Golden Lime SC360

[cheveslakr]

What a great saga, and write-up. Really enjoyed that!!

....I've driven 1900 miles on a "promise" the seller would still have the '69 chevelle I currently own. Never over 300 for parts....but I love a good road trip.

[scuncio]

I’m headed to Tucson next month to pick up another Chevelle. Can’t wait to do another road trip, very tough with three kids but I’m going to cannonball it myself this time.

Love this project thread.

[Too Many Projects]

That's a LONG haul by yourself, Tony. I did it last Feb 2025 and it's 1800 miles one way for me. I took 2 days down and back, with 2 motel nights each way. This year I drove to Naples with 1 night hotel and the backseat of the car for a few hours when I got to Fort Meyers at 2am. Leaving, the timing with dropping my wife off at the air port sucked for stopping at a hotel, so drove the 1800 miles home straight thru...39 hours with the overheating engine issue. Those kind of hauls didn't use to bother me much but at 73 it gets a little tough.
Be careful !!

[LetsFNgo]

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I really appreciate it.

Had some time over the last few day to work on the car. Pictures should be in this order but no promises.

Got the timing all set on the magneto. Played with the buzzbox after finding instructions online. Was straightforward and it’s pretty neat hearing the tone of the buzzer change as the points open. I set it at 16, the mag has a 10 degree timing retard(20 at the crank) built into it. So it should put me at 36 running.

Set up my French military surplus tent I’m bringing with me on my trip in a couple months. Now Marty wants it put up every time I’m outside so he can have a fort in the middle of the yard.

Got the rear all painted and had a helper for installing new parking brake cables before sliding the rear back under the car. Still waiting on the new leaf springs but hopefully they ship soon.


Lastly I took the passenger side door all apart to clean and lube everything, and reseal the entire door. I also evicted the old mouse nest I found inside the door. It’s amazing how much more solid the door feels when the window isn’t rattling around because all the seals are gone.

And lastly. The road captain in his vessel.

Got a few other things done but no pictures. Installed a rear package tray, installed a trunk seal so now the trunk won’t rattle around like crazy when I’m driving it, and I almost have the throttle linkage for the dominators done.

Thanks for reading this, and the article. It means a lot.

[Lynn]

Very cool. I know it is a lot easier to take pics than video, but if you get a chance, I would be interested in seeing the buzz box in action. Never having messed with magnetos (other than old lawn mowers) I have never seen how they work.

[LetsFNgo]

One small teaser photo. Those that have read my posts know I’ve been on the hunt for a plexiglass grump lump for years. I actually ended up talking to the current owner of the (formerly) NOS green one that there is photos of on this forum. He offered to sell it but unfortunately after contacting him several months later I’ve yet to hear back from him. I understand. It’s rare and I’ll probably never see another one. But rather than be discouraged I decided to push forward with what I already have.

After spending way too much money on materials attached is a photo of the planned color of the Grump Lump currently on the car after I pull the scoop off and fix/bodywork it. If I have enough material I may also try and spray a nice original trunklid I have to do something different. But after what House of Kolor charges for this stuff I may have to wait and see about the trunklid.

[Too Many Projects]

That will be really cool, but rather than the trunk lid, how about a single stripe on the hood from the front back to the scoop, the same width as the scoop ? It could have a small stripe near it that follows to the back of the hood, next to the scoop, like a '70 Chevelle stripe to tie it all together.