Jake Dykstra's 1962 409/409 Impala!

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by RPOLS3

I had a story board made up for the car that we can use at MCACN. We utilized some back in the day pics and tried to get the Cliff Notes version of the story on the board so people can get the gist of its history without reading a novel.....

Great idea, Jake - just did something similar for the family Pontiac. Since it's mostly a cars and coffee/errand runner, never had much in the way of presentation material unless Mr. Whittaker showed up w/all that cool Royal stuff! Some guests at MCACN didn't know it was the C and D car! (duh, on my part!). Will go crowd the goat thread w/what we did, if curious - meanwhile, you're maybe an extra batch of cookies or two away from MCACN-ready ...!

[RPOLS3]

Originally Posted by Tenney

you're maybe an extra batch of cookies or two away from MCACN-ready ...!

That is my hope!

[BJCHEV396]

Great board!!

[Bill Pritchard]

Perhaps you could post a photo of the board that's readable for those of us who will not be at MCACN???

[RPOLS3]

Happy to report I was able to log some trouble free confidence building miles yesterday and today in the 409. Did about a 20 mile loop out in the country yesterday and then about a 45 mile round trip down to my brother in-laws place today. Mom met us there and it was the first time she saw the car all done and she really liked the transformation.

The new radiator really works well - 80 degrees ambient outside today and rolling along around 55 miles an hour the temp held around 170-180. When coming through town it bumps up a bit but comes right down when we're back rolling along. When it gets up around 185 I can hear the clutch fan starting to pull air so that is working as it should too.

Good stuff........finally.