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Reatta John, a picture is worth a thousand words. Thanks for taking the time to do so!

HOw hard is it to get at, remove and clean the EGR?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: padgett</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If mine hit 195 something would be rong. 179-181 gives lots of heat. </div></div> I believe a standard Reatta OEM thermostat is 195 degrees. In a northern winter, if it only hits 130-140, you notice the lack of heat. No doubt 179-181 would work OK as well.

I could not keep this car running without the information available in this forum. :-)

Low voltage caused by problem battery cable was the problem. One of the battery cable connection bolts was partially stripped resulting in the connector being slightly loose. New bolt installed, full voltage restored and so far the problem has gone away.

New thermostat and life is good, temp goes right to 195 degrees...plenty of heat.

My radiator temps generally never exceed 140 degrees in our currently COLD weather and go up to 205 - 210 degrees in stop/go traffic in the summer. Do I have a bad thermostat?

Especially on a cold morning start, the ABS light, the CRT, instrument panel and the exterior parking lights will flick on and off in unison, click-click, click-click, click-click, perhaps a dozen times, on my 88. Is this a bad ground (and if so where might it be located) or bad relay or... ?

Sounds like an ignition switch part wear-out is causing this and switch replacement is needed. If lubricant fixes this I will be surprised.

Both are certainly nice looking cars. Whatever vehicle you decide upon, plan on spending, at a minimum, $1500.00, to get some routine mainentance items up to date. For example, struts, brake issues, tires, tuneup, fluid flushes, etc.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 63viking</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have used Camarro Driving/Fog lights. They fit into the plastic backing for our fog lights. They are very bright and can be adjusted with the same adjusting nut on the bottom of the case. </div></div> I looked on Ebay and Camaro running lights come in a variety of differant sizes and shapes--and of course the listing don't give those particulars. So one would need to know which year Camaro had the proper size.

63Viking, I see you bought the pictures on Ebay of the Reatta production line. Are you going to share a scanned version with us? :-)

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 63viking</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I got a message saying that the file was damaged and could not be repaired.??? </div></div> Did you try right clicking on the link and saving the file?

<span style="text-decoration: underline">AUTOMOBILE QUARTERLY</span> (1990) Vol 28 No 2 contains an 11 page REATTA article, with color plates, which you can download for educational and comment purposes only at: REATTA ARTICLE (works best if you put cursor over link above and right click and save file. If you have cable, it takes around a minute to download; if you have dialup, it will take 43 days to download ;-) If you are able to download the article successfully, please post a response to this thread with any comments. In this manner this thread will stay active and others will see and have the opportunity comment on the article.