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YES SIR i sure did.16 years old in 1975 i bought a 1965 Oldsmobile Delmont 88 with a 425 Ultra High Compression engine and drove the hell out of that car for $50 bucks! The guy in our town just wanted to sell it.Him and his wife drove it everyday.She used a little oil,but it would literally burn a $5 used RR tire off until it popped! I jumped RR tracks with that tank and drove it with two broken motor mounts.It was tough,but couldn't quite hold up to my daredevil ways.

I REBUILT THE ORIGINAL 4bbl Carter.I adjusted until i ALMOST got all the slight hesitation out and the car ran very well for about a year but super gassy smell in my garage. I have rebuilt carbs for 35yrs. Rather trying to rejet this thing to burn alchohol thinned gas, i decided to go to an Edelbrock 1405, with the stock intake, after market adaptor. let me tell y’all that has thought about doing this…. DO NOT WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE!!! For $428.00 NEW, slap one on, dial it in, along w/ the elcetric choke and come back here and say… WHER IN THE HECK HAVE I BEEN. I had my 322 running lime a top but i always had to mess with it. And it always burned rich. It sounds like a different engine now. Smooth pedal not one ioda of a hesitation. Choke and fast idle works like a champ too. Thought i would let the folks on the fence know, do it! You will love it.

45 with 13hrs to go

ALL great replies! If all else fails,you might take a look at the Coil Wire where it makes connection in the Coil. That coil wire connection can get very corroded after a while and between the rubber boot being cold then warming up,it can make contact and then nothing. Took me quite a while one time to find that one out.

2001 My Dad dropped dead in front of me in Florida fixin to go to the Daytona 500. We had just stopped at Garlits Museum.My folks already walked to our car but i was looking thru the open gate trying to see what that Rail was they were working on back behind in his shop when,here comes an old S10 pickup leaving the shop.I stepped back and started to walk away and the S10 stopped.I was facing the sun and couldn't see in it very good but this guy says,"What you looking at back there"? I told him just checking out the shop from the gate.It was Don! He stuck his hand out to shake hands.He told me i wouldn't hurt anything if i walked on back there closer.He had grease on his arms and sweaty hot.What a joy meeting him like that.I will never forget it.I could spend 10 hours in that museum!!! Man,that guy has tried EVERYTHING possible back in the day to gain even 1 horsepower.Really well worth the money to check the place out.

I think the boss needs a Cat Scan.

Used to hang in Grampas shop. He said it was used to reach up an Elephants azz to unlock his trunk

That's too cool.Goodluck with ur resto

Damn bud that is one sweet resto.Looks very good

I would give a left to have one of those turbo 4 epeed Olds.WOW! How many cubes is the engine? Flat tops probably put the compression up good for back in the day?

I just hope there isn't more wrist pins galded because that pin bore looks awful dry to me.Hope those pins were greased up for a dry start if they are floaters.

Hood ornament is from a 1970 Buick. One the same was used on the 1990 Regal except the chrome mounting base is WAY shorter and a little thicker maybe.

That's great advise for sure EmTee What i did here was reusing the top hose,it needed a bend in it and was stiffer than a wedding ____ so i put a couple zip ties to hold it over to the alt brkt so it wasn't pulling sideways on the top rad inlet.Actually i did leave about a half inch clearance.Good eye though,i appreciate comments of good ideas.

Ok got my rebuilt power steering gearbox back in the car, along with a new 3 row alum rad and a jeep shroud. Marty at Power Steering . Com is my HERO!!!! This car now steers like a brand new one. I am so happy. The man is an expert at first gen steering boxes.

Beat me too it,but i was going to say a blown 572 BBC w/ 6 speed stick and 9" Ford but close enough. He needs to positively check to see if the throttle plates or wide open.I bet they are not.

It's a wonder half of us aren't busted up using them old bumper jacks back in the day.Hell you had to have the bumper 3' high and about the time the tire came off the ground that's when the whole car slid sideways..THEN you had to trip the jack to let it back down and keep your hands from getting pinched or crushed. I've had to jump out from under a falling car many times but those days are over.

Got up to 57 today here in Southern IL FINALLY.It was so cold the other night we seen a big jack rabbit push start'n another one. Glad that wind finally laid down.It got so windy one of our Hens laid the same egg three times.

Mr.Earl,I had to come back here and Thank You again for this offer but i received some great news last Wednesday. Marty from powersteering . com in Nixa,Mo. found a LOCKNUT that had worked loose which caused a tremendous amount of free-play in my steering.In this case,he was able to rebuild my gearbox with no problems.He will ship it to me Tuesday,so i cannot WAIT to install it and get the ole girl back on the road.Hopefully drive like a new one now!

No just pokin fun.You like and you KNOW IT! lol

Well bud,it's coming up on 13 years purdy quick,did they make your hoses the same with the two different size hose? I need to find someone to make me a set now.Just had my steering box rebuilt. Thanks in advance. Rod

I was on my way to a buddy's house and got into a wreck.I am ok,but it destroyed my guitar. It was a Fender Bender.

What a helluva of save young man! You have a lot of common sense in your head and will be successful.I dug an old 63 chevyII Nova out a pasture down in Luling,Tx. back in my oilfiled days thru the 80's and did almost the same thing.I about got ATE UP with fire ants everytime i drove that car.Tried everything.lol I flipped that Nova on a curve,high speed,airborne,and wrapped it around a mesquite tree directly in the drivers door.Anyway,had to let you know,you are doing a great job and have all your ducks in a row.Keep up the good work. BTW...did you change the distributor cap to black just because of the blue color?

No positive manufactured date yet although the first patent 1922.Ford started using them in 1924.I'm sure they were around long before that.Early years they were blued steel,and a lot thicker.I found this article...A lock washer is 'Handed'... A ring split at one point and bent into a helical shape. This causes the washer to exert a spring force between the fastener's head and the substrate, which maintains the washer hard against the substrate and the bolt thread hard against the nut or substrate thread, creating more friction and resistance to rotation. Applicable standards are ASME B18.21.1, DIN 127 B, and United States Military Standard NASM 35338 (formerly MS 35338 and AN-935).[10] Spring washers are a left hand helix and allow the thread to be tightened in a right hand direction only, i.e. a clockwise direction. When a left hand turning motion is applied, the raised edge bites into the underside of the bolt or nut and the part that it is bolted to, thus resisting turning. Therefore, spring washers are ineffective on left hand threads and hardened surfaces[citation needed]. Also, they are not to be used in conjunction with a flat washer under the spring washer, as this isolates the spring washer from biting into the component that will resist turning. The use and effectiveness of spring lock washers has been debated, with some publications[11][who?] advising against their use on the grounds that, when tight, the washer is flat against the substrate and gives no more resistance to rotation than a normal washer at the same torque. A 1990 NASA manual states "In summary, a lockwasher of this type is useless for locking."[7][12] However, a spring washer will continue to hold the bolt against the substrate and maintain friction when loosened slightly, whereas a plain washer will not.[a] The benefit of spring lock washers lies in the trapezoidal shape of the washer. When compressed to loads near the proof strength of the bolt, it will twist and flatten. This reduces the spring rate of the bolted joint which allows it to maintain more force under the same vibration le