Thanks Damien, your car looks great!!

Happy motoring...

Rich

Much appreciated Rich, thank you.

Out and about in the sunshine again today.
Took in the annual Victorian Hot Rod show at the iconic Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.

Victorian Hot Rod Show under the Beautiful blue sky.....the perfect day :)

Thanks for sharing.

Dan

Very nice Damien! Yeah, I'm jealous - your weather looks gLoRiUs!!!

Finally got around to swapping out the front springs.
The previous pair were too low and spongy.

Looks good "down under" !

Damn that's nice!

As I have said many times.....Damien is the perfect example of great car guys enjoying the Hobby to the fullest while making their cars better each season :)

Well done Damien.

Dan

Car looks great and the weather looks good for a cruise Damien. Been enjoying some fantastic unseasonably warm days here, but the overnight inland frosts are forecast to begin this weekend.....
Hope you had a great ANZAC day!

Thanks for the kind words gents!

We've been saying for weeks down here Tim that the good weather must almost be over! I think your right though, the end is nigh!

Received a package from Rick Jackson yesterday.
Fantastic as always!

Eric does fantastic work!

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…. Nice work !

Some progress today.
Carb on, new lines and filter in. Up and running. Has a couple of fuel leaks, nothing major. I need a few bits and pieces now, things that I cannot get here so hopefully in a couple of weeks we will be ready for summer.

Looks good!

Cheers Tim.:biggthumpup:

First time out yesterday with the new carb. Ran like a top!

How is your gasoline / petrol down under? Better than the junk we have in the States?
How much is it per liter / gallon?

The fuel here for the most part is rubbish. Being a bit player in a lot of things on the world stage, I think we get the dregs as far as fuel is considered. I run 98 octane premium but still need to run an octane booster as well. Premium fuel runs anywhere from $1.50- $185 plus a litre, adding in $14- $18 for a bottle of booster for every tank, it's an expensive proposition every time you fill up.

Damien, Are there any local small airports you can check to see if they'll sell you aviation fuel? I found a couple here in my town where they will sell you their 101 octane for about $5/gal which is way better than the VP110 gas at $9/gal at a local engine builder shop. Might be worth your while to check it out. Cheers, Mark

Laws are likely different in Australia but in the US it is illegal to pump AV gas directly into a car's fuel tank due to the absence of road tax on the AV gas. All this means is you need to fill up several gas cans armed with a good excuse for why you are doing it. I always used the "its for my off road car" and it worked. Also, AV gas does not have all the some additives that automotive fuel has. Not an issue but just stating the facts.

Av gas is mixed to burn at high altitudes, different than VP-etc. Nice thing is it never goes bad.

Thanks for saying that Rick. Yes, there is a drag strip at the local airport and they will sell it to you if you put it in your own cans, which is fine with me. Is there an additive(s) that would be good to add to the Av gas that will help my engine when I run it? I've only used VP 110 up to this point, but when I'm done redoing my engine I was hoping to run the less expensive Av gas. Thanks.

Mark, we used to go to the local airport in years gone by and fill up our fuel jugs with Av Gas straight out of the bowser for our race car, but as Rick says, a lot has changed since and I don't think there are any of the smaller airports that will do this anymore unfortunately.

Homeland security also affects just where you can go in airports also (in the US) I still get Av gas, but through an employee, not at the airport.

So true. I can remember driving my car onto the tarmac to fill it, then driving on to fill up the gas cans. Neither of those are happening today. You almost have to have someone on the inside to get the fuel unless you are pumping it into an airplane.

They used to let us run up and down on the airstrip at the end of the Cape (when it was foggy as it was/is a sight landing). Tank up the cars and go for it. No more now....

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There are two local airports here in Naples that supposedly will fill your cans for you. I have a contact at the one that who said he would do it no problem (in cans of course) and the other (as I said above) has a drag strip right on one of the old unused runways and I've heard they will still fill cans. We're a pretty small area / town so maybe things are a little more casual here.

We cruised to regional show and shine this week, enjoying the Australian summer, which has been hit and miss to say the least.

Looking good Damien! I'll betcha its great getting her out. Love CS paint on a '69!! :biggthumpup:

Cheers Sam.

Well I finally got around to upgrading the ignition, somewhat by neccesity as the MSD distributor module took a dump.
I changed to a Pertronix system and couldn't be happier. Easy to install and fired up right away. It seems that they must buy plug wire by the mile though as most of the pre made wire set I bought are way too long. Need to change the plug ends to a straight boot and will shorten them up in the process.

I've toyed with the idea of their stock look distributors. How does it run when you lay into it?

Haven't had it out yet, only running in the garage but it fired up instantly, which tells me that the MSD system was on it's way out for a bit as it was a struggle to start for a while.
Once I have cleaned up the plug wires and some other wiring it will be out for a test run.
Pleased with the system so far though.

I have an original distributor in my 396 350hp Chevelle the carb was rebuilt 4 speed runs great plenty of power

69 Chevelle
 

Original distributor

Well after a long search locally, I finally managed to turn up a pair of 15x4.5 SS front runners to go with my rears that I've had for 3 or 4 years!
I had planned to buy a pair when in your fine country over Xmas 2019/20 but it didn't work out.
I realise they are flat spoke nothing specials but beggars can't be choosers!
Would love some input for tires if anyone has some suggestions?

A nice set of Repro Goodyear bias ply tires would look great!

The Hanke Mobile!!! LOL Beautiful Car Jim......

Rich