--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: E4100001 Date: 03/31/97 From: WES LEATHEROCK Time: 09:53am \/To: TOM COLLINS (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: 283 V-8 -=> Quoting Tom Collins to Wes Leatherock <=- WL> I had several Chevrolets with 283 engines. That was WL> 283 cubic inches, not 283 hp, and was the standard V-8. None WL> of them had fuel injection. TC> Ever heard of the Corvette, circa 1957? And then there was the FI TC> option for the 1957 Belair... I wonder what your point is. I was replying to a post saying that Chevrolet 283 engines meant 283 hp and they all had fuel injection. My reply note that the 283 cubic inch Chevrolet engine was the standard V-8 engine for Chevrolets for many years, and none of those I had were fuel injected. There may have been an *option* for the 1957 Bel Air (which would not contradict at all my statement that all the Chevrolets I had with standard 283s did not have fuel injection). Corvettes...I don't know, and I'm not sure I'd agree that Corvette equals standard Chevrolet. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 [NR] --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: The Hammer BBS (405) 376-0210 Mustang, OK (1:147/1039.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: E4100002 Date: 03/31/97 From: WES LEATHEROCK Time: 09:58am \/To: DON BACH (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Mustang Antenna -=> Quoting Don Bach to Steven Thomas <=- ST> Has anyone out there put an electric antenna into a 68 Mustang? ST> I just wonder if it is possible. DB> I believe it depends on how flexible the electric antenna is when it DB> retracts. As I recall, the antenna is mounted on the front passenger DB> side. The space below is hollow. DB> I replaced an antenna in the same location on a '70 Galaxie 500 after DB> the original was broken by vandals. Instead of a retractable (they all DB> break after a time), try a newer flexible antenna. Not on a Ford car, but the retractable antenna on my 1989 Oldsmobile was *never* broken but finally it jammed and had to be replaced a few months ago...at about 160,000 miles. How would vandals break a properly operating retractable antenna unless they did it while you were playing the radio? It is retracted unless you have the radio on. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 [NR] --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: The Hammer BBS (405) 376-0210 Mustang, OK (1:147/1039.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: E4200000 Date: 03/31/97 From: RUSTY DODSON Time: 06:30pm \/To: WES LEATHEROCK (Read 2 times) Subj: 283 V-8 WL> -=> Quoting Rusty Dodson to Landon Robinson <=- WL> WL> LR> a 1962 Chevy Impala 2 door with the 283 in it (he says it WL> LR> was the power package version) so it probably was 1' per 1' WL> LR> version of the 283. It was nice car, chrome everywhere. WL> WL> RD> I doubt it is the 283hp model, thats a pretty rare piece. I don't WL> RD> think it made that with a carburater only fi. WL> I had several Chevrolets with 283 engines. That WL> was WL> 283 cubic inches, not 283 hp, and was the standard V-8. WL> None WL> of them had fuel injection. The mail I was replying to was implying he had the 283 with 283 hp. The 283hp 283 was a rare 57 chevy engine with fuel injection. --- FMail 1.20 * Origin: Diehard's Bar and Grill Holden, MO (816)850-4020 (1:280/429) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: E4200001 Date: 03/31/97 From: JOHN PUMMILL Time: 11:27pm \/To: LANDON ROBINSON (Read 2 times) Subj: engine prob. LR> What is the differance between a "corporate" and a regular LR> "Chevy" LR> small block engine? Would it have anything to do with that LR> period in time LR> where one division of General Motors was making all the LR> engines for all of LR> the GM cars? Exactly. As time went on GM went more and more corporate with the engines, doing away with the Olds, Buick, and Pontiac 350 replacing them with corporate 305 and 350s. (just one example) --- FMail 0.94 * Origin: Used ?? I Prefer Well Broken In (1:123/30) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: E4300000 Date: 04/02/97 From: DON BACH Time: 06:08pm \/To: WES LEATHEROCK (Read 2 times) Subj: Mustang Antenna WL> How would vandals break a properly operating retractable WL> antenna unless they did it while you were playing the radio? It is WL> retracted unless you have the radio on. The '70 Galaxie didn't have an