graytoad wrote:

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Can someone send me a private message telling me how to post my photos so that they are large as a part of the message VS thumbnails below.  Thanks

 

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 Hope maybe this link will help?

Inserting Photos Tutorial Video - Canadian Poncho (activeboard.com)

V8 Laurentian, been sitting since the mid seventies here in Saskatchewan. Mice have done most of the real damage , shame.

With your interest in it, and the combination of Master Mechanic alongside the Details Specialist sounds like you have it made in the shade. Great patina with the faded vintage decals.

I see Rally Wheels with Police caps, modern radial wide whites so it's ready to roll. Just not ready to stop   The lack of fender badge signals a 6-cylinder 261. All you need is Corvette triple side draft carbs and a split manifold (you'll find it right next to the Holy Grail, that will be the day).

I grew up in Ancaster and knew many backroads from Caledonia to Mud Street in Hamilton, to Flamborough and beyond. I always loved to see whatever vintage tin might be under a tree along a property line.

Thanks for posting. Keep us updated if you can.

Cheviac wrote:

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V8 Laurentian, been sitting since the mid seventies here in Saskatchewan. Mice have done most of the real damage , shame.

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Cheviac: Ok, so is that wagon still there?  We need some parts!  I also see a 60 tail light beside it, what is it?  Is that just someone's collection of stuff or a parts/ wreckers yard? Can you provide any contact information?

69 Postss

Yes it is a a Rallye 350, not a post car but it is a factory 4 speed. (our second  Rallye we have had, the first one is gorgeous and is still in the greater Hamilton area.  We are in Flamborough: where are you?

CdnGMfan:  I am still waiting on the GM docs but I am guessing it was a straight 6.  We intended to LS it but it actually has a 400 small block with a cam and it seems pretty stout so it is staying as it it until we get it back on the road; may stick with that.  We are waiting on drop spindles and a disc brake conversion for the front. Currently has a 200R4 but I want a manual shift so we are going for a 5 speed AR5.   

Thanks for all the interest guys!  I will update reguarly as we are retired and chugging along full steam ahead. 

Thanks for the input guys.

Shop Manual: The Vintage Vehicle Services guys actually have a manual and updates that I am purchasing.  I will however check with Ken McGee to see if he possibly has a 60 CDN sales brochure!  BTW: Antique Chev is very near me, they are closing up shop. 

As for the 400 small block.  I will be chatting with the man who rebuilt the car (and engine) 12 years ago and find out more of what he did.  I have a friend who knows him and has told me his is pretty particular about his mechanical work so hopefully it was rebuilt correctly. 

This is the state of the engine bay as purcahsed.

On another note:

On a car I have in FL, I have had a difficult run with engine break downs in an Oldsmobile 215 V8 in my 63 F85 wagon.  Three engine failures, every time one of the valve springs broke, once taking a valve with it, the second time the valve slapped the piston but did not do any real damage there, the 3rd time it disintegrated a (correction) piston (not the previously slapped one.)  We actually thought they were shoddy springs but they were top quality (purchased by the PO from Aluminum V8 in Michigan but forget brand name) and we finally narrowed it down to the fact that the guy that rebuilt the engine (via the p.o.) had used the wrong valve retainer sleeves and the springs were being stressed by being compressed too much, causing failure.  Final repair included a set of valve springs and retainer sleeves out of another 215 aluminum V8 we had on hand. 

Canadian Poncho wrote:

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Not to derail your thread but I see you own three Jetfires. I remember one out of London I'd see at cruise nights in the 80's - If I remember correctly it was a silver/blue in colour with a white painted roof and was MINT. 4 speed car. Fellow who had it was in his late 50's early 60's at the time. I wonder if you now own that car?

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Yes we do own that!  It was no longer 'mint' but the paint still is.  The crazy thing is that he and his buddy painted it in his buddy's barn in 1989: phenomenal job. That paint looks like new still!   The car needed a lot of mechanical that he could longer do, car would not run, turbo was fubared and missing key parts, brakes a mess and leaking all over the place, seats torn badly, carped totally faded - but in spite of its mechanical woes, he was still treating it with love and respect.  We have the car now, every thing repaired, replaced or restored, redid the interior and its back on the road now, Gorgeous car once again but we are looking to sell it as we don't need 3.  The third is not running but all there, automatic, great body, non factory paint color but a great solid car, we 'rescued it' but are just looking for a new owner who wants to restore (we have had enough of restoring Jetfire's)

Steve got busy on gutting the rest of the wagon. The windows all leak, and the car has been outside so nothing good can come of that!  Sorry about the sideways photo, not sure why that happened.  Note the 64 Acadian wagon in the background!

I am guessing the leaking has been an ongoing thing.  Many spots on the floor had been patched with fiberglass, however I dont believe the rust was treated with a rust stop product first as the patches were no longer holding due to continued advancement of corrosion. 

The footwells of the back seat have been heavily fiber-glassed extensively and seem to be holding strong.

-- Edited by graytoad on Monday 12th of August 2024 07:33:04 PM

graytoad wrote:

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... BTW: Antique Chev is very near me, they are closing up shop... 

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 Say it ain't so!