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:L ok good point.

yeah. . .but then wouldn't I be trashing the original 7042202 throttel linkage? Someone might need that carb someday. . .especially if I can get my origional main bowl fixed.

My 1972 LS-5 numbers matching 7042217 cab has a bad main body. . .oh well. I have a spare 1972 7042202 cab sitting on my shelf. . .that I want to use in the other ones stead. One problem. . .the base plate throttel linkage is different between the two carbs. The 7042202 linkage will interfear...

Thanks!! The body is fairly clean, no major damange that I can find. There is some damage arround the wheel wells, and the passneger door got opened to hard one time and crack the door panel on the hinge. Frame is straigh and near mint. Bird cage is very solid. She's got 20 footer paint...

Early Restoration. . . All the chrome buffed out to like new with some hard elbow grease. Car had a luggage rack on it at pont point because there were holes in the deck. I just happend to have a correct fitting luggage rack lying arround!! What are the odds of that!?!?! The years in the...

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It was the break pad seized to the rotors. The car was purchased and moved to my place on Jan 7th. I've started the restoration, and the mice were caught in my garage. . . Not in the barn. I'll try to post photos here soon.

Wife wouldn't let me get the glock. My .22cal pellet gun put a few holes in the wall. Garage was to cold for the cat. So I set six old fashioned wood mouse traps with peanut butter. Next day all the peanut butter was licked clean. So I reset the traps, and tried to make the traps more...

You will need special tools if you plan to do this yourself. Sending them out is usually cheaper. Gary is the man on TA's. I used his procedures to do mine. I did mine because I'm the type of person who gets more enjoyment working on my cars then driving them. . .i bit the bullet an bought...

So I tried carb dips strippers and mechanical tools ( dental picks. . .etc. . .). I finally gave up and decided to duct tape up every inch of the carb except for the fuel bowl. Next, I rolled some duct tape into small little balls and jumped them into all the holes in the fuel bowl. Then I...

Removed my intake manifold on my 1972 454. There is a ton of burnt and charred oil (like coal) between the intake and heat shield. I'm assuming that the best way to remove this crap is to remove the shield then rivet it back in place after clean. What is the safest correct way to remove te...

perfect!! Thanks!!!

Yikes!!! I just broke down the carb and the main fuel bowl has leprocy or something. The surfaces of the bowl were sluffing away. Almost as if the walls were skinning themselves! Anyone ever seen anything like this?!?!! There is no way this carb would have run as is, as the bowl was full...

Good point. . .I guess I was assuming that this cab was stock on the inside. I was going to keep it stock because I've been told that changing the jetting of quarajets was not a good idea. Ok. . .so your point is taken. . .just dont' know where to go to get the orgional specs. Any idea on...

That would be most helpful

I just ordered a HP rebuild kit from Clifs High Performance Quadrajets. He also had the secondary pull off link rod, and the correct choke pull off. I'm going ot get the divorced choke and rod assmbly from Paragon or Vol Vette. I think that was all that was missing on this carb. My biggest...

Hello all! Just became the owner of this 1972 all numbers matching origional LS5 convertible with A/C, PS, PB, M21 4-speed, and factory hard top. Found it stilling in a barn in Bull Valley IL. She had been sitting since 1996 collecting dust, mice, and lots of poo. I've had her for two...