'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
It's a bit of a stretch even getting the time for this. Life circumstances have really put a dent in my hobby time I'm afraid.
But I sure am having fun doing it!
And that hole is a simple fix should anyone ever want to make the car a 3 on the tree again. I'm bagging every little nut, bolt, bracket etc I remove and saving it all.
But I can't imagine anyone ever changing it back.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
i dont think u were talkin to me carl but i think it looks great and i cant wait to do my 69 and i know a lot of people may cringe but i need a 4 speed haha !!!!
I have to convert my Muncie to a passenger side speedometer gear on the tailhousing. As you may have seen in another thread, 70_Acadian_SS stepped up and gave me a tail housing. Before I changed it I read up a bit and discovered that the speedometer drive gear on the Muncie shaft has to move back 1/2" for passenger side outlet vs. driver's side outlet.
Today I made a puller to do that.
Be aware that not all Muncies have a machined area on the shaft that permits pulling the gear back the 1/2". The one Muncie I planned to use does not have the area to allow pulling it back, but I had a spare and it does, so I will be good to go. I had no idea about doing all this, never heard of it before.
If anyone in the Winnipeg area ends up doing this, let me know and you can gladly use this puller. It's basic scrap metal and threaded rod but it's easier just to borrow this than to make one!
When I had to remove the speedo gear from the output shaft of my TH400, I tried a pro puller at work, and it didn't want to budge. So I set it up vertical on a table and heated the gear somewhat and it fell right off.
Cooled the shaft, flipped it over in the opposite direction vertical in a vise, the jaws at the position I wanted the gear to stop at, heated the gear and dropped it right on. I was amazed how easy it came off and on with some expansion heat.
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
Well, tonight it went to the end of the street and back twice with the "new" Muncie installed. It shifts up great but downshifts 4-3 and 3-2 aren't right. Looks like time to educate myself on Muncies!
Minor glitch though, the trans is super simple to remove and replace.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
About 10 miles of road testing and now the downshifts are great. I wonder if the synchronizers were just dry from the trans being apart? You'd never know it had downshifting issues.
My wife watched the video and said "Where's the big smile?!" I told her I was smiling inside during the video but I really was smiling, LOTS. I am SO happy with how it drives. It feels very very natural, like it was built with the 4 speed.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
It's an M20 with 3.07 gears. I thought the gears would be too high but it seems fine. The tires are 225 70 14 so not a real tall tire. I know original would have been 3.31 but I like this since most of my driving is to shows, so majority is highway driving.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars