OK, got some great news for project 331/LDO 4DOOR. OK first off, dont hate me. It's ok to be jealous, but dont hate!!! So, story goes, got this LDO 4 door in great shape for next to nothin from an old lady's son who was gonna junk it. has original window sticker and all maintainence documentation. To make a long story even longer, lol the guy asked me how much i was willing to pay, i was like......hmmmmm up to u man! i figured 700-1000 he replied..iss 200 too much?? i pulled out my wallet and tried to hand him the money!!! he said jus wait and get theyll get the title worked up and he'll gimme a call. so i shook hands w him and left well i had really forgot about it all because the day after all this happened, he called me and said they couldnt find the title and he refused to sell it without such, so life goes on, i moved got married... yada yada yada. Well havin a bum day like two years later i got a call from a strange number, answered.."hello" , it was him! dude was like, "u still interested?" duh!!! so i said yeah and went and pickter up! (pickter-my new redneck word) oh by the way its a 302 cruise-o-matic! lol I brought her home full of gas, the car had been sitting for two years, i put a battery in it and went to crankin.....and crankin.....and crankin. My wife was like, jus give it a rest! I wouldnt hear of a such thing!! I poured some gas down the carb, and a went to crankin..and crankin (i am a professional technician, i was jus havin fun!) then all of a sudden!!!! wanna hear the rest...? jus wait
VVVVVROOOMMMM pop pop pop, duuuddddduuudddd! She fired up for 3 seconds and fell on 'er face. Well after that, there was no stopping me, i was determined to here her purr. So MORE gas down'er throat!!!! .................crankin............VROOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!! She fired right up like a champ!! But then something wierd happened, she sputtered a little but she didnt die. I figured she'd surely die when the good gas ran out and that "varnish" that was in the tank took over, But she sat there and purred like a kitten! runnin on 2 year old gas and faith! I put the air filter and lid back on the carb and climbed inside. I eased on the throttle and she growled at me like she was brand new! Well, i got 'er put on the insurance(20 bucks a month! lol) And away we went! Everything worked on this car! sorry i lie, no ac. but i think if it had freon it would have. I drove her down my road about a mile and turned around with that feather-lite power steering, was now facing opposite where i was, made sure no cars were coming and STOMPED the gas! BURNin anda burnin the passenger rear tire like it was on an oil slick! Hellsyeah!! i took off like a bat outa hell with some nasty maverick bull horns on'er!
We need pics! Man, 20 a month for insurance! And here I was all happy mine went down to $90 a month..
well....a few weeks pass after drivin her for a while, with no problems whatsoever, exept the polyglass bias-ply tires were crap. put some mazda wheel on it just to drive........Anyway, i had jus gotten laid-off from my job and had some spare time to spend w the mav! Of course- i had plenty of speed parts laying around from other projects, and my buddie had me convinced i needed to go faster! <----always true, always the beginning of the end! anyway i had this crane cam 512-512 crane cam laying around, so i took to wrenching! it was in just as fast as it came out! left all the rest of the stock parts. fired 'er up........plucka plucka blicka blucka plucka plucka......lopin real nice! lol so i gave the cam a proper break in time...and blasted off down the road! Geeezzeee what a thrill, i felt like i was in the 70's hotroddin listin to doobie brothers on AM radio! Got her back to the house. After a great nights sleep i had this wild idea, if a 2 barrel ran like that.....hmmmmmmmmmmmmm what would a 4 barrel be like..... some wrenchin i went.. got'er runnin! and then....................................................................................
Wack, it floated a valve. Sorry thats what popped into my head. Hopefully you have more fun than that.
