Maybe she isn't a "classic" classic, but I don't get to work on older vehicles much so this was a nice change of pace.
1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic. 2 door convertible, 350 2-barrel with a TH350, 79k original miles. It came in after a year of storage, not running terribly well and needing some love. It had an obvious misfire, which I used an infrared temp gun to narrow down to cylinder #8. I pulled the plug and it was completely burned up and oil fouled. I cleaned it up enough to allow it to function, and she ran markedly better.
I installed a fresh set of AC Delco RT44 plugs gapped to a tight .040", changed the oil, replaced the reverse light and license plate light bulbs, and told the owner to go fill the tank with some quality non-oxy, Apparently, he's owned the car for 22 years and hardly uses it. Seems a shame, really. It's not "nice" enough to protect, yet not at all used up.
Funny note: the valve covers had big stickers on them that said "GM Parts Master" and 350 cubic inch on them. I tried to Google it, but I just got redirected to the GM performance parts website. I assume "Parts Master" was just the old factory parts division of GM. The engine still had all of the original emissions equipment you would expect to see on a 1975 car, which was surprising.
I wish I had taken more pictures, but alas I did not. It was fun, however, as a 30 year old to drive a 20 foot long 2 ton boat around town. They just don't build anything like that anymore.
1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic. 2 door convertible, 350 2-barrel with a TH350, 79k original miles. It came in after a year of storage, not running terribly well and needing some love. It had an obvious misfire, which I used an infrared temp gun to narrow down to cylinder #8. I pulled the plug and it was completely burned up and oil fouled. I cleaned it up enough to allow it to function, and she ran markedly better.
I installed a fresh set of AC Delco RT44 plugs gapped to a tight .040", changed the oil, replaced the reverse light and license plate light bulbs, and told the owner to go fill the tank with some quality non-oxy, Apparently, he's owned the car for 22 years and hardly uses it. Seems a shame, really. It's not "nice" enough to protect, yet not at all used up.
Funny note: the valve covers had big stickers on them that said "GM Parts Master" and 350 cubic inch on them. I tried to Google it, but I just got redirected to the GM performance parts website. I assume "Parts Master" was just the old factory parts division of GM. The engine still had all of the original emissions equipment you would expect to see on a 1975 car, which was surprising.
I wish I had taken more pictures, but alas I did not. It was fun, however, as a 30 year old to drive a 20 foot long 2 ton boat around town. They just don't build anything like that anymore.