[tom s]

Thining the herd.Tom

[blueghoast]

Drove my 57 wagon from Battle Creek to Coldwater mothers day car show.
What a blast.

GT

[67drake]

Had to run to the store to get some distilled water for my Mercurys cooling system, as I had just changed the radiator hoses.
I took the LeMans and for some reason it was a 20 mile round trip even though it’s a mile from my house.

[b-man]

Polished up the license plate frame and used some TR3 Resin Glaze on the front plate and added the GTO badge to the grille. Also pulled the front bumper loose and installed both front splash shields and the horns.

Installed the bumper filler piece just below the grilles so now the grilles are bolted in solid. Installed the hood scoop ornaments. Installed all the wheel opening mouldings.

Installed the trunk bottom edge trim piece that completes the tail light trim and the GTO emblem on the trunk lid. Adjusted the passenger side tailpipe to match the driver side, loosened the clamp and moved it down about a half inch.

Put 20 miles on it with no issues, backing off the brake pedal pushrod a couple turns solved the dragging brake problem.

Full throttle about 20 times running uphill on Soledad Canyon Road.

This thing is a runner !!!

Trying to make sure the piston rings are bedded in. Too much idle time on the engine run stand and in my garage getting the transmission fluid warm enough to check the level.

It's popping the dipstick up an inch or so but I was hammering the crap out of it......sounds good with all 3 carbs open…..it moves out nicely even with 2.56 gears.

[fyrffytr1]

Went to the Sasser cruise in this morning . we had at least 50 cars, but I think it had something to do with the cool weather and the free chicken dinner.

[67ozzyville]

I got the dreaded sex fingers today, got wiper woes, and might have fitted the incorrect wiper motor,
I was tapping down the wiper arm after fitting new blades and making an adjustment and smashed the windscreen.
I publicly apologise to the neighbours for the bad language

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[jhein]

I recently scoffed when someone asked me about my gas mileage in the TA, and rightfully so. But, then I decided to see what kind of mileage I actually get. Mainly for fun/curiosity but also for range estimation, maybe tuning (?), etc.

So I did three different measurements. All were with very conservative driving. Just easy cruising. First was a windy mountain road. Second was a flat country back road with a mix of 55 mph to 35 mph, mostly 55. Third was a 4 lane State Hwy that was all 55 mph, but on the 55 mph stretches, I was cruising 65-70.

Mountain road: 8.4 mpg
Rural road: 13.8 mpg
Rural Hwy: 15.1 mpg

Mountain road was mainly going back and forth between 3rd and 4th gear constantly. Very little 5th gear. Rural road was mostly 5th gear with a fair amount of 4th and 3rd gear in the lower speed limit zones. Rural Hwy was all 5th gear, except for the several miles getting out and back through town to get to my house. That's about what I thought I'd get. Both of my modern V8-daily driver-SUVs get around 15 mpg which is mostly rural Hwy, so the TA is about the same.

[BILL BOWMAN1]

Got the GTO nose in primer, bumper filler next. The weather may prevent me from getting color on this week.

[BILL BOWMAN1]

Bman I adopted your grill idea.