"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
04/19/2018 at 23:03 • Filed to: None
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"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
04/19/2018 at 23:03 • Filed to: None | 17
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abandoned service station in the middle of nowhere. The Frunk.
Have put aboot 400 miles on the car, about 340 today. Made it from Albuquerque to Colorado city. Had a vaporlock-related waiting period in Las Vegas, NM. Made many friends. Was there for an hour and the local corvair expert was going to be called down. Went for a walk, saw this badass chrysler
A black, fuselage new yorker is most definitely BAD ASS. Came back, got a coffee and the car was ready to go. Made it to 9 miles out of Raton, NM then I got a rock under the crank pulley and shredded my fanbelt. Being not stupid, i had a spare. It was wrong, so wrong.
Attempted fanbelt #1 drawstring from my laundry bag. Lasted 10 seconds.
attempted fanbelt #2 2 shoelaces from my redwing boots twisted together and wrapped in tape. lasted 30 seconds.
#3 which made it about 4 or 5 miles. cobbled together from shredded remnants of #2. It actually survived but jumped off the alternator.
and finally, the solution, a real fanbelt, of which i bought 2. note the wierd routing.
The car runs like a champ, thought I’d be putting along at 55 but the car likes 65-70. With the cobwebs blown out and the rat shit cooked off the engine it’s gained about 15-20% more power. It’s not fast, but it got slightly faster. Have listened to no music but the flat 6 music.
I can hear people outside my hotel room “it’s a corvair monza!” I am a happy, sunburned, greasy man.
shop-teacher
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
04/19/2018 at 23:32 |
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This is good road trip!
RacinBob
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
04/19/2018 at 23:33 |
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FYI Corvair fan belts are a natural rev limiter.
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Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> shop-teacher
04/19/2018 at 23:34 |
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getting the car-guy adventure I wanted, and putting my mechanical inclination to the ultimate test. Many miles to go.
WilliamsSW
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
04/19/2018 at 23:40 |
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Good planning- glad you got that taken care of, and sounds like you’re having a great time!
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Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> WilliamsSW
04/19/2018 at 23:43 |
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I also brought an electric fuel pump, hoping not to need it, but have messed around with old cars before.
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shop-teacher
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
04/19/2018 at 23:50 |
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Continued good luck!
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Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> shop-teacher
04/19/2018 at 23:53 |
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with the power of oppositelock behind me, I can confidently say “lets show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown”
ihm96
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
04/20/2018 at 05:33 |
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I’m jealous. I had a monza two summers ago that was my first car I ever purchased myself. I drove it all summer and sold it to a better home for 4K after paying 2200 though. I really miss it though, if it wouldn’t have had to be a daily I would’ve loved to keep it.
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shop-teacher
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
04/20/2018 at 07:20 |
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Be sure to put your sunglasses on as you say that.