automatic retractable antenna - the antenna height was manually adjusted. It was not very flexible and was easily oken. Don --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: No Regrets, Clinton, MS (601)924-8247 9P-5A (1:3632/65) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: E4400000 Date: 04/02/97 From: BILL NICHOLS Time: 08:56am \/To: WES LEATHEROCK (Read 2 times) Subj: 283 V-8 WL> WL> I had several Chevrolets with 283 engines. That was WL> WL> 283 cubic inches, not 283 hp, and was the standard V-8. None WL> WL> of them had fuel injection. WL> TC> Ever heard of the Corvette, circa 1957? And then there was the FI WL> TC> option for the 1957 Belair... WL> I wonder what your point is. I was replying to a post WL>saying that Chevrolet 283 engines meant 283 hp and they all had WL>fuel injection. JM$.02-worth, but I got the impression that what the original poster'd meant was the differentiation between the 283 CID (carbureted) & 283 HP (f/i) versions, since the same # could be used for each & there might possibly be some confusion involved due to using the same term while talking about two different setups. :) WL> There may have been an *option* for the 1957 Bel Air WL>(which would not contradict at all my statement that all the WL>Chevrolets I had with standard 283s did not have fuel injection). Exactly, yeah. --- * OLXWin 1.00b * "All I wanted was a wuh-man." -- ETB * wcGATE 4.1 = FidoNet: The Right Note! 502-452-1453 Music Oriented BBS --- GEcho/32 1.20/Pro * Origin: Modem Addictus BBS Decatur,GA 404-321-9037 (1:133/1023) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: E4400001 Date: 04/02/97 From: TIM CAMPBELL Time: 10:59pm \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: 1940 Cadillac LaSalle Does anyone know the correct firing order for the 40 Cad's. Also which is the number one cylinder. I guess I could go to the library but I'm sure someone here has the answer and would post it before I get to go there. I am putting the engine back together this weekend. Tnx Tim --- FMail/386 1.0g * Origin: Dimension 99 <<<*>>> 510 441-0919 Union City, CA. (1:215/201) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: E4400002 Date: 04/04/97 From: MODERATOR Time: 12:10am \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: Rules of the OLDCARS Echo Rules for FidoNet's OLDCARS Echo *** Revised 3-18-96 *** The following are the rules for the OLDCARS FIDO-NET echo conference. This conference is carried on the FIDO-NET backbone and is moderated by Gerry Calhoun at 1:2004/200. These rules will be subject to change if a change seems needed or is requested. Enforcement of the rules will be handled in the echo and/or via net-mail. Repeated violations of the rules may be considered grounds for the offending node to have its link to this conference cut. 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If there are any questions or comments about these rules, address them to me, Gerry Calhoun, via net-mail ONLY at 1:2004/200. --- * Origin: PETS R US! 805-946-8345 - Lancaster, CA (1:2004/0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: E4500000 Date: 04/04/97 From: ERIC CURTIS Time: 06:11pm \/To: ALEXANDER BILAN (Read 2 times) Subj: Air Brake Tank Talked to the mechanic's this week and one of them said that an air brake tank was good to at least 150 psi. The buses at the company where I work have the pressure relief valve set for 130 psi max according to him. Curt. e-mail: ecurtis@isd.net --- * WR # 595 * I don't steal taglines, I replicate them. * Origin: ViaMAIL! - Bringing New Life to FTSC Mail (1:282/4117) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: E4B00000 Date: 04/05/97 From: CRAIG HEALY Time: 10:37am \/To: TIM CAMPBELL (Read 2 times) Subj: 1940 Cadillac LaSalle -> Does anyone know the correct firing order for the 40 Cad's. -> Also which is the number one cylinder. I guess I could go to -> the library but I'm sure someone here has the answer and would -> post it before I get to go there. I am putting the engine back -> together this weekend. My 1956 Chilton manual had this on the 1940-1948 Cadillac V-8: Firing order: 1-8-7-3-6-5-4-2 Cylinder numbering: Front Right....2-4-6-8 Front Left.....1-3-5-7 The firing order for the flathead Caddy shows as being different than the 1949-up OHV, by the way. Good luck on the work! -c- --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: Chowdanet! 20gb Amateur Radio BBS (401-331-5587) (1:323/120)