1966 Plymouth Fury 3

[PhilA]

Waved the polishing mop at one side of the hood. 

Paint is utterly terrible but it looks a bit more cared for. I'll do the rest of the car being as it's sat out in the open.

[Stanky]

On 17/03/2023 at 16:14, PhilA said:

Well, help me understand

 

The pulleys now can coexist but none of the grooves line up.

wasn't* a problem in a corvair!

[hairnet]

*phil escapes visit

nice lawnmower btw

do the smol phils  appreciate the old toot you have now

 

[PhilA]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

*phil escapes visit

nice lawnmower btw

do the smol phils  appreciate the old toot you have now

 

Not really. Sarah did say she wanted the Pontiac though.

[hairnet]

19 minutes ago, PhilA said:

Not really. Sarah did say she wanted the Pontiac though.

winnah

[PhilA]

Driveway ornament status: Slightly less neglected

Phil

[hairnet]

fender or door mirrors?

[PhilA]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

fender or door mirrors?

Looks like somebody had fitted fender mirrors and they've been filled in.

OEM is on the door

[PhilA]

I was beginning to lose the will to live on this side. The sandpaper is starting to wear out.

Finish isn't great but it's better than it was.

Looks better from the street, at least.

 

Phil

[GrumpiusMaximus]

On 3/10/2023 at 1:15 AM, PhilA said:

 

 

Not too bad. Idles and revs up cleanly now.

Your engine is Tomas Haake.  It's true:
 

 

[somewhatfoolish]

Good from afar. 😁

[PhilA]

Added some spacers behind the water pump pulley bolts.

It'll sit and idle until it's warm now. Goes backwards and forwards also which is a neat trick.

[STUNO]

 

 

 

 

 

Found one local to me for sale, only $nz75,000. Buy & Sell on NZ's #1 Auction & Classifieds Site | Trade Me   search for chrysler and model fury coupe

Please send large amounts of money so I can have it !

 

 

[hairnet]

4 hours ago, PhilA said:

Added some spacers behind the water pump pulley bolts.

It'll sit and idle until it's warm now. Goes backwards and forwards also which is a neat trick.

John force ftw

[hairnet]

15 minutes ago, STUNO said:

 

 

 

 

 

Wheels need frisbeeing and the grille need to be normal

Apart from that massive haggle needed

[PhilA]

Found that I do actually have the correct power steering pressure hose; i do not however have all of the pressure regulator assembly off the top of the power steering box.

Placed a cheeky offer on one that's on eBay, we'll see if they accept; then just a case of a few O-rings and a thread adapter and we can see if the power steering works (or, more realistically how badly it leaks).

[PhilA]

Been busy. Power steering needs different fittings; bolted the regulator in.

That's not where it goes, I'm sure.

Seems to work. Proves the concept, at least.

 

Phil

[PhilA]

Found a fitting that's nearly right. Added far too much pipe tape, and a few new o-rings.

Got the correct (hopefully) adapter coming in the mail.

For now, though.. that works. Very light. Impossible to turn the steering static like that without.

[PhilA]

That's a little Heath-Robinson but it doesn't leak.

Phil

[2flags]

If it works then it works. 😁

[hairnet]

dont matter what it looks like as long as its not having a wee on the driveway

 

[PhilA]

Day off work today so before the bad weather was due I decided to replace the intake gaskets.

You can see where the old ones weren't in very good condition. 

All scraped clean and new gaskets applied.

Much better. Reassembled it all, filled it up and now it doesn't leak and also runs a bit better.

Good job too, it's raining now, big thunderstorm.

[hairnet]

10 minutes ago, PhilA said:

 

 

helper looks happy there - cake promise??

 

[PhilA]

Much less cake these days.

[hairnet]

Cake as bribe?

[PhilA]

Having taken the carb off, that dislodged all the muck that was in the bottom and blocked the carb up. 

Took it to bits and cleaned it out. Better 

 

[2flags]

It's getting there. I'm sure you'll have it back on the road eventually. Have you any sort of time frame or is it just when it happens?

[PhilA]

5 minutes ago, 2flags said:

It's getting there. I'm sure you'll have it back on the road eventually. Have you any sort of time frame or is it just when it happens?

Just at the pace it is going at, which is fits and bursts. Collecting parts for it, mostly. Next few big bits will be to get replacement rear quarters, get those welded on, then I can do the boot floor because that's all shaped to the wings; then the front floors need a couple new pans and there's one or two other bits that need addressed where it randomly pinholed for no good reason.

[hairnet]

On 3/25/2023 at 9:31 PM, STUNO said:

 

 

 

 

 

STKLGT surely

right @PhilA

[Noel Tidybeard]

autoshite approves a bent8 with a lumpy idle 👍