John S's Journal

Ordered some new NGK wires as the ones on the car have been on there since 1986 when the car was parked. The points and condenser were new that I installed in the original distributor. I’ve been fighting it a little trying to get it to idle well since I got it running again. The wires showed up today so I put those on and commenced some tuning with little success. Timing light strobe was jumping around and the car was just not idling worth a damn so I decided to swap in a distributor that I bought off the forum. It had a Pertronix Igniter already installed and it’s a 25D 40897 out of a ‘67. It was pulled out of a good running car in favor of a 123 ignition system so I thought I’d drop it in and see if things would improve and finally I made some progress. Tweaked the carbs a bit more and it actually sounds ok. I think with a little more work, I can get it even better. I may send the original out to Jeff for a rebuild this Winter

Probably not going to do a whole lot more for a few days. One last camping trip for a few days and then it’s time to take the wheels down and get the new tires mounted and balanced and on the car. I want to get it out for its maiden voyage. 34 years in a garage. It’s time to get it back on the road.