New Headers – No More Hugging
After over 20 years with the original hugger headers made by Mike The Pipe in England I had to get new headers –
Trip Around the Country – 41 days – 12,000 miles
The story behind our 41 day 12,000 mile trip around the U.S. The good, the bad and the damn it!
Trip Around The Country PICS
Here are some pictures we took while on our 41 day 12,000 mile trip around the country. We had a blast, met some great people and had a wonderful time…
2011 – Rebuild
Tim Warner did the body work and did a great job. Floors were worse than I thought they would be – the hole in the top leaked much more than I thoug…
Oil Filter Placement
Where and how my oil filter is located. It is a MOCAL remote oil filter head using the side inlet/outlets –
First 300 Mile – a review with 23 years later comments
And now with my comments 23 years later –
Transmission, McCleod Bearing, Rear End
Current transmission is a Borg Warner T5 – not world class. Originally I used the tranny Mike picked out – a T50-5. It was from a 1975 Pontiac Sun…
Hyperspark
First the TBI – In 2018 I put on the Holley Sniper EFI. I love it, works great. I know a lot of the Youtube Carb vs EFI run dyno test
Battery Charger Multiplexer
Living in the North East if you have an older car or a boat, or lawn mower or other vehicle that starts with a battery that you don’t drive or use i…
Radiator and overflow tank
This was the mounting of things when I had the Buick engine. Now with the Oldsmobile engine the alternator is on the other side and I have a…
Putting it together
My daughter, son-in-law and I putting the car back together after the new paint job. As a reward they got to be the first to drive it all together…
Pre-Paint prep – the second time
In the paint booth prepaint2booth3booth4abooth5booth6booth7jackmgbbprepaint1
Mystery Parts
While putting the car together the first time I ran across these parts. Couldn’t find out from the parts catalog what they were and we’d…
Motor Mounts
These are the old motor mounts – need to put in stiffer mounts so the engine doesn’t move around so much….