Dave W 1971/240Z rebuild

[Namerow]

2 hours ago, inline6 said:

Those grommets look like aftermarket.  Might be suitable for the heater supply and return hoses where they go through the firewall. 

Agree.

[grannyknot]

The transmission mount, thanks.

[Patcon]

Looks like the same glass I just put in Lily

[colinc]

8 hours ago, Patcon said:

Looks like the same glass I just put in Lily

Ditto. I bought 2 just to have a backup. Apparently, these windshields are becoming scarce (at least up here in the great white north).

[grannyknot]

Dave stopped by this morning and we got the windshield in, I spent the rest of the day getting the dash in and connecting all the wires, with any luck I might get to trying to start the engine tomorrow😁

 

[Patcon]

You're killing me! 😉

[grannyknot]

I've been trying to track down the source of some electrical problems with the signals and fan blower for the last few days and sorted the last one out today, everything is working now.   Have also been trying to get the engine running smoothly, on start up the engine races up to 2000 rpm then stalls with spitting out of the front of the carbs.

There is a guy in our local club who, like many of the members here, is an SU guru. He's stopping by my place on Friday morning to do the initial setup and balancing and hopefully that part of the resto will be taken care of.

I have reinstalled the old rusty exhaust system because the MSA system that was ordered back in June is not showing up anytime soon, I'm thinking of scooting the car up some back roads to a custom muffler shop 20 mins away and have them build one.

Nice and warm today so opened the garage door to see what the paint looks like in the sun.

 

 

[davewormald]

This goes into the "I never thought this would happen to me, but ..." category. No, it isn't that kind of story for those of you who are getting the wrong idea. Back to the boobs thread for that kind of titillation.

Since @grannyknot is thinking of driving the car up to a local muffler shop, I thought I'd better make sure I had everything in order so the car is legally driveable (as an aside, it's quite a trick keeping up with Granny on this project. Parts suppliers don't always work at the speed he does). When I started poking at the car back in 2020, I had the ownership paperwork. Somewhere between then and now, it disappeared. Not that big a deal. The car has been registered to me since 1994. So I went to Service Ontario to get a new ownership card. The nice lady behind the counter took my driver's license and typed something into the computer, then said "Hmmm, that's strange. What's the VIN". I gave her the VIN, and she says "We have a problem. You don't own this car. In fact this car was destroyed by a wrecker".

Huh. It was in tougher shape than we thought, but I didn't think it was that bad! I asked which wrecker it was registered to, and when it had happened, but she wasn't allowed to tell me. Fortunately, I always expect something to go wrong when dealing with governments, so I was more amused than annoyed or terrified. I assured her that the car had never been near a wrecker, never mind destroyed. For some reason I had the original bill of sale and some other official paperwork from my purchase of the car, including an appraisal document with photos.

To make a long story short(-ish), she got on the phone with the gurus at Service Ontario Headquarters. They apparently asked whether I seemed credible. Fotunately, I'd combed my hair and worn a shirt with no stains on it, so she put in a good word for me. They claim that they can undo the transfer to the wrecker, but it will take a couple of weeks. I'll probably need to provide something from an appraiser to confirm the VIN of the car. Apparently this happens from time to time - probably a similar VIN car was sold to a wrecker and a typo happened. It doesn't give you a lot of confidence in the system if someone can transfer ownership of your car without you even knowing ...

I asked again about the wrecker, and she asked whether I wanted to request a Vehicle Information Package for the car. For $20 it would give me the history of the car's ownership. You can request this for any VIN at all. The car was apparently transferred to the wrecker in January of 2007. The wrecker is about half an hour from where I lived at the time. Maybe I'll drop by and ask if they have any parts left. Granny's running out of things he can work on again!

[grannyknot]

A friend came over and setup the carbs and tuned them, what a beautiful sound.

I took it out for a drive around the property then realized there were no headlights so the tires were throwing gravel on the sugar scoops so had to bring it back in.

The engine bay is done.

[Namerow]

Car looks great.  Nice work, Chris.

[Casey_z]

On 3/15/2024 at 3:34 PM, grannyknot said:

A friend came over and setup the carbs and tuned them, what a beautiful sound.

I took it out for a drive around the property then realized there were no headlights so the tires were throwing gravel on the sugar scoops so had to bring it back in.

The engine bay is done.

Laverne set up my car years ago.

It still runs perfect.

[grannyknot]

Dave takes his first drive,