Lets see your Yank tanks!

[alabbasi]

I've been having some real fun with my 68 Deville. It broke down on me which turned out to be a wire someone rigged for the HEI distributor but that lead me down the path of replacing the carb with a new Chinese Quadrajet, new plugs, new MSD cap, rotor and coil, new plugs and plug wires and I just bought a new HEI distributor. All of this and I'm pretty sure that I'm still under $400 in parts.

[Motorama]

rat rod said:

Motorama said:

i dont totally disagree, i had a 61 Eldorado Biarritz with bucket seats before this,
I liked Finnegans car before he cut it up, i like the concept just a shame to do it to such a decent car

Edited by Motorama on Thursday 20th April 17:00

Was this advertised recently or was it another one ,just there's not to many black Biarritz's about .

yes, its been back up for sale for a while, they had the interior done by my guy, put it up for double what it owes them, fair play if they can get it

[Motorama]

alabbasi said:

I've been having some real fun with my 68 Deville. It broke down on me which turned out to be a wire someone rigged for the HEI distributor but that lead me down the path of replacing the carb with a new Chinese Quadrajet, new plugs, new MSD cap, rotor and coil, new plugs and plug wires and I just bought a new HEI distributor. All of this and I'm pretty sure that I'm still under $400 in parts.

Love a 68, my first Cadillac over 30 years ago was a 68 Fleetwood Brougham, great cars to drive, that 472 pulls like a train

[aeropilot]

RATATTAK said:

Not mine but belongs to a good friend

If its a real 426 car, its missing the HEMI badges on the doors?

[roscobbc]

Motorama said:

alabbasi said:

I've been having some real fun with my 68 Deville. It broke down on me which turned out to be a wire someone rigged for the HEI distributor but that lead me down the path of replacing the carb with a new Chinese Quadrajet, new plugs, new MSD cap, rotor and coil, new plugs and plug wires and I just bought a new HEI distributor. All of this and I'm pretty sure that I'm still under $400 in parts.

Love a 68, my first Cadillac over 30 years ago was a 68 Fleetwood Brougham, great cars to drive, that 472 pulls like a train

Still recal many years back when old buddy of mine had a '67 or '68 Cadillac rag top. Finished in pink with white interior and hood. Supposedly supplied new in pink (true/false who knows) at the time I was running a rather rare but ratty modded '66 428/4 speed Galaxie 7 Litre.....so size of vehicle wasn't an issue. I was also doing the occasional wedding with father in laws Shadow 1. Buddy was also doing the occasional rock 'n' roll wedding with the Caddi. He didn;t like doing the weddings so I did one for him.......the sheer overpowering enormity of the Cadillac amazed me......even though only 18" or so longer than the Galaxie due to being a convertible and you could see all corners it just seemed just a huge expanse of car to haul around.

[RATATTAK]

aeropilot said:

If its a real 426 car, it's missing the HEMI badges on the doors?

Thanks, mental note made ... I'll tell the owner next time I see him, although I'm sure he'll be aware and probably has the badges on order from the States.

[alabbasi]

So i'm trying to understand the operation of the divorced choke on a quadrajet carb. I have mine running reasonably well at this time but it still has a flat spot when accelerating which I think may be because of how the choke is functioning (basically where I bent the rod). I'm trying to decide if I should chuck the quadrajet and buy a Edelbrock at this point with electric choke and be done with it

The car again is a 68 Cadillac Deville with the 472

[roscobbc]

Nothing wrong with a Quadrajet carb........perhaps consider a remanufactured one from a specialist in the 'States.....should be able to supply one specifically jetted and set-up for your car........expensive though!

[RoadToad84]

Mountain Man seems to be the go-to for anything QJet.

[Ewanph]

Here’s mine. Dodge Challenger Scat Pack Widebody.
You can follow it here: http://instagram.com/UK_Scat_Pack

[Ewanph]

My 2011 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor P7B.
Completely original and direct from the Police Department in Florida. Featured in Classic American Magazibe.
Follow it here: http://instagram.com/USCopCarUK

[Matt Harper]

Ewanph said:

Here’s mine. Dodge Challenger Scat Pack Widebody.
You can follow it here: http://instagram.com/UK_Scat_Pack

What's going on with the hood (and the grille badging?)

[RoadToad84]

Ewanph said:

My 2011 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor P7B.
Completely original and direct from the Police Department in Florida. Featured in Classic American Magazibe.
Follow it here: http://instagram.com/USCopCarUK

Just been looking at your Instagram. Looks like you're pretty local to me. Always looking for meets and cruises so I'll give you a follow

[Cassemo46]

I have just picked up a 2003 Ford F150 Harley Davidson Edition

I’m beyond happy with it

[DodgyGeezer]

Cassemo46 said:

I have just picked up a 2003 Ford F150 Harley Davidson Edition

I’m beyond happy with it

As you should be - cracking piece of kit and although quick can be made a fair bit quicker

[fatboy18]

Cassemo46 said:

I have just picked up a 2003 Ford F150 Harley Davidson Edition

I’m beyond happy with it

I've got the Bike

[Cassemo46]

DodgyGeezer said:

Cassemo46 said:

I have just picked up a 2003 Ford F150 Harley Davidson Edition

I’m beyond happy with it

As you should be - cracking piece of kit and although quick can be made a fair bit quicker

Yeah I have seen some online. For the moment it’s keeping a grin on my face.

[Cassemo46]

fatboy18 said:

Cassemo46 said:

I have just picked up a 2003 Ford F150 Harley Davidson Edition

I’m beyond happy with it

I've got the Bike

Looks like a lovely example of a fatboy too.

I’ve got an 04 Streetbob

[alabbasi]

roscobbc said:

Nothing wrong with a Quadrajet carb........perhaps consider a remanufactured one from a specialist in the 'States.....should be able to supply one specifically jetted and set-up for your car........expensive though!

I got tired of making it run right so I bought a brand new Edelbrock 1411 750CFM carb and the correct adaptor to join a square bore carb to a spread bore intake. It took about 40 minutes to remove the old carburetor and install the new one and probably another 20 minutes of faffing around to wire up the electric choke mess with the linkage so that nothing bound up. The difference is remarkable. Car fires up on the first turn and no more dieseling on shut down. I adjusted the timing and put the air cleaner back on which fit perfectly.

All is good now and i've divorced the quadrajet with the divorced choke.

[some bloke]

I had a Rochester 4-Jet on my Impala with was worn out when I got it, so I ordered a rebuilt one from Rock Auto. That seemed to chew through accelerator pump rubbers in a few weeks, and eventually the helicoil that had been fitted in the inlet during the rebuild started backing out. I whacked the old carb top back on (w/o a helicoil) and then ordered a manual choke Edelbrock AVS2 and an adaptor. It's been great - starts easily and operates very smoothly.
I did have a rebuilt Q-jet on a 350 back in the late 80s that was a great carb; I loved that induction wail as the secondaries opened. I would have considered another but the Edelbrock was just easier in the UK.