Steve, Things are improving rapidly, Entergy, my electric provider, has turned on the power down my road. As soon as I get a new meter pole put up they will...
... From: David McNair To: oldeconolines@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 6:48 AM Subject: Re: [oldeconolines] Re: David in TX from Steve in...
Glad to see you are well. I called on my way down from Michigan to check on you. You were in bed. PopTop said all was well though. I had gotten worried. Anyway...
Not sure if any of you check my websites from time to time, but I have been featuring some early Econos in a feature I call Economania. Econos seem to be...
Except for about 4 or 5 that I took at Camp Shelby, I took most of these pictures from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, during a flight to and around Gulfport,...
Doug, Another round of thanks from us here at Oldeconolines. Guess the secret that most of us here have known for years is out ! Jim in GA / Blue Lemonaide '66...
Matt, Thanks for the pictures. Is the one of the guy on the last line of the fourth page a self portrait ? Jim in GA Except for about 4 or 5 that I took at...
Hi Guys. Dang. I just crawled out from under the Crunchymobile, learning that my gas tank is 40% reduced by some huge dent. I figured to real-quick log-on to...
Somebody's gonna want to smack me around for this but I have a complete 455 olds motor sitting around that i'd love to put in my 63' 5-window.That sucker is...
Matt, Thought I saw the picture in a Post Office or somewhere..........................Actually.now we know who to thank for doing a great job during the...
I say leave it alone! I have seen it done and if you do it it will be a whole lot of work and money and it will not be but a once in awhile drive as for temp...
Thats true, I could drop in a 351 or something instead of cutting up the truck too bad. Damn! That 455 would have been killer.Look at it pop wheelies! I'm...
Hi, I'm officially an Early Econo Driver again, after 25 years. I put my 1964 8 window on the road last week, and have been having a ball with it ever since....
Hi Jeff, I have a 64 8 door with the factory auto too. I am not sure if mine was a heavy duty model, or if someone just added the 9" rear end in it later. mine...
I don't know Nathan but fellow Econo head Ronny Hunt is looking for a 455 for his camper. Jerry Psalmonds did put a 454 bowtie in his. It was behind the seats...
Pop wheelies. Heck I can do that with the 300 William in AR ... From: ratbastards666 To: oldeconolines@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 11:31...
upon reading my own message I realized that I put the words in the wrong order. Nathan, I don't know. But fellow...... and so on. William in AR ... From:...
Last winter I installed ac in my Econoline and it has worked really well. Have about 4,000 miles and the belt tore up. I am using a single v belt to run...
L.D., I have those belts bent backward on my tractor with out problems. However on a compressor you should run two belts on it. That is allot of strain for one...
LD, Maybe you should run a double groove pully on the crankshaft and have a separate belt for the a/c compressor. Most older OEM applications have a separate...
hay all Im trying to get my 63,170 to idle,it runs OK but wont idle.Im changing out the plugs and need the gap and I was going to set the valves and need those...
... OK, I put the idler pulley so the belts would run around the pulleys farther, not to tighten or take up take up a long run in the belt. I tried to use a...
Wow,I cant even pop wheelies with mine!Having done the big block thing I love it,but I agree with Sean leave it alone or just a small block will make it good...
Thanks Wiliam and Jerry, I think that with my limited fabrication ability I will just go for a small block and make it crazy. It's not gonna be a daily driver,...
Well put a stroked 351w in it, the 393 kits are $700 and if you can scrounge parts like that 5.0 pistons you can do it cheap. cranks are as little as $200. I...
Vincent, I really appreciate your help, I'm sorry you've already pulled the part out. I took my window guide to a muffler shop and they were able to correct...
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