That_Tall_Dude
Well-Known Member
Welcome from NorCal!
sweet ride!
Don’t let anybody butcher that beauty! But I’m sure you already know
“Stock Rocks” as Nick likes to say
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCKxu_85y8YGFQcY11cJGNtA
She run? If no, when was the last time?
Got mine from my uncle with with some engine problem that took off the road at 112k in the early 90s, don’t have memories of every seeing it running in stock form.
Did an overhaul in my high school shop, with some performance upgrades
If I knew then what I know now, I just would of kept it stock and upgrade as I go
Having some before and after experience with it would have been really nice
Just needed was timing chain & gears replaced and hardened valve seats for unleaded gas... it was so babied prolly would have gone to 200k before needing a rebuild
318 can be a nice efficient V8, maybe do duals and some mild chamber mufflers and have a really nice sounding cruiser easy on the wallet to drive
Experiencing the car stock, if you haven’t before, maybe a good reference for the trade-offs of performance upgrades
Suspension is pretty good for their day, just needs bushings replaced and other worn out stuff, maybe do a disc brake conversion (stock disc of later years bolts on pretty easy)
But it’s your thang, do whatever you want with it
Just some hindsight of a similar sounding situation; thought it might be helpful
(sorry it got a bit long)
WELCOME!!
sweet ride!
Don’t let anybody butcher that beauty! But I’m sure you already know
“Stock Rocks” as Nick likes to say
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCKxu_85y8YGFQcY11cJGNtA
She run? If no, when was the last time?
Got mine from my uncle with with some engine problem that took off the road at 112k in the early 90s, don’t have memories of every seeing it running in stock form.
Did an overhaul in my high school shop, with some performance upgrades
If I knew then what I know now, I just would of kept it stock and upgrade as I go
Having some before and after experience with it would have been really nice
Just needed was timing chain & gears replaced and hardened valve seats for unleaded gas... it was so babied prolly would have gone to 200k before needing a rebuild
318 can be a nice efficient V8, maybe do duals and some mild chamber mufflers and have a really nice sounding cruiser easy on the wallet to drive
Experiencing the car stock, if you haven’t before, maybe a good reference for the trade-offs of performance upgrades
Suspension is pretty good for their day, just needs bushings replaced and other worn out stuff, maybe do a disc brake conversion (stock disc of later years bolts on pretty easy)
But it’s your thang, do whatever you want with it
Just some hindsight of a similar sounding situation; thought it might be helpful
(sorry it got a bit long)
WELCOME!!
