FrankenBird
Registered User
i love to see them saved rather than tore down and parted out/scrapped.........
Gonna start calling you Fred Flintstone.
Good to see that you're still fixing it up, Tim! Once rust makes its way through the floorpans, even just the carpet getting wet will make it worse. When I was growing up, we had a 1980 Monte Carlo that was just a total piece of junk.......on a trip to the US, I had felt something building up in the carpet underneath my feet; a growing lump. This was winter, and what we had found out that was happening after we got out and looked under the car, was that there was snow getting trapped in between the carpet and the very rotted out floorboards. I cringe to think of what may have happened, had I done the very kid-like thing of stomping on it or something.
Holy crap Tim ! I had no idea there was rust in that spot !! My bad. I bought it from a used car dealership near fredricksburg I think they said the car was a NC OR SC car but not 100% on that. Just remember if you ever sell it you better call me first !! If I can't get it back maybe Chris V will want it....but I hope you get a lot of use out of it. Will my old SC make it here to our wedding? Trying to have members that are coming to bring their SC/XR7/Marks for pictures.
Chris C.
Tim,
242K miles is pretty impressive.....RIP
So what is the status of your 95 SC ?
David
Some moving parts here - so I'll outline it the best I can without boring too much.
I bought Dave Clark's 1.7 AR over the winter when he is decided on upgrading to the 2.3. Bought his setup with the understanding the "kit" would be sent to Ken to use to fab up the new 2.3 intake plenums, return plenums etc. Seeing as Ken is finishing up Dave's stuff - the 1.7 kit should be on it's way to the east coast to be installed. The tentative date is end of May beginning of June.
While all of this was taking place, (knowing there was some down time) I sent all my parts off to be chromed just the same as Dave's - so everything will be chromed just like his - brackets, tensioners, alternator, throttle body, pulleys, water neck, sent the MP FMIC pipes to be chromed...pretty much anything that the eye can see will be chromed. The AC compressor will be Polished however...anyways should look "show worthy" in the engine bay. On top of that several new parts, switching to MP FMIC w/ griffin radiator, AR Kit, 95mm MP TB, 4" intake, slot MAF,re- installing A/C, Wide band setup, snow kit and several other maintenance items. Also picked up the chrome oil cap cover and the new aluminum bleeder cap...
As for the car - it's been taking up space at Chris Vining's shop...he made the comment a few years ago "You should just let me fix this thing right over the winter..." so I took him up on it in 2015, but with the understanding to take his time and not so much worry about a timeline. He started working on it end of 2016 after I gathered most of the new parts ...then Dave offered the AR kit...so that moved the timeline back again...and well here we are.
Once it's done, it should be finished and not a pieced and patched together project without end in sight.
-Tim