And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I had a 4dr 63 F85. The grill on this pic looks correct, but the 2dr looks long. That car made me hate working on cars my whole life. Two piece driveshaft, center yoke, 4 u joints and 3 separate spring retention kits depending on whether you drove a convertible, had A/C, or none of the above. Ask me how many time that shaft came off, u joints ruined, and tranny fluid wasted due to the useless configuration differences. Didn’t take long after this mess for it experienced head gasket failures. This was mainly due to the original owner using the wrong anti freeze with the AL heads. Other than no A/C, PS, or PB it was a great car!
Did work on custom turbo's in the 90's, interesting thing is a smaller displacement engine gains more power in comparative terms to a large displacement engine. Figure that might be why they used a 215 cubic inch V8. More power with less typical problems a turbo has.
Dad brought home a ‘62 convertible. Power steering, power brakes, all these fancy things our old car didn’t have. And ash trays for everyone! The interior of that car was a work of art.
Damn, I'm old. I remember when they were new. I also think there was a problem with the anti-freeze at the time reacting with the aluminum motors.
ReplyDelete‘63 F-85 aka Cutlass?
ReplyDeleteI had a 4dr 63 F85. The grill on this pic looks correct, but the 2dr looks long. That car made me hate working on cars my whole life. Two piece driveshaft, center yoke, 4 u joints and 3 separate spring retention kits depending on whether you drove a convertible, had A/C, or none of the above. Ask me how many time that shaft came off, u joints ruined, and tranny fluid wasted due to the useless configuration differences. Didn’t take long after this mess for it experienced head gasket failures. This was mainly due to the original owner using the wrong anti freeze with the AL heads. Other than no A/C, PS, or PB it was a great car!
DeleteDid work on custom turbo's in the 90's, interesting thing is a smaller displacement engine gains more power in comparative terms to a large displacement engine. Figure that might be why they used a 215 cubic inch V8. More power with less typical problems a turbo has.
ReplyDeleteMy dad had a '62 Starfire. He totaled it driving too fast in the rain as I recall.
ReplyDeleteThis engine made Heli-coils famous!
ReplyDeleteDad brought home a ‘62 convertible. Power steering, power brakes, all these fancy things our old car didn’t have. And ash trays for everyone! The interior of that car was a work of art.
ReplyDeleteThe 'slim jim' automatic transmissions for the 215 weren't the greatest. If you could get the stick, they drove pretty nicely.
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