Jack Meoff
Mopar Maniac
Thanks man....
She's coming back from the dead quickly.
By next weekend she should be purring like a kitten and looking like a mil.
The New Addition To The Family
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Thanks man....
She's coming back from the dead quickly.
By next weekend she should be purring like a kitten and looking like a mil.
Jack Meoff
Mopar Maniac
80 Aspen RT
Well-Known Member
Cool pic!
Nilox
Member
She might not be the youngest gal at the party but she would turn a head or 2 great looking car wish mine looked as good as her
Jack Meoff
Mopar Maniac
I'm guessing you're talking about the car and not my wife... :icon_question:
Thanks man...it's coming along.
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Nilox
Member
:icon_blackeye: I would never speak of anothers man's wife ... lol
Jack Meoff
Mopar Maniac
ROFL!!!!....
I kinda figured but after I read it I was a little.....huh? :toothy6:
Yes...the ol' gal (car) is coming along nicely.
My plug wires are in so I'll pick those up today then I can do the tune up.
Hopefully this will stop it from playing YYZ by Rush everytime you start it cold.
The paint came back pretty well but that's hand buffing.
My buddy has a real buffer and I'll give it another go with that to see if I can get her gleaming.
Pete
Active Member
nice car
Jack Meoff
Mopar Maniac
holmes
Well-Known Member
Sweet car! I like the color and always liked the look of the 80 F-bodies.
Jack Meoff
Mopar Maniac
Fascinating what you find out when you start tearing through someone else's handiwork.
Did the plugs and wires, cap and rotor yesterday.
Fired it up...sounded not bad...but not what I expected.
Figured...okay let's play with the timing.
Loosened the distributor and went fishing for the sweet spot.
Found middle ground and it didn't sound too bad.
Dropped it into drive and it fell on it's face.....
Advanced it as far as I could without it starting to stutter.
Drive.....puke...
Retarded the crap out of it...it kept running but badly.
Took it for a run...got two houses down the street and she's knocking like there's no tomorrow
And backfiring...
Okay...so now I'm getting pissed.
No matter what I did I couldn't get it.
Checked for vacuum leaks, went over everything...still puking.
Figured I needed a break and a beer.
Took my Fifth to the booze store and the whole time I'm thinking.what the hell is wrong?
Got back, cracked a beer and I'm staring at the car.....
The old guy had the wrong plugs in there and I figured that was part of the original problem.
Just for laughs I grab my Haynes to check the firing order............
You do know what's next right?
One can only imagine just how long this guy was driving this poor car like that.
Corrected the order and she's purring like a kitten.
Drop it on drive....beautiful.
Now....it runs like the day it was made.
I still can't believe that it was wired wrong and have no idea for how long.
The old guy told me when I bought it.
Oh...it runs a bit rough when you first start it but it's not bad when it's warned up....
Runs rough????
Gee...wonder why.....
Anyway....she is indeed running like a dream now.
Yeesh!!!
Going to do the oil on her now.
Can't wait to see how she fires up this morning.
Should be a completely different scenario.
Did the plugs and wires, cap and rotor yesterday.
Fired it up...sounded not bad...but not what I expected.
Figured...okay let's play with the timing.
Loosened the distributor and went fishing for the sweet spot.
Found middle ground and it didn't sound too bad.
Dropped it into drive and it fell on it's face.....
Advanced it as far as I could without it starting to stutter.
Drive.....puke...
Retarded the crap out of it...it kept running but badly.
Took it for a run...got two houses down the street and she's knocking like there's no tomorrow
And backfiring...
Okay...so now I'm getting pissed.
No matter what I did I couldn't get it.
Checked for vacuum leaks, went over everything...still puking.
Figured I needed a break and a beer.
Took my Fifth to the booze store and the whole time I'm thinking.what the hell is wrong?
Got back, cracked a beer and I'm staring at the car.....
The old guy had the wrong plugs in there and I figured that was part of the original problem.
