Hello, and Happy New Year fellow GFS'ers! Little progress has been made on the '58 since my last post, however there have been a few steps worth noting. I bit the bullet and had the caburetors professionally rebuilt. It cost me a pretty penny, but boy do they look sharp! The only thing is now they look almost TOO clean! I laid down a OSB sub-floor over my crappy excuse for concrete in the garage, over a plastic vapor barrier, and urethaned the s$%t out of it for a decent working surface to park it on. Thus, the Fury has been sitting outside while this was done. I didn't want to put the carbies back on until I had dropped the fuel tank and cleaned/sealed it, but I couldn't stand it being outside any loger. (my driveway is uphill, and I don't know enough big guys to push a Fury uphill!) So, last night under the stars and in the 15 degree air, I put'em back on, added some fresh gas with Instead-a- Lead and Sta-Bil, and cranked, and cranked, and primed, and cranked... well, you get the picture. Finally the beast came to life, with so much smoke I thought it was on fire. I used the e-brake, and lots of upper-body muscle (no power steering pump yet), and got the mighty beast turned around and backed into it's new stall. At this point I'm seriously contemplating limping or towing the thing down to a hot-rod shop a few blocks away, giving them the parts it needs, and telling them "make it drive". This is just to damm cold to be out working in! They're a really cool shop, and I need to have them tune those carbs for me anyway... hmmm Well, no matter what I decide, I still need a few parts, and am having trouble tracking them down. If anyone can help, I need part numbers and suppliers for the following items: Shocks front & rear Brakes - shoes, cylinders, springs, etc. all around rear leaf springs where to get good exhaust goodies (mufflers, tailpipe, etc) Anything else I think I have covered. Really doesn't need much else to get on teh road anyway. All help is appreciated! Brian ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/BBiolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: goldenfin-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ <<attachment: winmail.dat>> |
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