1970 Fury I stripper!

[Triple Pickle]

I hate rolling around under a car with a wire brush but love the results. I’m about halfway done.
A lift would come in handy sometimes but I don’t have the room.

 

[Triple Pickle]

I haven’t overlooked the topside. A little surface rust was found. Cleaned, treated, and painted. I just did the front so far.
I know I should have done it all at one time but lately I’ve been scatter-brained about making a good plan. It’s all good though!

 

[rags]

A lift would come in handy sometimes but I don’t have the room.

have a pad poured and put one outside. very common in warm weather areas but here in eastern ct i know of an outdoor lift at a house on rt 12 in ledyard and one at a house on baltic st in norwich. plenty of good second hand lifts around for pennies on the dollar.

 

[Triple Pickle]

have a pad poured and put one outside. very common in warm weather areas but here in eastern ct i know of an outdoor lift at a house on rt 12 in ledyard and one at a house on baltic st in norwich. plenty of good second hand lifts around for pennies on the dollar.

I’m about too old and give out to justify having one at this point! Every time I get halfway through one of these projects I swear it’s the last one I’m doing!
I should have waited until it was running so I could drive it to a lift but, noooo!

 

[Justin Plant]

If you're working on your back under a car, you can take a nap. I don't use a creeper, I have some old anti fatigue floor mats from work. They are comfy and low profile.

 

[Triple Pickle]

If you're working on your back under a car, you can take a nap. I don't use a creeper, I have some old anti fatigue floor mats from work. They are comfy and low profile.

I hardly ever use a creeper. I use sheets of cardboard. It’s better than nothing and they catch the spills and dirt. When I’m done I drag them outside and burn them.
One problem for me when using a lift is that most of them don’t go up high enough for me to stand up straight.

 

[rags]

Every time I get halfway through one of these projects I swear it’s the last one I’m doing!

and every time i hear that i reply: instead of doing another car project, do a lift project. every other related thing that you do after will be exponentially easier.

I use sheets of cardboard.

i do this as well.

One problem for me when using a lift is that most of them don’t go up high enough for me to stand up straight.

many years ago i had to do a transmission in a class a motorhome on a drive on lift. had to leave the back of it hanging out the garage door so it only went part way up. i brought in an old office chair with wheels and did the whole job sitting down.

 

[Triple Pickle]

and every time i hear that i reply: instead of doing another car project, do a lift project. every other related thing that you do after will be exponentially easier.

i do this as well.

many years ago i had to do a transmission in a class a motorhome on a drive on lift. had to leave the back of it hanging out the garage door so it only went part way up. i brought in an old office chair with wheels and did the whole job sitting down.e

I just can’t justify the cost of one at this point. I’d have to do excavation, pour concrete, ect. It would have to be in a building and that’s another expensive proposition!
My garage is 18x25 with a 10’ ceiling. I wouldn’t want one too much bigger to work in for the simple fact of how easily mine is to heat and cool. I can quickly get it to a nice temperature summer or winter and that means a lot to me.
Like my old friend Moose used to say about home improvement ideas his wife came up with, “let the next guy do it, he’s got more time to fool with that **** than I do!”

 

[rags]

I just can’t justify the cost of one at this point.

i get it. just want to say that this black car is pretty nice and that i wish you the best of luck with it. also, you always produce great threads. thanks, SG

 

[Triple Pickle]

i get it. just want to say that this black car is pretty nice and that i wish you the best of luck with it. also, you always produce the great threads. thanks, SG

Thanks for the compliments!
I’m really looking forward to driving this car. I’ve had quite a few C-bodies but never one with a slant 6, wet noodle guess a gear. With no power steering to boot! What little I’ve moved it around I can tell it’s going to be a different experience. The steering is low geared and the brake pedal travels further than I’m used to on a C. And it will be no different when it’s running.
It should get the best mileage possible on a factory equipped 70 Fury though. It took one for the team to meet CAFE standards so others could have 440s and AC!

Correction: CAFE didn’t start utill 1975. The reasoning for building an abomination such as this remains a mystery.

 

[patrick66]

CAFE didn't exist until 1975. I had to look that one up to be certain.

 

[Triple Pickle]

CAFE didn't exist until 1975. I had to look that one up to be certain.

 

[Snotty]

With no power steering to boot!

The reasoning for building an abomination such as this remains a mystery.

I read on Facebook yesterday a comment: "Before we had power steering, there were few people interested in going to a gym!"

As for why, two reasons. 1) Base model = cheap!! Some people wanted to save money. 2) Since the '50s there were people who desired better gas mileage, and 6 bangers provided that. All car companies offered 6s in full sized cars. I had a friend whose parents owned a late '60s Chevy Biscayne, same body as the Impala. But, it was manual everything with a 6 and 3 on the tree. I loved driving that car!!

