Well, I got my '68 home this afternoon... She seemed to run ok... I
dumped 3 gallons of super unleaded
in with whatever was left in the tank, and it seemed to smooth her out
quite a bit. Drive about 8 miles...
4-wheel manual drum brakes SUCK... 60-0 distance... 400ft... so it
seemed...
Before I even try to go through emissions with it, I'm going to pull the
motor, check it out, clean it,
and throw in a fresh set of gaskets. While I've got the motor out, I'll
rebuild the suspension...
front first, then the rear suspension. Also plan on putting discs on the
front and a booster!
Once I've got the driveablity taken care of, I'll start to work on the
body and interior.
Motor seems to run strong... it's a 400, .060 over, Dart Iron Eagle heads...
not sure of the cam...that's the main reason for pulling the engine
besides detailing.
It was about 80F here in Phoenix today...she never got over 190F... I
was pretty happy with that.
Tranny seems to shift very firm.
One issue I need to tackle quick...When I hook up the auxillary wire to
the battery, the
horn relay clicks, and gets very hot after awhile... It's obviously
bad...what I'd like to know
is: Can I simply remove it from the harness, or does anything else run
through it??
The horns are missing from the car, so that's not an issue... Maybe I'll
just replace is and not have to
worry about it....opinions??
Thanks!!
Ron
