rod7515
Well-Known Member
Hello All, My last post to this thread was just about 2 years ago and Im sure everyone thought I was done with the restoration. Well to be honest that is not true. What I can tell you is I have put about 500 miles on the car since 2019 and have run into some issues. The worst issue that I have found is that the car once driven and sits for a short period of time (1 -2 hrs) will start very very hard. Now im not talking about cranking over hard. Im talking about a fuel issue that seems to be like a vapor lock or maybe something even worse. I have put on a heat sink plate underneath the carb to restrain heat boiling the gas as it sits after being driven. That didnt do anything to make the issue better. I believe that the fuel lines that I put on the car get to hot from the exhaust. I ran the 1/2" fuel lines down the inside of the frame rail on the Passenger side. The worst spot is just near the header collectors. they come about 3" above the collectors and i believe the heat while sitting soaks into the fuel lines and pushes fuel into the carb.
Another issue is that I still havent done an emergency cable setup. Although its not a show stopper it needs to get done.
Also the engine still gets a little to hot when sitting in traffic on a hot summer day so I may need to try fitting in a 1" larger fan which would mean a redo of the fan shroud.
Some upgrades that I need to complete that were originally planned are the narrowing of the rearend housing by 1" on both sides and shortening both axles, the adding of power steering which i bought a new steering box and complete pump assembly with brackets, installing the 2x4 set up along with the edelbrock aluminum heads.
Also the fuel gauge needs to some updating as its not very accurate. So as you can see there is a lot of work that needs to be done and it was easier to just drive the car the last 2 years rather then to address the changes that were meant to happen.
Well now I need to take the time to get this all done. I hope to get at it this winter and finish sometime next year. I will continue to update this thread until the car is complete.
As always thanks for following.
Rod
Another issue is that I still havent done an emergency cable setup. Although its not a show stopper it needs to get done.
Also the engine still gets a little to hot when sitting in traffic on a hot summer day so I may need to try fitting in a 1" larger fan which would mean a redo of the fan shroud.
Some upgrades that I need to complete that were originally planned are the narrowing of the rearend housing by 1" on both sides and shortening both axles, the adding of power steering which i bought a new steering box and complete pump assembly with brackets, installing the 2x4 set up along with the edelbrock aluminum heads.
Also the fuel gauge needs to some updating as its not very accurate. So as you can see there is a lot of work that needs to be done and it was easier to just drive the car the last 2 years rather then to address the changes that were meant to happen.
Well now I need to take the time to get this all done. I hope to get at it this winter and finish sometime next year. I will continue to update this thread until the car is complete.
As always thanks for following.
Rod
