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My car and William’s Futura…

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A few pics from today’s show…

Put 5 gal’s of 93 octane fuel in each tank today. Connected the battery and waited for William to swing by on his lunch break. Always best to have an extra set of eyes and hands to do this. After a handful of tries, it fired off with Williams help goosing the throttle. Had some noticeable belt/pulle...

Pretty much done with the motor now, ain’t she a beaut?

Tomorrow I’ll feed her some premium fuel, reconnect the battery, hit the start button and

Exhaust system is back in place. Just need to mod a small bracket, install the O2 sensor and plugs, go get some fuel and connect the battery…

Getting close.

When I removed the carbs many moons ago, I drained them thoroughly and stored them dry. Just to be on the safe side, I opened each one up and sprayed some carb cleaner to make sure nothing was gummed up. Carbs, fuel lines and home made heat shield are now back in place. Just need to reinstall the ex...

Next I installed the new MSD Pro-Billet Distributor, PN 85786 with a steel gear already installed. Btw, MSD now stamps the steel gears with an S. I set up the mechanical advance with the black 18 degree bushing and two light silver springs. Weber IDAs like a lot of initial advance, and the light spr...

Success…bought some rubberized gasket material and made a thermostat housing gasket. Installed it without sealant and re-pressurized the system. It held pressure rock solid. Now I can move on. Incidentally, I first tried a store bought gasket, but the oval bypass hole didn’t cover the o-ring and it ...