57 fiesta

What a find!

I've been digging up info to build a Tri power for my six-banger, and hit on a few sites that might be of use:

http://www.thecarburetorshop.com/Tripowertuning.htm

http://www.thecarburetorshop.com/

http://www.carbkitsource.com/manuals/index.html

http://www.carburetor-parts.com/Technical_ep_40.html

http://www.carburetion.com/tripower.htm

 

From that engine , it's hard to imagine 3 2 barrels under that air cleaner as it sits. Maybe the "extra" manifold, carb set up was original and you have a single 4 barrel on it now. Cool to see the original style generator still on it.

Mooks, how do you account for the bottom side of the roof being so rusty when the rest of the body looks so relatively clean? Plans to deal with it? :confused:

 

The body buck tag should give you all the info, but I'm sure any of the Oldsmobucket forums will give you the info and guidance you'd need to ID what you have. That would be sooo sweet if it was factory tri-power, except the fact you need a carb wizard to adjust it. Anyway, can you shoot a pic of the extra tri-power setup?

 

here are a few pictures if you need a little convincing on the carbs


the underside of the roof isn't really "rusty" but I guess everyone has their own definition of the term rusty. you can actually see bare metal in some spots interesting enough. also the factory maroon primer on the sides. a rusty car wouldn't show any of those. this car is far from rust free, but its far from a rust bucket.

sorry about the angle of the pictures. they were fine when I uploaded them. I don't see an angle edit option either.

 

What a cruel thing to do to a tri-power... poor things.

You're gonna have a lot of fun with that. I'm drooling already.

 

I agree! those things can be a pain to get dialed in tho. we have a tri power setup on a 59 caddy and I cant say its the best setup.

here is a pic of the spare that came with the car....

from what I hear about the ACC ID on the firewall tag is there aren't any ways to decode it in the manual and its always a mysterday. I have everything else decoded but not the ACC configuration. not sure if they would have a tri power option on it anyhow. on our 59 caddy, the numbers on the block state its a factory tri power motor, so ill have to investigate further if olds did the same

 

Oh my throbbing heart!

Since we're tri-powering, have a gander at some inline 6s with that setup!
http://fordsix.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=67150&p=514046

Sweet! doesn't begin to describe when those outer two kick in on a light car. Kinda feels like when a Porsche Turbo kicks in. :2_thumbs_up_-_anima

 

It is sad when someone does that to a factory setup. I'm sure the intake with the carbs was bought to restore the tri-power. But as for the adjusting, it's why I don't monkey around with 'em, because I just don't have the touch and knowledge to do it right. And so, just playing Devil's advocate here, if you don't want to restore the tri-power and you're not doing a concours resto, you might as well see about converting over to 4-bbl induction.

 

Way back when life was simpler I converted my 1960 Austin Healey Sprite to a SBC 327 and 2-4's. Had problems flooding on tight turns. May have been float level. I was just a dumb kid. Swapped to 3-2's with progressive linkage and never had any problems.
Traded it all for an original 33 Chevy that needed restored. I was really a dumb kid!
But I grew up. Now I'm a dumb old man!
That 3-2 set up and air cleaner is almost worth what you paid for the wagon.

 

Just WOW!

 

Thanks for those . They are beyond awesome! Choke only on the center full time carb, that makes sense. Your tri power Caddy...........is it a highly detailed motor? Plan on doing that with the Olds? I've seen those 371 Olds engines fully detailed, they can be really a work of art.

 

the caddy is an original setup , never restored so it looks similar to the olds as far as condition. no plans to clean up the engine compartment, any money that's dumped into the car will only be for mechanical upgrades. pretty much just want to leave it a 20 footer and drive it everyday.

 

Well, personally I'd try to find a couple similar carbs to fit on the manifold as dummys. Eventually mocking them up with linkage to replicate the true tri-carb set up, even if they are blanked off from actually working.

But that's just me.

 

For many years I ran a 389 with tri-power in the Safari. I at one point blocked off the end carbs, the engine had tremendous torque even with just the 2bbl primary.

With the right aircleaners no one noticed the secondaries anyway - they just saw three aircleaners and that was enough for them. For me I got pretty decent fuel mileage out of it even towing a trailer. When I hooked them back up as I'd picked up a much heavier trailer it was quite a shock power wise and lack of fuel mileage. Mind you, I found for some reason I was into the secondaries an awful let even without the trailer

I really appreciate your approach to the 20 footer look. There are a lot of restored and modified units out there, they don't all have to be up to anyone's standards but your own. I get a fair amount of flak from the folks who think I should put my wagon back to stock and I should do this and that to it, some of them pretty aggressively. At first I was less than tactful, now I just nod and smile, hold out my hand and tell them to drop 50K in it and they can restore it or change it all they want. So far no takers But I may have to up my price just in case.

 

took a few pictures today thought I would pass them along. haven't done much to her because ive been so busy with work. waiting on whitewalls and chrome smoothies. will prolly lower it 2-3 inches after the new shoes are on. don't look half bad in the picture! I painted the strip on the side white but that's about it.