine.

JpMotorsports 02-26-2018 04:08 PM

Looks good. Id remount that tach to the column to hide that wire better

JRC99 02-27-2018 08:10 AM

I like it where it is, honestly. Always liked that you can see it when standing in front of the car.

JRC99 04-20-2020 11:59 PM

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A lot hath happened these last two years. From the positive cable getting into the header and stranding us, to the alternator dying and opening a can of worms with me trying to adjust the valves without a clue as to what I was doing (which I've fixed now), to today. So, I got it running again two weeks ago, and have been driving it a bit, and having a blast. Well, I was romping on it a bit....

Remember when the throttle rod came apart on me about 3 years ago? SOB did it again.

Haven't decided if I'm switching to a cable or welding the damned thing together again.

*sigh*.

JRC99 11-29-2020 10:22 PM

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I haven't updated this in months.
It ended the year running again! I went to a 69 Camaro style cable setup.

The big things I need to do is figure out a way to keep it cool (A freaking fan shroud might be nice!) and then after that, adjust the shift linkage. The ratchet shifter has never worked right, but Pappaw also never really investigated- when he last messed with it, he was still fixing other people's cars and just got it to where he could move it around. So when you try to ratchet it, it doesn't work, and takes multiple attempts.

This would be fine if the car didn't upshift at only 4,000 RPM. Just as it's starting to get into the fun zone lol. Still, I enjoyed tooling around at like 3,000 RPM because 4.56 gears and just being a bit of a nuisance (at responsible hours) thanks to the exhaust.

Here's a photo album of mostly the same angles in a couple different locations.

https://imgur.com/a/j7DoJzt

While the Camaro is still my main focus, and needs a lot of work, it is always nice that this one still runs good. I probably need to readjust the carb, since I removed the spacer for more air cleaner room it's been a tad more cold blooded than it used to be.


Oh, and as a small aside, the old mufflers weren't Thrush- they were Magnaflows apparently. Listening on YouTube, it sounds about right. Either way, I'm not changing the exhaust any time soon. The car's entire charm to me is that it's utterly ridiculous. It's way too powerful, way too loud, way too big of a gear, not enough handling, etc. The only sano thing I'd like to do eventually is front discs.

It's also got 049 heads instead of L78 heads, and a three angle valve job was done.

randy27 12-09-2020 02:45 AM

Great update for that interesting build! She's definitely a gem.

touspude 12-09-2020 12:31 PM

Your grandpa's Chevelle's a beauty!


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