It Runs!!!

Well , we finally got it fired up last night. It took a little tinkering with the injectors, and the usuall stuff, (timing, compression test, etc...) and it started up! As a matter of fact it ran like a top! Check out the video:

Got Copper?

We got the fuel lines done today and almost got the linkage for the injectors done...

PICS!!!

Oh Yeah, now we're talkin'!

We had a very successful night at Bubba's working on "The Whale". Here is what we got done:

• All the old ignition off
• All of the throttle linkage off, blasted, painted and back on
• Oil Fill tube, off, blasted, painted and back on
• Spark Plug wire bracket, off, blasted, painted and back on
• Got the head, cleaned painted
• Heater system out, blasted, repainted. Not back in yet
• Battery removed, battery box removed, blasted, painted, and re-installed, along with a new battery
• Edmunds intake installed
• Meteor Injectors installed
• Mallory Distributor installed
• All new spark plug wires ran and Raja tips installed
• Coil mounted on firewall
• Initial engineering done on linkage for the injectors and fuel line

We are getting real close! Thanks to everyone at Bubba's for the help and encouragement! More work to be done on Saturday. Stay tuned and let me know what you think!

See that?

Thats the light at the end of the tunnel, and I am starting to see it. Got the car back from Scott at Mufflers & More, and it looks awesome!!! I will get pics up soon. I also dropped the car off at Bubba's so this Wednesday we can ty and get all the odds and end wrapped up and get it running! We still have to get the intake on, new Mallory distributor in, new plug wires, and try and clean up some of the wiring under the hood.
I got an email from the owner of ECI yesterday. He has a new bracket designed that he thinks will work. He says he should have one ready to ship to me in a week. If that works, it should bolt right on! Lots of pics to come in the next few days!

PS...I think it is now known as "The Whale"

Distributor!!!

With some great help and instruction from Bubba, the distributor has been rebuilt. Disassembeled, cleaned, blasted, painted, polished, yada yada yada. We put er' back together and tested it, and set the dwell to specs and I works like new! Who would think it is 60 years old!

The car is going to the exhaist shop Friday. So the headers and exhaust will be all done! Then next Wednesday it will be going to Bubba's so we can start it up! Stay tuned!

Progress Update...1 step forward, and 2 steps back.

Well, I recieved the 2nd master cylinder bracket from ECI last Thursday. Tried it out on Friday, and it did not fit. Not even close! So after much measuring, thinking, calculating, Tabb & I decided it would not work, and even if we cut up the bracket, we still might not be able to make it work. I called Bubba, and he told me I should call Tom Culbertson, which I did. He says he thinks he can make it work, so that maybe what I have to do. I called ECI Friday and told them it didnt work, and they said to take pics, or make a template and they would seee what they can do. I took pics:

So 1st thing this morning I sent them an email explaining what was wrong and why it doesnt fit to the best of my ability. About an hour later I got a call from the owner of ECI. We talked it over, he looked at the pics, and I think he understands. He said if I can put the original back on, and get a pic of it, he could make something that would work. So, that is what I am going to try and do. We will give them 1 more chance, then it will be off to Tom.

We also decided that we still need to move forward and make progress. So I talked to the exhaust guy and I am going to try and get it to them on Friday to get all the exhaust ran, so that is done. Once that is taken care of, it is off to Bubba's to install the intake and ignition and make er' run!

Wednesday night I will be rebuilding the new(old) Mallory distributor, just to clean it up a little.

We are getting closer....very slowly. Stay Tuned!!!!!