Why so high?

[16v stretch]

aeropilot said:

Not on a Dynoflow.
That's why the '64 & '65 Riv's are a much better ownership option (for UK) than a '63, as they 64-65's have the much better and then new design TH autobox, whereas the antiquated Dynoflow was still the same tranny from the early 50's, and not easy or cheap to get repaired here in UK.

Well you learn something new! I just presumed someone would make a shift kit like they do for the Powerglide.

And in my biased opinion the 66/67 shape is the best, but the 64 with the clamshells is a pretty handsome car.

[aeropilot]

16v stretch said:

aeropilot said:

Not on a Dynoflow.
That's why the '64 & '65 Riv's are a much better ownership option (for UK) than a '63, as they 64-65's have the much better and then new design TH autobox, whereas the antiquated Dynoflow was still the same tranny from the early 50's, and not easy or cheap to get repaired here in UK.

Well you learn something new! I just presumed someone would make a shift kit like they do for the Powerglide.

Its most likely got a shift kit on it, which means its had a tranny swap to a later gearbox, and no longer has the Dynoflow.

[aeropilot]

Just thought I'd chuck these into the pot, as got sent them yesterday from my mate in California, that he took at his local Cars n Coffee meet in his town.












And, I don't think this one is very original

[rat rod]

some bloke said:

The '62' Riv - new door cards, but they are screwed on?

I liked this one:
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1243028 - a 64 Skylark Coupe.

That's been around a long time to, don't know why unless something hidden looks a decent car,

Stick a Chevy badge on it double the price and it will sell.

Sorry to pick on Mustangs again but what sort of condition Mustang would you get for £15K, NOT MUCH

Bid the guy £12,500 you may own it.

[rat rod]

P5BNij said:

Had my eye on the Skylark earlier, it's exactly half an inch shorter than the internal length of my garage!

Am awaiting a quote from a garage door specialist to look at replacing my two single doors with a full width one, at least it'll make entry and exit a bit less awkward for whatever I end up buying.

Meanwhile, another small dose of yanky goodness....

Edited by P5BNij on Tuesday 20th April 19:32

That's about as good as it gets for that sort of money

Won't see many if at all even at a American car show,

And it fits in the garage,

Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 20th April 21:37

[P5BNij]

It'd be just too tight for comfort sadly! Great looking two door body style though.

Quick, someone post a pic of some muscle.....



I really do need to focus on what will physically fit inside the garage but I can't stop looking at the bigger stuff

Edited by P5BNij on Tuesday 20th April 20:59

[roscobbc]

One of the common responses to specific questions about important features or condition of the vehicle is replies to a question you didn't actually ask - ie "what condition is the gearbox in, has it been re-built" - typical answer "it had a new clutch and radiator recently"

[roscobbc]

P5BNij said:

It'd be just too tight for comfort sadly! Great looking two door body style though.

Quick, someone post a pic of some muscle.....



I really do need to focus on what will physically fit inside the garage but I can't stop looking at the bigger stuff

Edited by P5BNij on Tuesday 20th April 20:59

Oh those crochet mini-dresses back in the day - leaving soooooo much to the imagination

[roscobbc]

Been considering an 'Old school' Enderle mechanical 8 stack injection set up for the Vette. Been wanting to do this for a few years, but converting over to electronic - unfortunately the one on sale this week in the UK needed too much restoration and machining work, It would end up look like this...........

Edited by roscobbc on Tuesday 20th April 21:58

[rat rod]

roscobbc said:

P5BNij said:

It'd be just too tight for comfort sadly! Great looking two door body style though.

Quick, someone post a pic of some muscle.....



I really do need to focus on what will physically fit inside the garage but I can't stop looking at the bigger stuff

Edited by P5BNij on Tuesday 20th April 20:59

Oh those crochet mini-dresses back in the day - leaving soooooo much to the imagination

Alas a distant memory for me,

[rat rod]

roscobbc said:

Been considering an 'Old school' Enderle mechanical 8 stack injection set up for the Vette. Been wanting to do this for a few years, but converting over to electronic - unfortunately the one on sale this week in the UK needed too much restoration and machining work, It would end up look like this...........

Edited by roscobbc on Tuesday 20th April 21:58

Whatttttttt you trying to do to me,

[aeropilot]

roscobbc said:

Been considering an 'Old school' Enderle mechanical 8 stack injection set up for the Vette. Been wanting to do this for a few years, but converting over to electronic - unfortunately the one on sale this week in the UK needed too much restoration and machining work, It would end up look like this...........

Edited by roscobbc on Tuesday 20th April 21:58

Hilborn used to do an off the shelf EFI setup that looked just like their old mechanical stack systems, but now Hilborn have been bought by Holley, they have dropped all the Ford and other engine options, and only sell them for BBC and SBC's, and they would be cheaper than buying and trying to modify an old mechanical stack injection system.
I believe Enderle will or Kinsler will do this though.

[roscobbc]

aeropilot said:

roscobbc said:

Been considering an 'Old school' Enderle mechanical 8 stack injection set up for the Vette. Been wanting to do this for a few years, but converting over to electronic - unfortunately the one on sale this week in the UK needed too much restoration and machining work, It would end up look like this...........

