I got the car fixed up all special starting to be like back in my day...

And I could hear a grinding in the bottom end...

I figured it was only a matter of time now before the bearings seized up or spun...I figured better to fix it not broken than blow it...and do more damage so I went and bought this...I know your gonna say damn...

In PA when you buy an engine at a junk yard... you pay for CI so a 350 is 350 a 455 is 455 bucks I know sounds weird so anyhow here is my 400 - 400 Pontiac... why not an olds when they turn up quicker?

Because CI to CI a Pontiac produces more Engine Torque than other engines Hand down...:) thats why...

So a reminder thats the first engine I got before I did anything except dress it up then started hearing a rattle just before it shifted into the next gear...

 

So I buy this Beauty right here...

a 1968 400 From a Pontiac Catalina lol

It ran fired right up so I figured why not sounded like a beast...

 

So the dismemberment of the engine...

And the years of grim and grease melted off... 🙂

took me a week...

Np particular order... here... you get the idea...

 

Then I cleaned and prepped and painted and assembled and we go the heads worked because thats what ya do then I had to buy another one so instead I bought two 4X 🙂

Off a 68 Tempest... HO Heads...

Then I decided I didnt like the Black and Red so Much so I changed it and named it Mighty Mouse...

 

For the time being It seemed to work...

SO I focused on the interior mods for a brief spell... 🙂

at least the car would move and not sound like it was going to rattle a bearing loose...

 

 

Then two days later while I was waiting for the seats and all the added interior parts I wanted would arrive My car burst into flames...

The culprit was the new re manufactured Eldlebrock carb...

Smelled fuel didnt think much of it since my cars have always burned rich...

had been idling approx 15 minutes while I was getting ready for work and little did I know the carb was leaking onto the intake...

When I romped down as I left the motel it ripped to life and burned all the way until third gear then I let off I was already at 60 mph and I heard Pop and a flame went right up my windshield from my hood...

Luckily I had a fire extinguisher close bye and was able to get it out in less than 1 and a half minutes...

it was exactly the day after Fathers day... 🙂

 

Those were all from the weekend before the fire...

USAA rep tried to claim the car totaled and I said I would drop them and pull my claim if they demanded it totaled...

I said Ill fix it myself no way You total a 1979 TA for some paint and a couple wires...

Then I went back on Edlebrock also and they wanted to fight until I said fine my USAA wouldnt cover one part because they deemed it the reason for the fire and its the carb you sold me so I want a refund and Ill ship it back to you do whatever you want I want a Holley and never settled before Im not settling now...

They reluctantly agreed refunded my cash and 1700 later I got her back bu the decal and paint ship screwed me and never applied any clear coat...

If you look close you can see the letters peeling back from the wind this was three days after paint and a 1200 mile ride...

So I peeled the stickers off and went with none...

 

The end of this one for now...