You know you've been a car nut for a long time if you remember....

dwell adjusts the gap with a meter

Chevrolet Corvair gasoline heater-1960

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Originally posted by notech

dwell adjusts the gap with a meter

i haven't had the car out in a while.... sorry... it has 87,192 original miles on it... i haven't had it out in a long time, but i fired it up 2 weeks ago, it still runs but it needs gas and a tune up...

Do you remember the dice?

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Originally posted by notech

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Well That There Sonny,is a window mounted swamp cooler

Lol, waay cool. A first for me. Thanks.

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Originally posted by FATHERTIME

...i still adjust the points on my 1967 chevelle... dwell and gap...

I never could get dwell and gap that down pat. Didn't have the touch. Enjoy the Chevelle.

how about building the hole car out of the wrecking yard and doing it under a shade tree
with like five or six good friends help

and batteries under the passenger floor board

Left threaded lug nuts, real wood body panels, 3 on the tree & 10 people could fit in the car never drove 'em to young at the time. '64 Chrysler Newport Rocked.

the old one barrel when it went down just rebuild it on the side of the road

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Originally posted by beez60

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HIGH OCTANE was at least 105...and not AV GAS...or how about Tachometers ....from sun or the like not installed as a standard item ....no one uses them for what they were intended ...so the question "What was a tachometer used for ?" no cheating and to know what your engine RPM was doesnt count either DUH!!!!

to check for engine missing and mph and to know when to let off so you dont red line and blow the fuck up

also some old timers used it to shift and it was quit stylish

and as for the fuel it was called ethol and it was pink or kinda reddish tent to it

and you pulled up and told them to filler up please the checked the oil and cleaned the windows and check the air in your tires for you and the only thing you paid was for the gas FULL SERVICE BABY

heuer21 my 97 f350 powerstroke has front leaf, triangle windows in the front doors, dual gas tanks, manual front hubs and gets 14 mpg

how about a car that any one could work on? the kind of engine that when you look at it you can see the ground and every thing you need to get to.

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Originally posted by camping1

heuer21 my 97 f350 powerstroke has front leaf, triangle windows in the front doors, dual gas tanks, manual front hubs and gets 14 mpg

so does my 79 ford four wheel drive 3/4 ton7.9 powerstroke. i painted the bitch torch red

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Originally posted by screwy.one

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LMAO !

how about real steal bumpers

You can't remember anything cause you don't have a brain then you start to rust

late 40's early '50's ford flathead V8's. pretty "honkin'" stuff back then.

in 1967 when i was first married had a '59 nash rambler american with a flathead 6 that could squeak the tires in 2nd gear.

Az

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Originally posted by LOWRIDER53

Chevrolet Corvair gasoline heater-1960

Lol, I had a '60 Corvair, in that awful shade of green that was common back then. Two-speed on the dash. Crappy winter fuel mileage(16-17 mpg, I recall) and lovely trailing throttle oversteer that put me in the ditch more than once.

If you know what kind of car this came with,and have used it for it's intended purpose

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Originally posted by Stimpy57

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I never could get dwell and gap that down pat. Didn't have the touch. Enjoy the Chevelle.

gap is the open measure of the points, dwell is the amount of time in degrees the points are closed. Don't feel bad I haven't done that in about 27 years.