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pick-up day at the original owner's house!
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arrived in Vancouver in one piece-thanks U-haul!
Now, it's time for the safety inspection.
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this is the car the day after I brought it home; the car was very clean, all I did was armor-all the tires!
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the previous owner installed radial tires on the orignal steel wheels; these are the original hubcaps
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this is how it looked under the hood when I brought it home; not very clean, but its all original, including points in the distributor; it's an "H-code" Cleveland 351 2 barrel, rated @ 166 hp
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original air cleaner, 351 Cleveland 2 barrel "H code"
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original bench seat
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AM radio
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passenger side interior
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driver's side interior
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162,000 miles and counting
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original grill-before paint
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the "new" grill-after a little satin black paint
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original fender emblems
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last day-still 99% original; tommorrow I am installing wheels & tires, and doing some engine work
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this is the original timing chain I think; the teeth on the upper gear are actually plastic and cracked in five places, and the chain is so stretched, its ready to jump a tooth! I made 6 full-power pulls on the chassis dyno with this time bomb!
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2108 hits | 78.52 KB | Posted: 11/5/06
new billet timing chain
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2271 hits | 84.93 KB | Posted: 11/5/06
the cast iron 2 barrel intake manifold has been removed and a new cam, lifters, pushrods, springs, seals & locks have been installed without removing the heads;

notice the yellow "OK" stamp on the head casting, which has survived after all these ...
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new intake, carb, water pump, distributor, coil, wires, plugs, cam and valve springs, timing chain & water pump installed, ready to start
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a little cleaning and some paint cleaned up the engine bay nicely!
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new wheels
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I installed new wheels & tires-18/20" Coys C-5's w/Nexen 3000 tires
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showin' off the new wheels down at the mall
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engine is all buttoned up, now the accessories can go on; I did all this work over a long weekend!
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almost finished, ready to start the engine with the new cam installed
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VIN: 3A47H1800046
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tire inflation decal, passenger door

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spare tire: G78-14 Goodyear Polyglass bias ply; not sure if this is the original spare tire, I thought Goodyear didn't make the polyglass tires until later in the 70's
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driver's door sill
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no air conditioning, just power steering and the alternator
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I painted this Edelbrock Performer 4 barrel intake Ford Corporate Blue before I installed it
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tailgate-uuugh!
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definetly not going to buff-out!
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rear-ended while parked on the street!
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front-end crushed too!
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