So, after lunch, I got started on what I thought I was going to do with the morning. After I got the hood off and loaded in the pickup, I started draining the coolant and putzing with removing the left fender to sell. I work rather slow, but methodical and after 4 hours, I had the front clip on the floor. I removed the spark plugs and will get a can of fogging oil and spray the cylinders down good for storage this time. The engine runs quite well and I'm glad it didn't seize up sitting for over 20 years. It has been run at times during that period, and I'm sure that helped keep it loose.
I was looking closer at what I had to get yet for parts and discovered someone had cut the rear wheel openings down to nearly nothing to clear tires. There is still black marks in places where they hit. Curious if they just had L60's/N50's for the street, or if this car really did race at one time. Now I'm really curious as to the gear ratio. I never did take on a street to see, as the front brakes either didn't do anything to slow it down or when they did apply, they never released..LOL.
DANG, the wheel house pics are vertical in my file... I can't do anything to get them upright on here... sorry
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Mitch
1970 Chevelle SS
1966 Chevelle SS
1967 Camaro ss/rs
1938 Business coupe, street rod
2000 FXSTS, original owner, 13k miles
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