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You might consider getting the PHS documentation on it to see exactly
what the car was supposed to be when new and what options it came
with. The big gap you mention sounds like where the "suit case" (the
AC unit) mounts to in which case your car would have been a factory
AC car and it would have a fuel return line. If someone installed an
electric fuel pump, then it would not use the return line in which
case you'd just have to drop the tank and plug it up (don't weld
it!!!!) or if you have the hose end (since you caught gas from it)
then just plug that up.
Hugo
At 09:34 PM 5/27/2008, you wrote:
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The car has no AC, nor does it have a working AC/heater/defogger
controller on the dash panel. Heat is supplied through a single blower
that is located in what would normally be the glove compartment. This
setup is good enough for the cooler months -- I don't drive the car at
all from December to March.
There's a big gap on the left side of the firewall as you face the
motor -- it could be that it used to hold an AC unit.
I don't know if this car was shipped with the 400 that is in it. I
have the feeling that the 400 was added later because in the thick set
of papers that came with the car, I have a hand-written receipt for
$1250 for a "rebuilt motor" that was done or sold by a garage in
Queens. The garage is now out of business and no other info is
available. This is why I haven't bothered to check into whether the
car is "numbers matching" -- I assume that it is not.
The fuel pump is an after-market electric. The first thing we did was
move it out of the engine area and into the trunk. It gets hot but
works great. There's a separate switch on the dash that controls the
pump -- as you probably know, this is typical on "drag-racing" cars.
People tell me that I should tie it into the ignition, but it all
works well enough, so I haven't bothered.
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