The Mad Cap "test run" road trip!

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  1. NOMI WAYGONE

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    Doin 350 tomorrow,then leavin the 21st of August for NY and we'll see where we end up from there!
     
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    Keep us posted. :dancing:
     
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    So,ended up with 456 miles yesterday,man i forgot how sweet these old b-body wagons ride! only 1 small issue,got a couple sticky lifters but other than that BRING ON THE ROADTRIP!!!!!!!!
     
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    as promised!!!

    :dance:was like driving my sofa!!!
     

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    ModelT1 Still Lost in the 50's

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    All you need is a big screen TV.
     
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    OrthmannJ Always looking for old ford crew cabs

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    Dang! That thing is clean!
     
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    He's got one...right out the windshield. :)
     
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    Not quite as clean as i'd like,it does have a little rust on the door bottoms,tailgate and a little around the trim but I STILL LOVE IT!!!!!!! PONCHO BOXIES RULE!!!!!!:yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee:
     
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    Just an update,put a new stereo in today and another 210 miles. Cam swap tomorrow then i should be ready to go!
     
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    Update!

    So i've been workin 12 and 16 hr shifts with no days off,hence the lack of updates. So new cam is in(went stock with a NOS set my buddy gave me.Found some seeping on the radiator so that got replaced(replacement is aluminum with plastic tanks like the new garbage out there).New u-joints......should be all done tomorrow.Then drive it to work a couple days and HEAD OUT THURSDAY AM!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO READY FOR THIS BREAKIN/SHAKEDOWN CRUISE!!!!!!!!:yahoo:
     
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    Nice Cheviac! It needs Pontaic Rally II Wheels! Love those cars!

    Sounds like a great trip!

    -Mike
     
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    I agree! lookin for some rally II's. Heard a rumor year one is comin' out with a set in 17"'s!!!!!!!:clap:
     
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    They've had those out for quite a while, in 17" and 18" sizes with various widths and backspacing. Trouble is, they're all on the 5 x 4.75" bolt pattern. We have 5 x 5". So, you need adapters.

    https://www.yearone.com/SearchResults/Wheels/Rally II
     
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    :banghead3::banghead3::banghead3:so unfortunaly i now have to do the road trip in a rented mini-van.After a cam swap(x2) and lifter swap(x3) i find i still have the same annoying tick AND the carb(electronic of course) decicides to give up the ghost... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
     
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    A Mini Van? :banghead3::banghead3::banghead3:
     
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