I had a another friend once tell me full sized, 6 cylinder cars were very common in Canada in the '60s. Any of our Northern friends want to confirm that?

 

[Triple Pickle]

I read on Facebook yesterday a comment: "Before we had power steering, there were few people interested in going to a gym!"

As for why, two reasons. 1) Base model = cheap!! Some people wanted to save money. 2) Since the '50s there were people who desired better gas mileage, and 6 bangers provided that. All car companies offered 6s in full sized cars. I had a friend whose parents owned a late '60s Chevy Biscayne, same body as the Impala. But, it was manual everything with a 6 and 3 on the tree. I loved driving that car!!

I had a another friend once tell me full sized, 6 cylinder cars were very common in Canada in the '60s. Any of our Northern friends want to confirm that?

So, you would have us believe that a human being would buy a car that, in order to operate, is the equivalent to riding an elliptical in a sauna?
Do you also deny the obvious alien influence from our so-called friends the Venusians? Everyone knows Exner was not from this world. Exner. Ha! A Venusian name if I ever heard one.
And before someone chimes in to say “this is an Elwood Engle design”,, we know that! They had to get Exner out of there before he blew the whole operation with his outer space styling. They put Engle (an actual earthling) in his place, but only after they had him under their control.
Of course this is common knowledge now. Still, deniers such as yourself pop up from time to time. Most of them actually believe the propaganda they’ve been fed. Others, they are merely abandoned life forms left behind during a unexpected hasty retreat in 1975.
You did say you loved driving these kind of cars, didn’t you? Hmm….

 

[Triple Pickle]

Got the flooring back in.

 

[rags]

abomination

hardly. i think it's a cool car. steering willl probably be lighter that you think especially with a little practice. when the brakes are done the pedal should be right on the top and will stop okay but with a little more effort. old ladys used to drive similar cars in earlier times.

 

[73Coupe]

One thing that won't be an abomination is when someone pukes, piddles, or shats themselves in the car and it won't soak in.

Just grab a bag of sawdust or a garden hose....

 

[Triple Pickle]

hardly. i think it's a cool car. steering willl probably be lighter that you think especially with a little practice. when the brakes are done the pedal should be right on the top and will stop okay but with a little more effort. old ladys used to drive similar cars in earlier times.

Just having fun here guys. Jokes, sarcasm, humor, come on now! Hey, I love the car or I wouldn’t have bought it.
I’ve driven plenty of similarly equipped cars and trucks. The steering isn’t so much heavy as they are slow ratio. Much flailing of your arms to maneuver around tight spot. The brake pedal will have more travel because of the different mounting points that give you more leverage and require much more effort than power offerings.
Imagine driving downtown on a 90 degree day, getting caught at every light for 20 blocks in a black car with no AC, hot and sticky vinyl seats, just to have to parallel park in a space hardly big enough for a Honda. Add to that no power steering or brakes! Then there’s that extra pedal for your left leg to pump while your right arm works the (not as cool as a 4 speed ) column shift up and down countless times. Oh yeah, no right side mirror so it’s kinda hard to judge..you need to throw that right arm up on the back of the seat so you can twist around to get a better look but you need it front and center to fight the wheel and shift!
Don’t drive in town then? Head out on the highway, and crank that coveted wing glass open! You’ll be hard pressed to find a passenger vehicle that’s slower than this car in every way on todays roads.,You might get up to speed eventually but if you have to stop as fast as these new cars you’ll definitely be smelling those brakes!
I don’t think there’s a thread on this forum where someone wants to swap a slant into their V8 car while eliminating all power accessories.
For most, a LA isn’t good enough.
And if they have a big block they want to know how to get a couple hundred extra HP.
Anybody want to get rid of that 727 and swap in a cool 3 speed column shift? They shouldn’t!
Again, I love the car. I think it’s cool.
It’s mine, so I’ll poke fun at it all I want. Besides, bragging about it all the time gets boring!

 

[Triple Pickle]

One thing that won't be an abomination is when someone pukes, piddles, or shats themselves in the car and it won't soak in.

Just grab a bag of sawdust or a garden hose....

Of all the pics and rambling I’ve put on here y’all focus on one word!! Lol

 

[GregG48203]

slant 6 in their V8 car

It's been about fifty years, but I recall in the mid 1970s when a neighbor was lamenting that he would be better off with a six instead of a 318 in his late sixties B-body, because of escalating gas prices. I think this is when some people blocked off the secondaries in their four-barrel carburetors for the same reason.