Running Finally,

On Friday I was talking with Jason about the next steps on the Supers return to the streets, and of course being impatient as I am wanted to hook up the old gas lines and start her up.  Jason keyed me in on something I really did not think of.. The original fuel tank is still in the car, there is no telling what is in it, or how old the fuel that may be in there is or if it’s rusted out on the inside or not. I opted to call up my friends at “The Parts Place” in Pontiac Mi. and take delivery on a new fuel tank. 1 hour of drive time later and $200.00 more out of the project fund we were gleefully working at installing the new tank.

The old tank was not very hard to take out, it had 4 bolts and you need to disconnect 4 hoses. It came out quickly and then I was glad that we had decided to change out the tank. The tank itself was in decent shape and probably could have been used, but there was an absolute mess under the tank mounting area. Since this car had been in a barn for 8+ years, mice had built a condo under my fuel tank.

Since there was such a mess under the fuel tank, and the super is sitting at Grobbel Racings showroom shop. I really did not want to start sweeping out all the junk there, so I decided to wait to fully install the tank once it gets back home. This will work out better anyway because with the tank out, I can “FULLY” paint the trunk, without skipping the area under it.

Well, since Jason and I were there and the entire engine electrical was done. We decided not to let the no-fuel tank thing discourage us from starting her up. We took the fuel hose and put it down into a 5 gallon gas can, turned the key, flipped the switch and pushed the button….. Vroom, like new, fired up perfectly. I really wanted to take it down the driveway but without seats or fully operational brakes that would have been tough.

Once we were done running the engine, and nearly gassing ourselves to death our focus turned to the hood springs. The original hood springs on my super are pretty weak, and really bent out of shape. Jason and I started experimenting around on different options of ways to hinge it, and I really liked the way we came up with.

Hinging it in the front will give it allot of add ional opening room and be more functional for getting to the Battery, Amps, and Nitrous Bottle.

Next step is bringing it back to my garage the week of 911.

Jim