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I decided to take the car to the upcoming GM Nationals at Carlisle next week ( June 25, 26, and 27). Some of you might have not realized this but when Tom and I took the car to MCACN, we had not put any fuel in the tank or coolant in the radiator. We just rolled the car out of the trailer, put it on G0-Jacks, and pushed the car into place at the show. Other words, we had never started the car. But this is where the story gets even better. Now considering Tom Migut took the car apart down to the smallest possible denominator and left absolutely no stone un-turned, I find what i am about to tell you as about as incredible as anything I can imagine car wise. I made sure the battery was charged, I put 5 gallons of gas in the tank, poured a little gas down the carb vent tube to fill up the front bowl, removed the t-stat housing and filled engine block with coolant, re-installed t-stat housing, then filled radiator to top of the cooling coils. I then got in the car, turned the key and ran the engine at 1800 rpms for 18 minutes. No leaks, no drips, no ignition missing issues, it just ran. Unbelievable. I didn't have to do anything. Nothing! Next day, I checked the timing and all I have to do now is pull it in the trailer and take to show. I called Tom up and I said, "do you realize I started the car and it just ran and I have nothing to fix or correct". He was like "yeah, what did you expect?". I said I was not sure but i wasn't expecting the car to just run and that's it. The clutch is even set just perfect.
Not sure about all of you but I find that real hard to believe. Is what it is. Off to Carlisle. Anyone else going to be there?
Not sure about all of you but I find that real hard to believe. Is what it is. Off to Carlisle. Anyone else going to be there?