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AT&T is way hotter, from Uzbek USSR, and will soon be the new Squirrel Girl on Freeform! Da! Life is good. Door !

You might start by comparing the engine mounts of a tri-five Pontiac Safari or Chieftain to '57 Chevy. I think the frames are nearly identical. Next try getting a pair of Pontiac motor mounts. You probably can use the upper but you might have to fab the lower.

Do you call your agent dirty names, Mildred, or Sweet Pea?

I was very lucky indeed. This morning I unbolted the rams from the convertible top frame. It took all of 10 minutes. I then went to a buddy's house to wash the car (the rain got a lot of schmutz on the car) and then had lunch with him and his wife. I got to my "Michgan" parking spot (I will tell that story in the show post), and put the top down with no problems. Are you using power relays or solid state power relays? Different beasts (and reliability) but I don't know what the truck takes. The Envoy has power relays and one solid state power relay - just for the low beams. Yes we need to do lunch. Pity you can't make the fall color tour.

It's been no secret to notallthere, Indymanjoe, and JUSTA, that Lucy has been giving me more than my fair share of fits this car season. Last night before leaving for Charleston was another dandy. My wife invited her girlfriend and her daughter over to see Lucy (since I had it home to pack it up to come to Charleston). It seems the daugher has been elected to her homecoming court and each "princess" must find their own convertible to showcase them in the homecoming parade. So they came over to check out Lucy if she will do for the parade. So I put the top down and the windows down for the daughter to check out. Turns out Lucy will do just nicely. Great. I go to put the top up and it won't go (which I figured would happen based on what occurred at the Sellers show). I had the new top switch so I proceeded to remove it (not so gently I might add). I connected up the new switch before installing it in the car and it works fine but I had a real hard time with the connection plug that goes to the pump motor. I put the new switch in the dash and the damn motor connection fought me all the way. I suspect the new blades could be the wrong size, not sure totally. That is something I will have to look into when I get home. Next thing I hear what sounds like fluid leaking (again) from the rams! Aggg! I have no time to fix the hydraulics, so I mange to get the top up with a combination firm yet gentle manual effort and the use of a lacrosse stick to push the power top button. Now the top is up, I go to roll up the windows and she's a no go. No sound of any of the window motors, nothing - dead quiet. I think I have a blown fuse but I can't find one. Finally at 1 am, I had to put the car away and get some sleep so I can drive 7-8 hours to Charleston. Now let me give you some history about Lucy. I've owned her 22 years now (since 1995). In most of that time, its had the unique ability to power cycle the power top and power windows with the ignition off and keys out of the ignition. I just figured the previous owner jumpered something to do that. I know this is not the norm but hey it was very convienent. Well I ended up having to drive Lucy with the top up and windows down all the way to Charleston today. I didn't escape having to drive thru some rain along the way. Fortunately for me it was not gushing! Once I got to the cruise-in event tonight here in South Charleston, I asked one of my buddies if he had an 12V electrical guru that I could get in touch with to look at Lucy while I am here. Turns out he did and the guru was standing 10 feet away from us. His name is Kevin. Kevin teaches auto mechanics and works on British cars mostly. Kevin was kind enough to look at my car. He and I both learned something. He learned that GM A-body cars have power relays between the fuse block and the master window switch (I learned this last night surfing online before going to bed). The power relay (for cars built with power windows) is located behind the driver's side kick panel. He quickly determined with his voltmeter that the power relay was the problem. I was lucky enough to stop at National Parts Depot in Canton MI on my way down to Charleston and I had enough forethought to purchase a new master switch and power relay. So once he plugged the new relay in and he hit the master switch, nothing happened. Then he turned the key into the "on" position, and viola, the windows worked again. Kevin said that the power relay actually failed all those years ago and allowed direct battery current to let the top work and the windows roll up and down bypassing the ignition. It just took all these years for the relay to completely fail. Failed Power Relay

Sadly nowadays Joe, they aren't interested in them.

Agreed

Right now the news outlets are saying he has been taken off life support. There appears to be no brain activity according to PEOPLE.com.

Thanks guys!

I heard that he was dead period. Not sure where all the uncertainty lie.

It is still a 'Drive You Coffin to Work' mobile IMO.

This is a sad day indeed. A great musician to be sure has left us way too soon. RIP Tom Petty. It also means another Traveling Wilbury is gone. First it was Lefty (Roy Orbison), then it was Nelson (George Harrison), and now Charlie T. Jr. (Tom). All that is left is Otis and Lucky (Jeff Lynne and Bob Dylan respectively).

LS motors are easier to find than a Hyundai 5.0 in a Genesis? Base price for a 2018 Genesis G80 with a 3.8 V6 - $41750 starting point Base price for a 2018 Genesis G80 with a 5.0 V8 8-speed - $57,000 starting point. My guess its cheaper to fab up an LS motor too?

The Sonic sounds like a cheaper version of the Chrysler Crossfire.

Try calling OPGI and see what they have. The current radio listed in the link does not show Bluetooth capability but perhaps their supplier has one. https://www.opgi.com/bonneville/1966/mobile-electronics/audio-components/GBC7052/ https://www.opgi.com/bonneville/1966/mobile-electronics/audio-components/GBC7050/ Here is a separate Bluetooth adaptor that works with a Custom Autosound radio, if you are willing to consider that instead. https://www.opgi.com/bonneville/1966/mobile-electronics/audio-components/CH31436/

Aloha Hawaii Bob! Welcome to the Forever Pontiac Ohana!

Power-to-weight must be pretty high too. I'll bet this thing probably keeps up with the Shelbys, Corvettes, and Challengers in the area too. Obviously this thing is a sleeper even though it is painted Arrest Me Red.

Glad to be of service Tetru.

The standard gap for a Pontiac 400 with an HEI distributor is .045. Running .035 is fine for a points and condenser distributor but not an HEI. Some guys that run Mallory distributors combined with a Mallory ignition boxes will run as high as .060. I'd start with .045 and go from there.

Thanks Caddy. Pontiac is one of the few GM divisions that kept and organized its build data. Sadly most other divisions didn't do so well at record keeping and retention and the classic car owners now pays the price since that data is not available. In fact, GM will often tell owners it is not in the business of authenticating old cars, they are in the business of selling new cars.

Pretty under whelming Centennial package if you ask me. Its so subtle you almost miss it completely. Ah heck, let's wait another 7 years and celebrate the Suburban's centennial instead.

I'm happy to. That way we all learn something new.