Dedicated Day 2 Thread

[Jim Ferron]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: VintageMusclecar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Is that an EE Deepwater car?

What are the wheel/tire packages?

(LOVE them dog dish caps! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] ) </div></div>

yep deep water blue with blue bench seat interior..

I have the original 14 steels and it has 15 inchers in the picture...
L-78-15 up front on 6 inch wheels and in the back I took a pair of 8&quot; vette Rallys,cut the centers out and welded in a pair of 'stock' non-rally ceners so I'd have an 8 inch rim for the cheater slicks 28 inch h
Hoosiers...

for the G/T's ..you could only EVER get them 14 or 15 by SIX...

So I restored a nice pair for the front with 7.75 Vette Red
Lines and took another pair of G/T's for the rear..sent those out and had them cut the wheel apart near the inside bead and welded in an 1 1/2 section making the rears 7 1/2 wide for the Hoosiers...I had a pair of ancient Racemasters on it for a while and it look ultra-fabulous with the gennies on.

The Race Masters are going the Russ Dunmire car on chrome slots as it was originally raced...

[Atuckman]

neat piece i just found. Bieber Changer. Think they were acquired by Hurst shortly after they introduced this shifter.

[napa68]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

What is that? Life before Ram Rod's? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/drool.gif[/img]

[Salvatore]

Yes, Bieber Shifters, Doylestown, Pa. 20 minutes from me and 20 minutes from the old Hurst. Those were the days!

[Atuckman]

i dont have the IQ to figure out how it works.
what was the advantage of using one?

[Salvatore]

good question! I think you just pulled the levers straight and not in an H pattern for faster shifts. maybe one lever for first/second the other for 3rd/4th? Would assume the instruction sheet has the answer to that question BUT never used on. I just remember they used to have these set up on the transmissions in the local speed shops in our area. WOW, has time flown by!

[John Brown]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body">good question! I think you just pulled the levers straight and not in an H pattern for faster shifts. maybe one lever for first/second the other for 3rd/4th?</div></div>

RE the Bieber shifter;

The handle closest to the driver when pulled straight back shifts the trans up one gear. Release the lever, pull back again and you go up another gear. Keep going till you have shifted through all of the gears, then one more pull and you're back to neutral. If you want to downshift, you pull the handle on the right. If you want reverse, you have to be in neutral first, then put the trans in reverse using the lever with the round black knob. The large round wheel looking affair has an oddly shaped cam groove on the side away from the camera that moves rollers attached to the transmission shift arms that make the shift arms move to determine what gear you are in. Kinda neat for late 60's technology. Last night I asked a friend if he still has the one he had in his 57 Nomad but he has no idea where it might be. He is a major hoarder/collector/junk dealer, but if he still has it, it could be in any of his many warehouses full of <span style="font-style: italic">inventory</span>.

[scuncio]

Jim, that is exactly what I want to do with another set of G/Ts I own. Can you tell me where you had your wheels modified?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jim Ferron</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
for the G/T's ..you could only EVER get them 14 or 15 by SIX...

So I restored a nice pair for the front with 7.75 Vette Red
Lines and took another pair of G/T's for the rear..sent those out and had them cut the wheel apart near the inside bead and welded in an 1 1/2 section making the rears 7 1/2 wide for the Hoosiers...I had a pair of ancient Racemasters on it for a while and it look ultra-fabulous with the gennies on.
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[BillD]

I had work done here: http://weldcraftwheels.com/

I was pleased with the quality, price and quick turn around.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: scuncio</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Jim, that is exactly what I want to do with another set of G/Ts I own. Can you tell me where you had your wheels modified?

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[Salvatore]

And Damsky is a very fussy man. Just like those 2 Arizona desert guys, Mockingbird and his side kick Fast Eddie from back east! detail is 2nd to none on everything with those dudes!