1. First trying to get the car running. You can see the battery charger going to it. |
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2. Engine compartment as it was when I first got it. With the carb removed though. |
3. Here's the carb. It needed a rebuild. |
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4. You can see the piston inside the bore. It is a CD style sidedraft carb. |
5. Cleaned up, rebuilt, and back on the car. |
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6. Here I am, around 300 lbs, 6'2", and standing next to a tiny car. |
7. Running for the first time in years. Not running well though. |
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8. Creative plug inside the water temp port. |
9. Gets good mileage . |
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10. Needs to with this gas tank. |
11. Check out that plush interior. |
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12. The dash is in pretty sad shape, and I'm missing some gauges. |
13. Hmm, that bypass tube looks to be in pretty poor shape. |
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14. Teeny little bypass hole, bigger badly rusted tube. |
15. The entire thermostat elbow was in pretty poor shape. |
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16. Here's the water pump housing off the car. again, you can see the rusted bypass tube. |
17. What the engine looks like without the water pump housing. |
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18. A slightly different angle. |
19. The gas tank out of the car. It ended up having a good amount of rust inside. |
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20. With the air injector rail back on. |
21. the 70's were not kind. THere is a maze of hoses and wires in there. |
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22. Still, the later years had a second charcoal canister, and more emissions junk. |
23. Lots of new rubber under there. |
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24. I still needed to get an air cleaner assembly at this point. |
25. You can see the new ($250) EGR valve in this pic. |
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26. New radiator hoses, and medusa got a few more snakes. |
27. Newly rebuilt carb and intake off. Note the fresh white plastic on the linkage. |
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28. Another view. |
29. Home made battery hold down. |
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30. Using two pieces of all thread, a piece of angle iron, some nuts and washers. |
31. The angle iron was ground down to avoid the terminals. |
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32. My dad measuring for the GM alternator. Note the Weber, and aluminum valve cover. |
33. Aww, isn't it cute? |
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34. After a quick spray down, it shined nicely. |
35. Here it is sitting in the garage of the rental house we were in after ours burned down. |
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36. Now from the front. |
37. My little car next to a friend's escalade. |
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38. Showing how small it is. |
39. Showing the radiator, and shroud. |
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40. Freshly rebuilt brakes. |
