EVC Posted March 10, 2022 Posted March 10, 2022 Spent my morning working on my trailer hitch… I replaced the wooden mock up with the real thing… BTW,,, The mock up was a great help….. This has been a "plan as you go" project… I'll post more pics of the project in the trailer hitch forum … Project went well and the hitch fits like a glove. Note the clearance below the frame crossover .. I left room for installation of the receiver and bracing … I wanted NO modifications to the frame… I decided to bring it forward as close the the bumper as possible… It blends well with the bumper and actually reduces the visibility… Also note the symmetries of the hitch and exhaust pipes … I wanted it to blend Ed C Quote
7tonemonte Posted March 12, 2022 Posted March 12, 2022 Lifted the hood last weekend as the temperature rose to over 75 here. Got everything in my garage soaked, and my engine was drenched and dripping water off it from condensation. I put a fan blowing under the hood to dry it out, my new master cylinder is trashed, as I didn’t paint it before installing. I don’t know why I didn’t, now I have something to do I guess. Was going to hit a cars and coffee in the morning, but it’s snowing bad here right now, calling for about 6” 😡 7 Quote
EVC Posted March 12, 2022 Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 6:58 AM, 7tonemonte said: Lifted the hood last weekend as the temperature rose to over 75 here. Got everything in my garage soaked, and my engine was drenched and dripping water off it from condensation. I put a fan blowing under the hood to dry it out, my new master cylinder is trashed, as I didn’t paint it before installing. I don’t know why I didn’t, now I have something to do I guess. Was going to hit a cars and coffee in the morning, but it’s snowing bad here right now, calling for about 6” 😡 nice wheels.. I think I'll beat my wife into submission so she'll let me spend the money for a set… LOL Ed c… Quote
EVC Posted March 15, 2022 Posted March 15, 2022 Took Hank for a high RPM spin,,,,,, Hank loves the speed… Sorry about my dusty gages… Love the low end torgue…. She'll cruise all day at 80mph and 2400 rpm … She's set up for the open road… I get 16 / 17 around the mountains … open road is about 20/21… The last time we took a road trip,,, we drove 8000 miles and the trip average was a bit over was 20mpg… Ed C Quote
Michael Boyte Posted March 15, 2022 Posted March 15, 2022 Tony, your car always looks good even seeing just a tease of the front end. Ed, Hank is truly a rather bad [censored] co-pilot 1 Quote
cny first gen 71 Posted March 15, 2022 Posted March 15, 2022 12 hours ago, EVC said: Took Hank for a high RPM spin,,,,,, Hank loves the speed… Sorry about my dusty gages… Love the low end torgue…. She'll cruise all day at 80mph and 2400 rpm … She's set up for the open road… I get 16 / 17 around the mountains … open road is about 20/21… The last time we took a road trip,,, we drove 8000 miles and the trip average was a bit over was 20mpg… Ed C My girlfriend and I took a trip a year and a half ago (6000 miles) in my 2500hd towing our 7000 camper average about 8.5 mpg at today's gas prices I think it would be cheaper to Stay in hotels and fly but would miss out on seeing some beautiful country. We had her dog with us for that trip too that one was a great traveler. 2 Quote
EVC Posted March 15, 2022 Posted March 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Michael Boyte said: Tony, your car always looks good even seeing just a tease of the front end. Ed, Hank is truly a rather bad [censored] co-pilot Thanks… Hank is awesome to travel with ….. He even rides on my zero turn mower when I cut the pasture and lawn …. If it rolls, Hank is on it….. He's a bit over a year old now…. I keep drooling on the computer over Tony's paint job and wheels… Quote
EVC Posted March 15, 2022 Posted March 15, 2022 Think I'll dust my gages today… Wheels are shiny .... Quote
EVC Posted March 18, 2022 Posted March 18, 2022 I picked up a few road chips last week…. Three very minor chips on the nose of hood… Three good sized chips and some new gravel marks on the windshield…. After 30 or 40 years of sand pitting, I was planning to replace it anyway… No lost sleep.. LOL From all the noise, I thought the whole damned truck fell on my car….. Turned out to be an easy touchup… Ordered her a new windshield today…. Install next Tuesday… Quote
Canuck Posted March 19, 2022 Author Posted March 19, 2022 First drive of the year today. This was on my way to work and the place I stopped for my lunch break. 6 Quote
EVC Posted March 19, 2022 Posted March 19, 2022 Logged 10,000 miles on the Monte's rebuilt engine…….. Friday, 18th of March 2022... Went to Lowes, took my wife and Hank for a hamburger, and filed my taxes… Great day….!!!!! Quote
Dtret Posted March 19, 2022 Posted March 19, 2022 157 miles driven total so far. I got my first bug. Happy day. Something finally paid the price for my bad car building days. Lol. My first “ breakdown” too. My shift cable came apart ( I shifted with the collar to get home) the metal sleeve pulled out of the end of the cable. So much for Shiftworks “ better design”. 4 Quote
Scott S. Posted March 19, 2022 Posted March 19, 2022 Unwrapped Montelishi, put all the fluids back in her, went over all the "little things" and took her out for a spin last night. I missed how it felt to drive old girl. 4 Quote
RON T Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 More crawling around in the garage floor this evening. Tough on an ole man. Anyw, had to bite the bullet and ordered lower box arms from metco performance products. 3-4 days and they were here. Been wanting these since seeing them in Bristol east meet last year.. installed took two evenings. One of the originals was cracked and these are sooo beautiful.. pictures included. BTW. The tires are 275/60R15. 5 Quote
EVC Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 Ordered a new exhaust manifold for the drivers side… Been having problems with the drop in gaskets… They were installed correctly,, but seem to leak and bulge… Ed C Quote
RON T Posted March 25, 2022 Posted March 25, 2022 Ed, glad it isn’t me having to replace that.. good luck - ⚡️ back pain 😰 1 Quote
RON T Posted March 25, 2022 Posted March 25, 2022 Ed, glad it isn’t me having to replace that.. good luck - ⚡️ back pain 😰 1 Quote
DragCat Posted March 25, 2022 Posted March 25, 2022 27 minutes ago, Searsman said: End result after box arm replacement Yea Ron, I think everyone drooled over those at Bristol lol. What sway bar are you using ? 1 Quote
Michael Boyte Posted March 25, 2022 Posted March 25, 2022 Very nice addition and quiet reasonable in price compared to the factory boxed control arms 1 Quote
Leghome Posted March 25, 2022 Posted March 25, 2022 On my 72 I used a UMI one AND IT came behind the rear axel. 1 Quote
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