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02-07-2009, 12:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: so cal,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I used to fix them for a living
Posts: 2,563
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The abandoned project, back on the road
You know that guy that has a nice car in his garage that hasn't seen the road in years and you wonder why the owner doesn't just finish the project car?
My hotrod hasn't been driven since 2001, when I took it apart for paint.
By the time it got painted; I quit being a car mechanic for a living, lost interest in reassembling my car, so I garaged the rolling body and forgot about it.
The engine has been in the house most of the time, because the day after I put the freshly machined engine parts in the garage, a water pipe broke directly above them and flooded out the room. I moved the engine parts to the house so I could store them in a tub of ATF.
I finally got off my duff and put the car back together (mostly) and it's on the road again. It's not a cobra, just a 67 chevelle SS 396 (clone) that's mostly stock except the lower compression (9.2:1) TRW pistons. I have owned the car since I was 17, it was my daily driver until I took it apart, and I have kept it setup pretty much the same way the whole time. It needs upholstery, and that's about it; except I know it will never be "done" until I lose interest in driving it.
My girlfriend of the last 7 yrs had never seen it run, and has no classic American car experience. Currently she is not interested in riding in it; being as it's too noisy, everybody looks at it as it rumbles by, and she saw me do a huge burnout; so it's just too "scary". 
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In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
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02-07-2009, 01:09 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Mechanicsville!,
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC/331/5 forward
Posts: 922
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So that's where you been....
In retirement. Was wondering what happened to you.
Well, good on you for putting the old Chevy back together. Even tho she's scared of it that won't last - once she sees how much good attention you'll get in it, she'll suddenly find reason to be seen in it. Happens all the time  with wimmen.
I trust you've taken advantage of the tech that's come along in the past 30+ years or so and put some good parts into that rat motor.
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02-07-2009, 01:14 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: St. Lucia, West Indies,
WI
Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
Posts: 3,786
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Good to have you back, Mr.Fixit! Folks have been wondering where you disappeared to.
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the strength to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. -(wasn't me)
BEWARE OF THE DOGma!! Dogmatism bites...
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02-07-2009, 03:51 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Covington,
wa
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance # 532, 466 BB, 560HP
Posts: 3,029
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Get a new girlfriend that likes the car.  |
02-07-2009, 07:11 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: so cal,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I used to fix them for a living
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This sucks.
Between that last post and this one, I ventilated the block and ruined both heads.
The head snapped off an intake valve, mashed a hole in the bowl area of the chamber, then sent pieces through the intake to do something similar to the other side.
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In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
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02-07-2009, 07:25 PM
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6th Generation Texan
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Devil's Backbone,RR 32,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: Lone Star Classics #240,Candy Apple Red,Keith Craft 418w - 602 HP,584 TQ
Posts: 8,157
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You're right,that sure does suck.
Welcome back ! I hope this set back doesn't keep you away another 2 years and 4 months.
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02-07-2009, 07:49 PM
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Member of the north
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Join Date: May 2003
Cobra Make, Engine: A Cobra
Posts: 11,207
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Hey, what's eight years anyway??
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02-08-2009, 06:44 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Shasta Lake,
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Boy, that would make anyone feel as if they had a curse on them. Hope that you can get it back on the road soon. And you should post more often and keep us informed as to how it is coming along. Heck, you seem to have the kind of luck I do.
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02-25-2009, 08:00 PM
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Proud Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: North of Baltimore,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 2121
Posts: 137
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Mr. Fixit is in da house!
Welcome back. I really enjoy reading your posts.
Please don’t take another 2 years off to rebuild that 396! |
02-26-2009, 06:17 AM
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Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Quebec, Canada,
QC
Cobra Make, Engine: Johnex 427 S/C, 351W, 472 HP, 444 lbs. torque
Posts: 2,455
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Welcome back Mr. Fixit.
Good luck putting that 396 back on the road.
Wayne
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02-26-2009, 06:27 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Jersey Shore,
NJ
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance SPF#2572, 427 S/O 2X4
Posts: 379
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Your girlfriend has already expressed a dislike for "the other woman", which could be interpreted as jealousy. What was her alibi regarding the engine failure?
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Peace through superior firepower...or is it horsepower? Either way, more is always better!
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02-26-2009, 07:25 AM
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Location: Shasta Lake,
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Hey Fixit,
Have you been doing any work on the engine? If so, how about an update. We are all looking forward to you getting it back on the road soon.
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04-19-2014, 11:05 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: so cal,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I used to fix them for a living
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Little late on the update, but I built a 496 with roller cam and some Dart heads before I ran out of money.
The old lady still has never been in the car.
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In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
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04-26-2014, 04:23 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Shasta Lake,
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That will be a great engine for the car and I for one am happy that you have gotten it back together and in running order. I hope that you can soon get the new engine completed and in the car and then post some pictures.
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04-27-2014, 11:31 PM
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Location: so cal,
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Engine has been the car for a while, more torque than traction. Now I need to re-do the th400 trans, it's slipping a bit under WOT in 3rd. 
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In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
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04-28-2014, 02:11 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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You are making progress. Soon you will be driving it all the time and really enjoying it,
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