Frosty
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She is running the best she has since 2019! That’s when I lost the belt, over heated the engine, and blew the heater core. I have a lot of work planned for her. -
Rick, Did you say you live in the Glen Burnie area? Lucy, my ‘72 Lemans Sport convertible, was built here in Pontiac and, according to the records I have, it was shipped to Admiral Pontiac in Glen Burnie Maryland! You wouldn’t happen to know of any pictures of Admiral Pontiac would you?
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I signed up to do the Back to the Brick's Summer Road Rally. We started at a local GM mega dealership (a.k.a. Shea) in Flint. We drove from the dealership to nearby Birch Run Speedway, a 1/2 mile local banked speedway/demolition derby "event center". However, our path was through three Michigan counties to get there (Genessee, Lapeer and Saginaw counties), in order to kill time and enjoy the drive. The drive was 90 minutes-ish with traffic signals and such. Still it was mostly country roads. Now this is something I was NOT expecting to see. A '97 Supercharged 3800 power Buick Riviera convertible! This is one of seven ever made. It cost $25k over the price of the car to do this convertible conversion. Several Cadillacs were made but since the price of the Riv was so much less than the same Cadillac, most people didn't see spending another $25k for the convertible top. Truly a unique car! Now if I can find one of the last 500 Rivs made - they were badged as Silver Arrows. Silver Arrow was the name of the Buick concept car that became the production Riv. An Apollo White GSX convertible! Sweet!
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This is the same government that let's them serve haggis. Sheep - yes. Pork/bacon-no? Seriously? Kiwi - you gonna find some bangers and mash while you are there?
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Bacon? WTF Kiwi? That ain't Tony's!!!!
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The last time I was in London, the chippie just outside the Tower of London was rubbish. I don't recommend it. The Scots say that English beer is like making love in a canoe. F'ing close to water. They're right, I much prefer a Scottish lager. Are you going to watch the British Open this week, which happens to be in Northern Ireland this year? I was 17 in 1977 and went to the British Open at Turnberry (West coast of Scotland). Great round of golf ever! Tom Watson beat Jack Nickalas on the 18th hole. I was there! Awesome experience. Got time and plans to eat some haggis and spotted dick?
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By going west? You should be flying east for Honolulu. Ditto tor Vancouver. I would guess the UK, western Europe or Africa based on the flight path. Don’t tell me you are going back to NY???
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Off to see the Fitz? Going to Oz to lounge around Fitzy’s place, and drink his free beer? There’s Fosters in the esky honey! Sweet !!! Let us know how he is doing at Forever Prius! Hopefully you’ll get something better than a Prius as a rental! We want a beer by beer account of your misadventures together in Oz!
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You boys know you can also electronically download the entire catalog to your PC right? Granted it’s not the same excitement as the new Sears Christmas toy catalog was when I was a kid, but you can always have it handy without torn covers.
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If this is going to be strictly a street engine, and not some sort of street/strip engine, how much power do you really want to make in order to have fun? A 400 block bored +.030 over and a 4.50 stroke puts you around 487 cubic inches. So would a 500-550ish HP motor be enough to have fun on the streets and scare all the sheep in NZ? Personally, for a Pontiac street motor, I wouldn’t got beyond 500 cubes. Otherwise you have to pay for more expensive race hardened engine parts, ditto for the transmission, driveshaft, differential and brakes. Cha-Ching! Why build a race car just for the street? I wouldn’t want you to have to cut back on your beer and pizza money just to get that super wiz-bang roller rocker camshaft! LOL! I would consider fuel injection though for ease of tuning and reliability. If you show some restraint in the whole drivetrain, you could spend your savings on a kick ass paint job, wheels and tires, and a comfy interior! That’s my opinion bro!
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Dude! First thing is….are you okay? Man this sucks! Kiwi is right, this is going to be a huge hassle!
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Ken - I could be wrong, but I believe the '63 Grand Prix had an inline cannister style fuel filter between the fuel pump and carb. At this point, you can use an AC Delco replacement or another off brand fuel filter, regardless if it is all metal or see thru.
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Well this is unflattering view of the aircraft, wouldn't you say? That seems about right....
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Last Indian is correct. It should also be on virtually any GM car that had a 3800 in it, FWD luxury cars from 1995 to 2002. In 2003 the series III came out. Look for…. Buick Park Avenue Buick Regal Buick Lesabre Buick Riveria Chevy Monte Carlo Chevy Impala SS Olds 88 Pontiac Bonneville Pontiac Grand Prix
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Have you gotten a hold of a '63 shop manual for your car? There should be several exploded views or diagrams of the window assembly and one or more of them should show these parts. Perhaps there are copies of those diagrams online. If I had to guess, I suspect they attach to the window in order to adjust it back/forth/up/down in the window channel so it goes up and down correctly in the door and window frames. I will defer to Wrongway since he can readily look at his car.
