Ashley P Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Saturday I worked on a 68 Camaro, 350/4 speed. The owner is 68 years old and parked the car in his attached garage in....... 2003. At work we call him Tim Conway because he's got a little of that look and dry and sarcastic humor. (He's also an electrician who can help me over my next house hurdle. I've been trying to get him to trade labor with me and I took the initiative and just told him when I'd be there.) Lately he'd installed a nice aluminum radiator, cleaned and painted the engine, and blew old gas out of the tank. He had new parts: Edlebrock carb, hoses, plugs....but he lacked the motoivation. I helped mount the fan shroud, got hoses on, put on the carb, got a donor battery on it and cranked it over to check for spark. It had none. Diagnosed no continuity at the POINTS. Points, kids, it has points! I sanded them and got then working, added some fuel to the carb bowls and after 3 times of that it has oiled all rockers, and sounded smooth. We blew some clean fuel through the tank and it came out looking respectable. Time for more fuel hose and a filter. He is so mild mannered that either hitting his finger with a hammer or winning the lottery would barely change his emotions, and he acted a little encouraged by the progress. That was BIG. Best news, his wife was motivated. She said "time to $!&& or get off the pot!" meaning he needs to spend some money and finish it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Hell yeah! That's great to hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 Planned to convert to HEI and knew to look at firewall clearance. Then I found out the intake runner said "NOPE!" to HEI. We'll stick with points. Got fuel supply filtered and finalized. Got boxes of brake parts to install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 I like this guys wife! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 Oh, I got his brakes all rebuilt late last year and he's helped me over some electrical hurdles. Neither project is finished, but both are moving in the right direction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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