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How About a Gearhead Thread?

this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:53:38 GMT

Have you ever had a car that you now wish you'd kept? I got my driver's license during the heyday of muscle cars, when GM. Ford, and Chrysler were in a battle for the hearts and souls of young drivers, aided by songs like,

409.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKKP_cZuk54

Li'l GTO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_FSicQWimU

Little Ol' Lady From Pasadena https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MhiHZvq8zc

Shutdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nll2r0h8rRE

After a few "almost good enough" rides, I finally got my hands on my dream car.......a '65 Malibu SS with an L79 327.

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rules_of_acquisition — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:42:19 GMT

Very cool ride!

I've had some cool cars but as you say I wish I still had them.

I had a 1969 Mustang Mach 1 with a built 351, 4 speed and traction lock...and just about every option from the factory that was available. I restored it from the ground up, striped the body to bare metal and used either mint used parts and NOS chrome, weather stripping, etc. I sold it sometime ago...Now it's worth big bucks, that figures!

The sad thing is, besides a few blurry polaroid photos, I have no images of it.

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viewmont1071 — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:43:32 GMT

In 1965 my my mate Des had a shiny new EH S4 stationwagon... In 2013/14 I helped him rebuild a shiny red EH

stationwagon with X2 running gear, (double strombergs and headers) a HR disc front end, 5 speed celica gearbox, 186

bored to 189 with forged acl race pistons,blueprinted and balanced, 30/70 cam, solids with roller rockers, electronic

ignition, integrated air conditioning....not quite finished but definitely getting closer....

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viewmont1071 — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:55:52 GMT

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:57:09 GMT

Make sure you keep us up to snuff on the progress........

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viewmont1071 — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:04:55 GMT

there's a build thread in the ebay au motors thread with more pics

A likely lad and his EH in the early 70's desert boots, corduroy and all...

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viewmont1071 — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:13:05 GMT

...wish I had kept these two as well

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serendipityricho — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:19:23 GMT

Hi Dave -been checking on the Motors thread for updates on that EH project.

Was a big job--doing a second one would be a lot easier.lol.....................Richo.

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:21:20 GMT

Do they have drag strips in OZ?

My '75 Monza 2+2 launching at Redding Dragstrip in '77 Car had a 331 smallblock with a 4-speed...........ran 12:30's

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joz*garage — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:34:51 GMT

"Do they have drag strips in OZ?"

better put your tin cap on before they arrive bandcamp 😄

always loved the monza

the A9X model & the one that i had - posted on your other thread

is really aussies equivalent to the monza

built, due to moffats successes driving a monza in america

(wish i still had any one of the two A9Xs i owned)

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serendipityricho — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:49:33 GMT

Hi Joe---how did i know you would appear on this thread lol...........................Richo.

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viewmont1071 — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:52:51 GMT

EH is nearly there Richo..... but the new rego ETA is Christmas lmao.....hopefully we will not need to revise that and it will

be registered soon....... 12 month build birthday on 10th July....... not happy Jan

I have been also working on a Street rod. A 38 Chev with 308 with 350 turbo box. LH Torana front end and rack with HQ

stubs and discs and a shortened Ford 9 inch disc rear. I will get some pics... working on a tight deadline with the other...

needs to be engineered by the end of July...

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lloydslights — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:00:49 GMT

Fascinating.

DEB

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:28:07 GMT

Biggest problem I had with the Monza was the original 2.56::1 and the subsequent 2.90:1 gear sets.........I had the axles and brake drums drilled to accept 14" Chevy bolt pattern wheels, and slapped 50-series tires on Centerline rims.........but the rear suspension was for the birds.

On the return road at Redding in 1977.

Motor block was a 66 (took 5 before I found an acceptable one), bored and honed to 4.030" using steel crank and rods from a 64 Corvette, with new forged 11.1:1 pistons. The heads were from an '71 350, effectively lowering the compression to 10.25:1.

A Sig Erson Cam, 600cfm Holley doublepumper on an Edelbrock manifold, with Hooker headers exhausting everything rounded out the motor. I didn't fool with the HEI ignition, because it was a daily driver........which got 22 mpg on the freeway.

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joz*garage — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:46:44 GMT

@serendipityricho wrote:
Hi Joe---how did i know you would appear on this thread lol...........................Richo.

g'day richo,

how did you know i'd pop in.. was the same reason i knew you'd be here

like bees attracted to honey, 😄

and viewmont (whoelse? carp it, i cant read back and forgot what B.camp said too

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joz*garage — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:01:00 GMT

b.camp, i knew a fella here in perth had one, he found the original wheel pattern to be a design flaw

he chose HQ Holden stud pattern and fitted 14' wheels the same as how the A9X came out

he copied a few ideas from the A9X, electric driven radiator fan *what else did he do?!, disc drakes all round etc

either models had it's good and bad points, although minimal on the A9X the monza had the chev motor!

didnt have do much to them to make 'em go hey! but at the same time the A9X had an excellent power to weight ratio

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chuk_77 — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:04:52 GMT

we need DSK here

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the*scarlet*pimpernel — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:09:30 GMT

I wish I still had my '69 kombi

We have drags here, um every month I think. They use the local airstrip, and anyone can take their car along and have a burn.

Viewmonty, is that an early 80's SR250 you're sitting on?

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crystal**flake — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:20:55 GMT

I'd never let mine go.

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dskracing — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:22:59 GMT

@this-one-time-at-bandcamp wrote:
Do they have drag strips in OZ?

My '75 Monza 2+2 launching at Redding Dragstrip in '77 Car had a 331 smallblock with a 4-speed...........ran 12:30's

Yep