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There are 6 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Larsson's Bumper Irons
From: "Wayne Graefen" <wgraefen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
2. RE: Larsson's Bumper Irons
From: "JONES,DOUG (A-USA,ex3)" <doug_jones@xxxxxxxxxxx>
3. Back up light switch
From: "David Zakarian" <arshog@xxxxxxxx>
4. Mind was not in gear(as usual)
From: "David Zakarian" <arshog@xxxxxxxx>
5. C-300 hard starts after 3 weeks
From: "John Peabody" <Jpeabo@xxxxxxx>
6. Re: C-300 hard starts after 3 weeks
From: Bob Jasinski <rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 08:18:37 -0500
From: "Wayne Graefen" <wgraefen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Larsson's Bumper Irons
Ulf Larsson's request yesterday for front bumper irons brings up a point.
If you have ever had the chance to compare the bumper irons (both front
and
back) from a '58 Chrysler, they are actually heavier than a '57 Chrysler.
I
think the engineers realized a year late that there was more weight to
those
bumpers than what they had designed for. You will notice, as I have, that
the bumpers of a 300C (or NYer, etc.) are more often tweaked out of level
alignment than what you see on a 300D (or NYer, etc.).
Certainly our judges were aware of this difference and never let '58 irons
get by on a '57. NOT!
If you are building a '57, I would have no problem with the idea of using
bumper irons from any '58 Chrysler unless you are going drag racing.
These
might add 5-6 pounds!
Wayne
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:56:47 -0600
From: "JONES,DOUG (A-USA,ex3)" <doug_jones@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Larsson's Bumper Irons
Group,
Wayne's message brings up what is (to me anyway) the strangest aspect of
'concours' judging ... the obligation to preserve for posterity all the
things that the maker got wrong when the car was new. If the bumper irons
in 1957 were too weak to hold the bumper in position, and the engineers
recognized this and rectified it in 1958, what is the virtue of insisting
on
installing the faulty irons on a concours car? One assumes that any 1957
car which got nerfed or the bumper started sagging got the heavier
brackets
on the spot.
I have a video on Camaro Pace Cars in which it is pointed out that, in
order
to get a really high score in a concours, you have to use the same cheap,
lousy undercarriage paint that the cost accountants at GM foisted on the
cars when new. I guess this preserves for posterity the unfortunate fact
that the accountants ruled GM, and posterity can glory in the fact that
the
cheap paint still looks bad, falls off, and allows the car to rot out ...
just like the original!
Different strokes, as they say, but I have yet to understand how 'bad'
becomes 'good' when it gets old ...
Cheers,
Doug
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 15:01:00 -0700
From: "David Zakarian" <arshog@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Back up light switch
Anyone have a source for a back up light switch for a 57C? I assume it is
the same as a 58. Just tested mine before putting it back in. It only
works about half the time. No not the half when the button isn't
depressed. That was so easy, I wasn't going to let someone jump on that.
Zak
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 15:33:51 -0700
From: "David Zakarian" <arshog@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Mind was not in gear(as usual)
I'm not looking for the back up switch, I'm looking for the starter switch
on the back of the shifter unit that the neutral button hits when pushed
in.
Zak
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 21:21:21 -0400
From: "John Peabody" <Jpeabo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: C-300 hard starts after 3 weeks
I've been thinking about a 6 volt fuel pump but I want to keep the mech.
pump too. Can a electric pump be installed near the gas tank and only be
used for long standing start ups? Will the mechanical pump suck fuel
through the electric pump after the engine starts? I've read that you
shouldn't plumb both pumps this way, but I can't remember why. Get more
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 18:54:35 -0700
From: Bob Jasinski <rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: C-300 hard starts after 3 weeks
John,
Install the electric pump near the tank with an on -off switch near the
driver. Run the electric pump before cranking after the car has sat for
an extended period of time and it will prime the system and minimize start
time. The mech pump will pull through the elec pump with no problem even
when the elec pump is off. I've ran a system like this on my G for 22
years, works great.
Bob J
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