If I could just keep folks this far away from the Vette....

They would think that even the paint was badass.....

Brian

Need some of these clips....

For my shifter....

Just call me Bubba...

It took one hydraulic fitting from Tractor Supply and 2 from eBay but I gotter done. The heater hose now has a cutoff valve. I even had to grind about 1/4" off the bottom of the valve to clear the era on the head.

Brian

Distributor...

Points or not....?

Brian

Took the fuel filter out today....

It was past filthy...It's a wonder it even ran at all....Lots of rust....I think the guy told me he had a new tank put it or atleast cleaned out....Hard to believe they wouldn't have also changed the filter but it looked like it hasn't been changed in years. Gasket was toast as well.

Maiden voyage and came home on a rollback.....?

Well it wasn't really it's first trip....I drove it about 25 miles right after I bought it....Then 75 miles home the next day....No problems.

The next 4 or 5 trips were only 5 or 6 mile test drives....No problems.

Finally got it ready for me and the lady to take it out for a nice drive....No problems on the way to the restaurant...15 miles or so. Fired right up for the return trip back home but about half way home it went dead as I pushed in the clutch at a red light.....Would not start back up....I may have patted the gas and flooded it but after taking the breather cover off it didn't smell like it was flooded.....Called for a wrecker and tried several times the next 20 min to crank it and no luck....Wrecker driver did a fantastic job loading and unloading it....After he dropped it in the driveway I got in it and held the pedal to the floor (wife's advice--damn I got a good one) it fired up....Lot's of what they said looked like black smoke and it was still smoking black a little when I backed it into the garage.

New temp gauge read 190 for the whole drive....At the red light when it wouldn't start it read 200. It has gas and I just changed the oil yesterday. I have not done any carb work including changing the fuel filter.

I must have had 10 different folks ask if they could help...I live in a good town.

It looked nice before we took off....It had its first bath today.

Brian

Wiper motor....?

I have no clue what year model motor this is....?

Brian

Getting the windshield wipers to work.....

Seat belts are installed....

Brian

Got the exhaust finished....

I ended up having to swap sides with the tips....I'm not sure if that is how Allen's builds this system for a '72 or I just didn't know what I was doing....? The drivers side fit pretty well with the right tip on but the passenger side didn't fit well at all....It was as if I need both tips to be for the drivers side....I messed with it trying everything I could and just ended up swapping them.

 I modified the stock rear hangers by drilling out the rivet on bottom and shorting up the mount. That worked pretty well but I may do some more adjustments, however they fit the overall quality of the rest of the car.

I added extra brackets where the middle section fits the last section, got them at Advance Auto for $3.99 may be the best deal there.....I bent them and installed with the spare tire rear hanger bolt.

This system sounds really good....Not too loud, no problem carrying on a conversation going down the road. I'm happy with it.

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