On more of a happy note, he told me about the North American Snap-On Tools 2024 calendar. Does anyone happen to have one? His Nova is on it. One of only 2 Canadian cars on the calendar. I have to see if I can find a copy somewhere.
On more of a happy note, he told me about the North American Snap-On Tools 2024 calendar. Does anyone happen to have one? His Nova is on it. One of only 2 Canadian cars on the calendar. I have to see if I can find a copy somewhere.
This is when he came to visit in October 2021. I never told the "Paul Harvey, rest of the story" to this picture. When he went to leave that day there was a massive coolant puddle under his car. We weren't sure what it was so I loaded the car on my trailer and took him home ( 35 miles west of here). Turned out it was just a loose hose clamp on the lower rad hose at the water pump!
Life can turn upside down with one word.. cancer. This week I found out my best bud (Jose) and the father of the daughter of which I built the truck for was diagnosed with colon cancer. First the 10 year old daughter.. now the father. Sometimes life just sucks!
Last couple of days when I've had a few spare minutes here and there I've been installing some of the stuff for the cruise control on the Grande Parisienne. Might as well now, it's easier with the seats out and no console in the car yet. I had planned to do just the 4 speed conversion and finish it before doing the cruise, power vents and power locks but it makes more sense to so those 3 items before I put the interior back together.
I hid the cruise servo up in the driver's fender the same as on the Strato Chief. I just don't like the look of the servo around the engine and it takes up space there for nothing as well.
Unfortunately I won't likely get this all done for summer like I'd hoped. There just won't be opportunity because of other commitments plus our kids tell us we're going to be first time grandparents in May as well.
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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
On a good note...Jose's operation went well and hes home. I was busy fixing the driveway to my shop that was sluffing off. Was a temp road that lasted 20 years......
Last couple of days when I've had a few spare minutes here and there I've been installing some of the stuff for the cruise control on the Grande Parisienne. Might as well now, it's easier with the seats out and no console in the car yet. I had planned to do just the 4 speed conversion and finish it before doing the cruise, power vents and power locks but it makes more sense to so those 3 items before I put the interior back together.
I hid the cruise servo up in the driver's fender the same as on the Strato Chief. I just don't like the look of the servo around the engine and it takes up space there for nothing as well.
Unfortunately I won't likely get this all done for summer like I'd hoped. There just won't be opportunity because of other commitments plus our kids tell us we're going to be first time grandparents in May as well.
Thanks, that's going to cut into my old car hobby/retirement hours.....
But I'm ok with that! It's been many years of disappointments for our son and daughter in law to finally get to this stage so we are delighted to say the least.
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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
Congratulations Carl, the old saying if Id known grandchildren were this much fun, I would have had them first is true.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
On a good note...Jose's operation went well and hes home. I was busy fixing the driveway to my shop that was sluffing off. Was a temp road that lasted 20 years......
Glad to hear all went well for Jose. Road looks great! Should last 50 if the temp lasted 20.
Nothing better than buying tools. Picked up a boring bit for my milling machine (up to 4" hole ) and just in time ! Hoe is home so fixing a few pins and bushings. Semi retired life= catching up on all my projects.
A boring bit. Has a slider to adjust bore size. Can also use in a drill press.
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My generator is on a timer that comes on once a week for 15 minutes it did not start we always listen for it I went out to check and I see oil under the unit pull out the dipstick and there is no oil. Refilled with oil and started it up to find the crimp fitting leading to the oil cooler from the oil filter had broken pumping all the oil out luckily these things have an automatic shutdown in the last time it ran it mustve pump the oil out and then shut off.
