cny first gen 71 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 So I go out and climb under the car figuring I'll do a little sprucing up while the gas tank is out here's what I found. This is a 52 year old unrestored car, I can't believe the shape some of this thing is in. I knew 15 years ago when I bought it it was nice (except for paint and stuff po did) but now 15 years later it still looks great under there very light surface rust where there is any. That's original factory paint and yes original factory fuel lines and they are still in great shape. I got lucky when I found this one. Sorry for lousy pictures. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boyte Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 You got lucky Steve, your car's undercarriage looks great to be 52. As stated, very little surface rust if any. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stangeba Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Steve, FYI, if you replace the small rubber hoses, shown in your picture, one of them on my 71 350, had a very small restrictor inside of the hose that I almost threw out! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 50 minutes ago, stangeba said: Steve, FYI, if you replace the small rubber hoses, shown in your picture, one of them on my 71 350, had a very small restrictor inside of the hose that I almost threw out! Do you remember which one it was? I don't think I'm gonna mess with them right now but good to know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted April 3, 2023 Author Share Posted April 3, 2023 Got some cleaning up done and some rust reformer on, not sure if I'm going to paint or just leave it the way it is. Have another coat to go on still. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragCat Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 What a difference 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boyte Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Wow, that did make a big difference ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Looks great. Throw your second coat on and be done. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 That looks great underneath! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stangeba Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Steve, If you look at this picture, you can see a small arrow on the hose on the top center of the picture. I think that is where it goes. It's been a long time 10 years or more since I did this . 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420ponies Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Steve,I think you can use my 10 bolt posi-traction traction rear axle. Isn't yours a one wheel peel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 2 hours ago, 420ponies said: Steve,I think you can use my 10 bolt posi-traction traction rear axle. Isn't yours a one wheel peel? Yes it is and I guess if I'd have thought of it at the time we could have worked something out but I can't swing that now, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob 71 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 i inspected steves car last year. i said i was envious his car was so clean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 21 minutes ago, bob 71 said: i inspected steves car last year. i said i was envious his car was so clean It's due again Bob, I'll give you a call when I'm ready. I got the dip stick tube for the truck too not sure how much a pain that's going to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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