Edited by roscobbc on Tuesday 20th April 21:58

Hilborn used to do an off the shelf EFI setup that looked just like their old mechanical stack systems, but now Hilborn have been bought by Holley, they have dropped all the Ford and other engine options, and only sell them for BBC and SBC's, and they would be cheaper than buying and trying to modify an old mechanical stack injection system.
I believe Enderle will or Kinsler will do this though.

You are so right - I should have bought an Enderle set-up a couple of years ago while they were still avaialable - Kinsler was (and still is) far mnore expensive than other choices - Hilborn, Borla and Speedmaster all lack the staggered 60's 'Gasser' style ram tubes that (IMHO) are an essential reason for doing this......

[aeropilot]

Yeah, the staggered Gasser or Can Am stack system just looks so cool

Did you by any chance, like me, have your childhood mind forever programmed into it by having one of these to play with

[roscobbc]

aeropilot said:

Yeah, the staggered Gasser or Can Am stack system just looks so cool

Did you by any chance, like me, have your childhood mind forever programmed into it by having one of these to play with

Noooooo - perhaps its the sense of balanced equality I like to have. Like every person irrespective of race, colour or background should be allowed an equal opportunity in life - and every action or movement has an opposite reaction - what 'goes up', must 'come down' - what 'goes in' must 'come out'.
And so it is with induction - 'going in' and 8 individual cylinders have the right to their own 'intake' (and so we have 8 stack induction) and 'coming out' and the cylinder equally should have their own individual exhaust header - a 'zoomie'.

Edited by roscobbc on Wednesday 21st April 09:56

[aeropilot]

All you need is the injector casting (the manifold), ram tubes, butterflies and throttle shafts from the old mechanical setup.

Everything else gets chucked and replaced with the EFI kit.

There's a place in the USA (fuelinjectionent.com) that do the conversions on any old mechanical (Hilborn, Enderle, Kinsler, Crower etc.) system.

There's loads of old mechanical injection systems for sale in swap meets in the USA, but obviously, with Covid and travel situation that's not much use to you.

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

Am awaiting a quote from a garage door specialist to look at replacing my two single doors with a full width one, at least it'll make entry and exit a bit less awkward for whatever I end up buying.

How about this rare '65 Fairlane 2 dr hardtop - that's £13k, probably get it for £11k....plus 1.5-2k to ship over and taxes paid etc.

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/ford/f...

Should fit in your garage too

[P5BNij]

aeropilot said:

P5BNij said:

Am awaiting a quote from a garage door specialist to look at replacing my two single doors with a full width one, at least it'll make entry and exit a bit less awkward for whatever I end up buying.

How about this rare '65 Fairlane 2 dr hardtop - that's £13k, probably get it for £11k....plus 1.5-2k to ship over and taxes paid etc.

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/ford/f...

Should fit in your garage too

I really like that, it looks beautifully done, I've googled the dimensions and it should fit but in the side profile shots it looks bigger than it (probably) actually is. In fact I've spent the morning clearing out the garage and checked the internal length again just to be sure, it's 203'' so an inch under 17ft. Much discussion ensued with her indoors whilst all this was going on, she asked me ''will you get a Corvette Stingray in there I like those...?''. We are definitely making progress, but she also asked ''you're not thinking of buying one of those big horrible square things though are you...?''

Did anyone see the white '77 'Vette on 'Bangers & Cash' last night? It sounded fantastic when the potential buyer started it up in the showroom.

Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 21st April 14:03

Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 21st April 14:05

Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 21st April 14:06

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

I really like that, it looks beautifully done, I've googled the dimensions and it should fit but in the side profile shots it looks bigger than it (probably) actually is. In fact I've spent the morning clearing out the garage and checked the internal length again just to be sure, it's 203'' so an inch under 17ft. Much discussion ensued with her indoors whilst all this was going on, she asked me ''will you get a Corvette Stingray in there I like those...?''. We are definitely making progress, but she also asked ''you're not thinking of buying one of those horrible square things though are you...?''

Ha ha........ well that's pretty much sorted what you are getting then

Women always like the most expensive option in my experience, but then moan when they find out how much that option they want is

20 years ago, my ex-missus was badgering me to sell the Sunbeam-Lotus and replace it with a C1 Corvette, but she could never explain to me where the 50k price difference between the two was magically going to come from

[rat rod]

P5BNij said:

I really like that, it looks beautifully done, I've googled the dimensions and it should fit but in the side profile shots it looks bigger than it (probably) actually is. In fact I've spent the morning clearing out the garage and checked the internal length again just to be sure, it's 203'' so an inch under 17ft. Much discussion ensued with her indoors whilst all this was going on, she asked me ''will you get a Corvette Stingray in there I like those...?''. We are definitely making progress, but she also asked ''you're not thinking of buying one of those big horrible square things though are you...?''

Did anyone see the white '77 'Vette on 'Bangers & Cash' last night? It sounded fantastic when the potential buyer started it up in the showroom.

Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 21st April 14:03

Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 21st April 14:05

Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 21st April 14:06

Quote---- "your not thinking of buying one of those big horrible square things though are you"

Still trying to work out whether she was asking or telling you