Drove the parts car today..

[christoc]

I took my parts car out for a spin today. Just a quick test though. Quick history behind the parts car. Last Sunday I picked up a 78 2+2 that has some major frame rust, apparently something on the front suspension rusted out so the previous owner parked it for 5 years before I picked it up.

 

Yesterday I got a new battery for it, and hooked it up. I siphoned the gas out of the tank and put some fresh stuff in. Took a while to fire up, but finally did, and after 4-5 minutes of running it quit missing and would rev up through the range.

 

I didn't drive it yesterday because I was concerned there weren't any brakes, so today I hooked the ebrake back up. We had to disconnect them and hammer on the drums as they had seized up. After getting them connected again I removed the block from the back tire and started the car up, let her role down the driveway a bit and applied some peddle, amazingly I had brakes!

 

I didn't drive the car very far, just up and down the street to try to get a good feel for the transmission. Currently the plan is to take the 5 speed and put it onto the L28ET motor sitting on a stand in the garage, and drop that combination into the 73 240. I'll also be pulling a few other things off the parts car, hopefully the dash, hood, headlight buckets, and various other engine bits I'll need for the ET motor, such as the water pump.

 

My initial goal is to get the motor and transmission in the car and get it street legal. Then I'll work on other items, such as suspension improvements. Eventually the 240 will be a daily driver and autocross car to occasionally substitute for the 350 in both duties.