Hi Monte. Good to see a fellow older member back on the list.
Mike (also retired)
'79B
On 11/17/2010 3:30 PM, Monte/Jane Morris wrote:
> Hi again,
> I'm once again back on-list after a several year absence. We've been (and
> still are) traveling in an RV much of the year and so the 79B doesn't get
> over 2-3000 miles/year of use. I've not had any problems with the B for the
> last 2-3 years; just fill it with gas and oil and drive.
> Here is a little background for those of you "old" members who may have
> forgotten me (where DID that short-term memory go?:) and for those new
> members in the past several years.
> I bought a 68B in 1972 and drove it until our first born was due in 1979. We
> bought the current 79B in 2001, and a 67B (off Ebay; flew to Seattle and
> drove it home to Missouri) in 2002. I HAD the same "disease" many of you
> have, but I'm mostly cured now:)
> Since we both retired from teaching in 2005 and are doing a lot of
> travelling, we decided to sell the 67B in 06 to a good home instead of
> having two of them sit in the garage most of the year.
> I've done some work on the 79B since I've owned it. In 2003, I had the body
> stripped down to bare metal, new rockers welded in, the "crack of doom"
> fixed, and a nice Carmine paint job reapplied as well as the wheels powder
> coated. This for the lowly sum of $2000; you city dwellers eat your hearts
> out!
>
> I bought a 74 parts car and used the SU's (after rebuilding) to replace the
> ZS carb in the 79. After numerous problems with the original electronic
> ignition and advice from list members, I switched to the points carb from
> the parts car and it's been mostly trouble-free since. It is de-smogged. I
> did a complete brake overhaul.
> It runs well. In fact, last summer after installing new tires I took it out
> to a flat stretch and maxed it out at 105mph for the first (and last) time.
>
> Since I'm back, I do have a question for you wise ones.
> The speedo has started acting irradically; sometimes registering VERY high
> (90 mph @ 20mph), sometimes registering normal, and most of the time not
> working at all. It may do all three in a 20 mile drive. As and aside, the
> trip odometer has quit working and the odometer does work but always seems
> to register "between" numbers on the thousands scale. It never quite "clicks
> in" to the proper number, but is always halfway between. Any suggestions on
> causes?
> It's good to be back.
> Monte Morris
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