Roof Deuce Restoration

[owners2]

Yes . I bought those wires. They look the same to me. I just like the way they look with the LT-1 & the old tach drive distributor which is just what i have. Did i do good or not ?

[owners2]

What tach do you have ? I purchased an old Jones motrola that i'm going to hope to mount on the steering column.

[Salvatore]

90 degree boot ends at the spark plug is for a small block. They read AC Delco Packard SS550. I have a set on my 69Z. I also think they say 3Q84.

[mockingbird812]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: owners2</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What tach do you have ? I purchased an old Jones motrola that i'm going to hope to mount on the steering column. </div></div>

Tach is the original Dixco HT/x, electric hood mounted which was installed as part of the Yenko conversion. It is indicating faster than actual with the Mallory Coil. I will need to figure out the appropriate resistance to calibrate it better.

[mockingbird812]

[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] <span style="color: #3333FF"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 20pt">Thanks for all of the kind words and well wishes. We had a ball getting the <span style="font-style: italic">Roof</span> Deuce to where we are now. A lot of hard work, but had a ton of help along the way - thanks to <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="text-decoration: underline">MANY</span> </span> from this site for your help and patience! </span></span> </span> [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

I've got a few behind the scenes tidbits, and some photo outtakes that I'll share with you later.

P.S. <span style="font-style: italic">Hang on Linda, your copy is on the way!!!</span>

[mockingbird812]

The article was originally going to be on the Deuce in stock trim. So the first photo shoot was shot near the end of September and the Nova was stock (except for the slapper bars). I picked a picturesque setting at Saguaro Lake Ranch north of Mesa, AZ. I had been there before and thought it would make a good back drop. The camp dates back to the 40s and is operated by the same family. They lease the land from the Fed Gov't.

Here are a few shots I took (after mimicking what Jeff Koch did [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/whistle.gif[/img] ). For those of you familiar with the area out here, the last shot has the Salt River in the background - great for tubing in 115 deg Wx [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif[/img] !

[x Baldwin Motion]

Great shots Sam, <span style="text-decoration: underline">really</span> nice [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

Still staking out the stationary store for the March issue...

[x77-69z28]

great article and photo spread sam.now i know why its called the roof duece. i thought it had one of those sunroofs or something. congrats.
buddy

[Salvatore]

Real nice Sam. Gets better everytime I see it. A great car!

[mockingbird812]

I've been talking to Terry about the whole day-two movement for about a year now and he increasingly warmed up to the idea. He liked what MCACN was doing with the &quot;Day-Two Concours&quot; thrust. The problem was convincing his bosses. When he took the idea to them, they told Terry &quot;what's 'day-two'?&quot;. Well, Terry hung it out there and convinced his bosses to have confidence in his choice. To appease his bosses he defined &quot;day-two&quot; on the cover: &quot;RETRO SPEED PARTS........FOR PERIOD PERFECTION&quot; Terry also chose to write about the surge in day-two in his editorial, which makes for interesting reading. Sooooooooooooooo, if you like day-two <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-size: 17pt">send the editor an email</span> </span> </span> </span> [ tmcgean@hemmings.com ] - he said that is what will sell the bosses on future features of day-two'd muscle cars. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]