My 66SD, from rags to riches.

Lt1 Burb · Addicted!

My 66SD, from rags to riches.

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Has it never been the Canadian Poncho feature car????

I would say it hasn't. Well, THAT is a no brainer for the next feature car....

ABC123 · Uber Guru

I don't want to sound like a broken record but this car needs to be at the top of the page for a month as a feature car.

We are caretakers of history with the preservation of these cars.

That's quite the Ambassador,

for all Canadian made cars !

jmont64 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Well you should be justifiably proud. I really enjoyed following your progress and then seeing the beautiful end result. Like you said most guys would have passed on the car and I hate to say it as I am guilty it may have just become a parts car.

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

On the list,

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

ABC123 wrote:

That's quite the Ambassador,

Oh great, now it's a Rambler forum. hmm

see2xu · Addicted!

Gorgeous, drooling down here in the (soon-to-be-former) Trump Nation. Congratulations.

Ponchoheart · Addicted!

Wicked ! Great job

68sd396rag · Poncho Master!

an exceptional job-beautiful car-just love it!

timbuk · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

loved watching this transformation ANY beaumont is worthy

Winnipeg · Addicted!

Wow, you should be so proud of that work. That type of talent amazes me.
Beautiful. Wish I was your neighbour so I could have slipped over to help (and mostly learn), throughout the process.

Tin Injun · Addicted!

Marvelous !

Well done!

66SDVert · Member

A very talented guy and one amazing car, Well done! One of my favourite cars

65Camino · Uber Guru

Very nice. What shade of blue is that ?

Lt1 Burb · Addicted!

Thx guys, color is sovereign blue, pictures dont do it justice.

Lt1 Burb · Addicted!

Weather was beautiful last week so I went out on a final run with the 4 speed and banged some gears. I decided to make some changes, my oil aluminum oil pan was leaking at the rear main and oiled my new clutch down so I am replacing it with a stock pan. I ordered a Tremec TKX 5 speed which should put me at 2200 RPM at 120K with my 3.73 gears. I am also yanking the thumpr cam out, although it sounds great it isn't very tune-able and will shake the car apart eventually. The practicality in me says to go with a more street-able and tune-able cam and am swapping to a roller setup. I don't want to go through the whole cam break in thing again. So for now I await parts and work to pay for them,lol.

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dcneric · Poncho Master!

Would you create a new thread on the install and update on the drive-ability? I would be interested in first hand experience not a bunch of comments from the keyboard warriors.

68beaumont · Guru

Beautiful car, you should be proud!

Lt1 Burb · Addicted!

dcneric wrote:
Would you create a new thread on the install and update on the drive-ability? I would be interested in first hand experience not a bunch of comments from the keyboard warriors.

Yeah, I will do that, will be a couple months, I think the trans was 6 weeks out.

Lt1 Burb · Addicted!

68beaumont wrote:
Beautiful car, you should be proud!

Thank you!

Lt1 Burb · Addicted!

I was trying to get the hydraulic ram on my engine hoist working and when I turned around and saw this view it reminded me of being in my late teens and all the motors we pulled back then.

I am pulling it because of a couple oil leaks and I am changing the cam to a roller hydraulic setup. I don't want to ever deal with another cam break in as long as I live. The cam I had sounded great but that is all it did, couldn't tune it and all it did was rattle screws out of the dashboard. I almost put a stroker 383 in it but succumbed to nostalgia.