Just for laughs I grab my Haynes to check the firing order............
You do know what's next right?
One can only imagine just how long this guy was driving this poor car like that.
Corrected the order and she's purring like a kitten.
Drop it on drive....beautiful.
Now....it runs like the day it was made.
I still can't believe that it was wired wrong and have no idea for how long.
The old guy told me when I bought it.
Oh...it runs a bit rough when you first start it but it's not bad when it's warned up....
Runs rough????
Gee...wonder why.....
Anyway....she is indeed running like a dream now.
Yeesh!!!
Going to do the oil on her now.
Can't wait to see how she fires up this morning.
Should be a completely different scenario.
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Jack Meoff
Mopar Maniac
No major updates but I did hit some snags.
The NOS cap and rotor that was thirteen years old went south in like three days.
Put a bluestreak on it.
Carb needed a rebuild and the choke pulloff died.
Got that done and NOW it's running like a mil.
Needless to say...the missus is very happy.
Happy wife...happy life....
A shot of our two rides at a local fun fair/show and shine..
The NOS cap and rotor that was thirteen years old went south in like three days.
Put a bluestreak on it.
Carb needed a rebuild and the choke pulloff died.
Got that done and NOW it's running like a mil.
Needless to say...the missus is very happy.
Happy wife...happy life....
A shot of our two rides at a local fun fair/show and shine..
Jack Meoff
Mopar Maniac
And a classic artistic shot before we went.
Jack Meoff
Mopar Maniac
Yet Another Addition....
Well I've pulled the trigger again.....
I've seen this car the Tim Horton's parking lot for a few years now. This nice old gent owns it.
I've struck up many conversations over the years about his car and mine.
I always told him.....if you're ever gonna sell that car.....
Well....I'm up at my trailer last weekend having a beer watching the lake and my phone rings......it's him.
I met up with him and made a deal.
If all goes well I should have it in a couple of weeks......
After he buys a "smaller" car for his wife...who now does the driving due to his age.....
He ordered the car new and ordered it with a 318.
They delivered a slant car and he turned it down and waited two weeks for "his" 318 car.
Two M's and two F's....yikes!
But really.....how could I say no.
Well I've pulled the trigger again.....
I've seen this car the Tim Horton's parking lot for a few years now. This nice old gent owns it.
I've struck up many conversations over the years about his car and mine.
I always told him.....if you're ever gonna sell that car.....
Well....I'm up at my trailer last weekend having a beer watching the lake and my phone rings......it's him.
I met up with him and made a deal.
If all goes well I should have it in a couple of weeks......
After he buys a "smaller" car for his wife...who now does the driving due to his age.....
He ordered the car new and ordered it with a 318.
They delivered a slant car and he turned it down and waited two weeks for "his" 318 car.
Two M's and two F's....yikes!
But really.....how could I say no.
Jack Meoff
Mopar Maniac
The problem his wife has with the size of the car becomes painfully apparent when you observe the passenger side which unfortunately met a cement pillar of sorts.
Jack Meoff
Mopar Maniac
What the hell....more bodywork...
My Volare and future Volare side by side.
My Volare and future Volare side by side.
The way you are going I guess we will see you adding to this thread again in a few months. Kind of like a crack mother just keeps adding to the family. Good job you can't loose. You will be able to keep it running cheap. If it needs something like brakes, battery etc , take the parts off of the fleet cars and put the new parts on the keepers. Double win. No guilt if and when it's time to scrap it or sell it about all the money spent on it. I don't know if I would fix the side and paint it if you are going to scrap it though even in a few years.
Jack Meoff
Mopar Maniac
Even though the plan is to use it as my beater.
I do have a self admitted problem with saving all the Mopar's I buy.
I'm pretty sure you'll see the passenger side cleaned up relatively quickly
I do need a winter beater and this is indeed it.
But like I said......who knows....might fall in love all over again. :BangHead:
80 Aspen RT
Well-Known Member
Congrats on the new addition Captain. Looks like a good deal to me.
