Popular Post JustHarry Posted February 4, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 for those interested in an already involved project here is my dads 1965 Pontiac Bonneville when it was raced in the 80s it has beefyer swaybar in the front and one put in the rear. the front suspension has been lowered and aligned for racing and good turn in. disk brakes are installed in the front to replace the drums. along with a dual circuit holden hq master cylinder. the motor is the original matching numbers 389 couples with a th400 trans also original and untouched driving a 2.56:1 diff also original. the car is now just giong to be used as a awesome powerful cruiser. with some racing heritage. He has had the car 40 yeas this year. the last 20 of those it has resided in the garage in hibernation. during the new year i set about installing the 389ci v8 back into the car and making it run and drive.....stopping was another issue.....later though as typically an old car does it has some rust so that will need dealing with before i go for a wof nothing to bad just a little in the radiator support panel/cross member , both c pillers around guttering, right rear door shut area and the left rear dogleg . all fixable though. this is how i went about fixing the radiator support panel... just take the whole lot out and put it on the bench....... much easier drive down the road to wals... no bonnet....no reg..... no wof...no worries for those interested i have some old racing photos of the car from the 80s. i will try take more photos of what i do on the car. 32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted April 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 havnt posted and update in a while so here is some diff cleaning been a while so id better do an update. not really recent but yea cleaning diff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted April 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 only took one photo of rebuilding brakes fail 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted April 10, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 and here is some more racing photos Queenstown sprint 1987 Queenstown sprint 1987 Queenstown sprint 1986 Dunedin street race 1984 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted May 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 been fighting to keep carb clean decided to clean gas tank speaks for itself 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted June 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 tank repairs under way. set work stand on fire from welds......oops 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted June 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 just baffling isnt it.... \ 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted March 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 So trans started slipping really bad and mad some pretty awful noises. Feared the worst. Turns out filter was blocked. New filter and she shifts like new. Got filter and atf all wraped up sat morning so took for a spin out to ouruhia domain for monthly meet. Ft overly photogenic @- i5oogt - 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted March 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 +10hp Potato phone camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- i5oogt - Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 bonnet fitting, post os meet, it reduces the hp by 10 again being so damn heavy photo credit to @governorsam 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted March 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 But think of the areo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted July 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 So much productivity on this.......not Decided to get something done on this. Trans pan was leaking from changing the filter. Dropped the pan and lots of atf all over my arms cos no drain bung. Rip. Also pulled front calipers again cos they are dragging. Might/will probly drop off at CBC and pay them to go over them and make new again . No photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted August 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 Been home sick from hanmer. Decided I should do a little on this. So this arvo pulled the booster and MC found the pin in the booster was to long for the MC by 3ish mm. Pulled pin out. Ground a bit of the end till it fitted without touching in the MC. No more dragging brakes for the win. Now just to work out why the rears grab so badly 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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