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  1. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Well It’s done. All that’s left to do is spend an evening with my hottie wife at what will undoubtedly be a 200.00 Dinner, have too much to drink, and hit the road tomorrow. It was a good show. Nobody knows what a 2jz is, and that was the number one question I got asked, followed up with...
  2. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    It’s the start of the last day….I try to get here early to get a great place, given that the park is full of trees..200 year old Spanish Oak trees to be exact. It’s not w/o a down side though..Despite the shade benefit, these things are dropping Little acorn thingy’s all day long.. They bing...
  3. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    I swear. Maybe I’m just too critical. Maybe it’s just the cars I deem cool enough to photograph aren’t so common. I just walked around the venue…There are a Butt load of 67-69 Camaros, 55-57 Chevy’s, a stupid amount of pick ups from all eras. Easily 30 64-67 Chevy II’s, and A pretty decent...
  4. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    The first half day is in the bag. After the lousy sleep I got the night before, complicated by the white knuckle drive to get there, then driving another 3 hours, washing the car, and standing around for the last 3 hours i was here in 88 degree weather….I didn’t really have too much left in me...
  5. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Well… The fact that almost the entire day yesterday was rain free led me to believe that maybe it had finally left. I go to the desk manager, tell him that I think I’m gonna attempt a “half way” drive tonight, and when he can afford to let me leave, I’m outta here. He said “ Get on outta here...
  6. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Trust me, as clean as this car is currently, the notion that I might have to drive through some rain to get clear of it, and because of that will have to reclean that thing to get it where it is now has me trying to save as much time as possible in the morning so if there’s a break in the...
  7. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    There was a break in the rain, figured I’d fill it so that I can have that behind me. The Toyos work way better than the Nittos. There’s still a small amount of tire spin, but the tires were cold, and maybe there’s a little moisture still on the roads…But my traction issues are once again in...
  8. CarMichael Angelo

    10,000 crazy mf’ers…all in one place…..for a week

    Cruisin the Coast. You just gotta have a domestic car made before 1989. https://cruisinthecoast.com/ It’s a crotchety event to be sure,….with a bunch of doo wop greaser bands, and a whole bunch of “original owners” tooling around in their high school dream cars of the 50’s and 60’s. Vietnam...
  9. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Behind the box that Noobz lives in..
  10. CarMichael Angelo

    Engine removed timming chain put back a new one now i lost power?

    You’re gonna have to correct all of the crap grammar and misspelling before I can offer any advice. It kills me that people ask for help, when the hardest part is just being able to read the original post. It’s a timing chain dude. It was spelled that way on the box you got it from. Better...
  11. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    One of the thoughts that goes through my head when people come up to me and talk about the car is: Nobody knows what it is..,what’s to stop me from blowing a forest fire of smoke up their ass? I’ve had some guys tell me I should fabricate the cars origins, and make it super exotic. In other...
  12. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    It’s been much more than that since Dave came and painted the car. He painted, (and I watched him paint in July of 2016. The paint on the Monster is actually almost 5.5 years old.
  13. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Almost 4 years ago, I embarked on the first big trip that I had planned for the Monster. It was a different car back then. A literal frankenstein engine, hodgepodged from multiple pieces, from various different manufacturers. At the time of the original big trip, the engine had pieces from...
  14. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Thanks Nick….You don’t know how much i appreciate it.
  15. CarMichael Angelo

    351w swap advice

    They used to make it for a SBF, maybe somebody decided it wasn’t worth the powder to blow it to hell, and stopped making it. Now it looks like they only make the 174 kit Just look at how long the front drive is, I think they make a brace that bolts onto that elephant trunk to add support to...
  16. CarMichael Angelo

    351w swap advice

    except a weiand or b&m 144 blower isn’t a “ big blower”, and will look more like an eaton m90, except there’s a carburetor mounting flange on top of the thing. Probably the only thing that’ll hang out of the hood with a 144 blower is the carburetor or the air cleaner…. Aside from that, there’ll...
  17. CarMichael Angelo

    351w swap advice

    I always swing the engine bolted to the trans when installing one. Laying under the car, trying to muscle any transmission into place is always a bitch. If you attempt to install the engine and transmission as a unit, you’ll need to be sure that the car is high enough, and that you have a floor...
  18. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Well buffing is done. ( It’s probably more accurate to say I’m done with the buffing. Whether it’s actually “done” is a matter of perspective). All I know is that it’s at my 80% level of satisfaction and I’m sick of it. The car drives much better now that the front end is aligned properly (...
  19. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Thanks. it was one hell of a long day spent sitting on my ass on the ground so i could see what the buffer was doing on the sides. By the time the day was done, holding that buffer at chest height horizontally felt like it weighed 30 pounds. The sides are better than the deck surfaces. I...
  20. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Another brick in the wall… Evidently, my string front end alignment wasn’t very accurate. I had one tire toe out, and no where near the right Caster setting. 50 bucks later, courtesy of the dude you see in the pic, all things that you’d expect a properly set up front end to do, do. Now that I...
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