rah72(Rick)

She got partially undress for her new shoes today...I need to get her cleaned up and oil changed antifreeze checked and then get her out

She got partially undress for her new shoes today...I need to get her cleaned up and oil changed antifreeze checked and then get her out

Got her out of hibernation.......

I say to each is own, the wheels look good but I am a huge fan on the rally wheels. For me they are the best rim well the 8in wide ones are the better ones, although I don't have mine on yet. I still run the 7in ones. Car looks good for sure like I said even if they are not my choice.

My choice would be Rally's but I have to say the IROC wheels look better than the centerlines( just my opinion)

I have the Wheel Vintiques on my daily driver...I have not had any issues with them, This is my second set of these I had( had a set on my 91 Full size pick up) on that truck they eneded up replacing a wheel for me IT WAS OUT OF ROUND. When I had the tires put on had a vibration that they could not fix. I contacted vintiques the first set I had I bought directly through them so I only dealt with them. They said it is unusual but it can happen. They actually sent me a new wheel before I took the other one off had the tire installed no vibration. Other than that one issue their wheels have been good to me

Took her out of hibernation, pulled the cover checked all the fluids air up her tires...started her up(right away she did I might add) and took her out for a nice cruise and went to lunch brought her home and detail sprayed and wiped down now she is resting in the garage for the next nice day....woohooo I missed my girl!!!!!!

cudax, No he did not trim the wheel wells. Only reason I know is after he said it I looked. No cut metal..my only problem with his look is the fronts are 15x8's with the standard "vette rally" offset. So the fronts look like deep dish the rears look like a 7" rally.....But they do fit....

I do know a guy running 295/50/15 on a 71 SS..he has a 15x8 rim with a 5 inch back space and I can fit my hand in between the tire and wheel well...he said stock srprings but of course they are newer

I replaced my rear springs a couple years ago and what I found out( the springs from autozone do not have the moog name on the box but are made by moog and even has the same part number as moog) anyway This time around I replaced with the Cargo Coil CC501's brings it back to correct height with the added for putting the kids in the car or loading the trunk. Back in the 80's when I replaced I went with a rear spring from an Old's Vista Cruiser wagon and it gave about 1.5-2 inches of lift.

My car has the edelbrock on it and it will be gone in the spring. I am going back to a q-jet as soon as I order the Cliff Ruggles rebuild kit. I have been reading his book on rebuilding it and it will be going on in the spring. I have always like q-jets and the more i drive with the edelbrock on it the more i dont like it...

Hey Spoony, you could always do what I am thinking of doing on my blazer for the winter(seeing as they are calling for a bad winter) I was thinking of a set of snow type tires on a set of 15x7 steel wheels painted body color with the poverty(dog dish)hub caps...

Murph, The smaller ones were on I think the Chevelle's in like 66-67, there is even a cap that says disc brakes on them. I have them on my BLazer on a set of wheel vintiques vette rims. They sell the caps also, as well as a couple other places. Wheel Vintiques are repops but they look as good as originals...

Yeah there is something about the Q-Jet sound...the only thing my car is missing, I will be rebuilding one this winter and getting it on the car first thing in the spring. The car has a edelbrock square bore and I don't like it...I am hoping to call Cliff Ruggles and ordering his kit and any extras he recommends. I shipped him an email on sunday figuring smoeone would answer my prilim questions on monday, but no Cliff himself answered my email about 2 hours after I sent it on sunday. Now that is the kind of service I like to see. Once the Q-Jet is on I will be flipping the cover over just to have fun with those large secondaries opening...I'm with ya there VE, the sound makes me giggle...

Jim, I thought I was the only one that did that. Give her a pat on the fender as I walk past her. I do that ever morning I leave the house for work...which unfortunately is way to much..

On Saturday(after a good wash and waxing on thurs last week) decided to take her to a car show I found out about on thurs also. Well out of 10 or so cars in the 70-80's class I took second place in the class. Then went to a local cruise night after that, ran into a guy with a white and blue(interior) 71 SS that he has owned since 88. well after talking to him and asking about his rims telling him I would like to get a set of Vette Rally's for my 72 he said I have a set at home, they were on his car when he bought it and took them off less than a year ago for the chrome rallys he has now. After a short talk about the rims asked him what he was doing with them and if he would like to sell them. He said sure, 75 bucks with a decent set of rings on them...well I gave him 100 because he brought them to me this morning at work...lets just say a little blasting and new paint new tires and yes I am set.....Sorry I got long winded

It's kind of funny..In looking at the info for the 72, according to their engine codes my car should have been built with a 4spd. The engine code on mine is CKD which they state is the 4spd. Must have been what was planned then then decided not to put 4spds in them then just continued to use the engine code for the TH trans

Been going to a few of the cruise nights since I get the trans back in her. First one is a very well known cruise night back in the mid 70'2 thru the 80's closed down by the pd due to the punks street racing...well it is up and running and a ot of the oldtimers(on man I am included in that and only 46) had a guy offer to buy my car....went to an new one last night at the tilted kilt and low and behold 2 other monte's both 71's one a triple black SS his aunt was the original owner( he should be joining the club soon) and a red one the guy has owned it since 79...we are starting to become more popular...

Well I posted a couple days ago putting the trans back in her and bathing her and taking her out for a spin, well the bath and spin never happened. I had a issue and she didn't want to seem right so I went around the block once and parked her and got a hold of my trans guy. He made it over today and seems the prior onwer had a shift kit installed and he didn't acount for that, put in a plate that covered some hholes that needed to be open. He fixed it we topped her off with fluid and man does she shift nice. Now I just need to run the gunk out of the carb so she runs smoother...so a bath and a nice ride is in her near future.....

I will be putting the trans back in her today and then giving her a bath seeing asd she has been sitting for a few weeks and didn't move...