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Originally Posted by lilbluehatch
ya well i ended up buying the car yesterday...!!
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Congrats! Welcome to the Classics!!
They are fun and easy to work on ... and you can either have a fun little econo-classic, or you can have the high-dollar resto-mod classic ... It just depends on how deep your pockets are!!! LOL!
Your 289 will be a good power plant to have in there ... parts are cheap and plentiful, and you'll get decent gas mileage (a consideration lately!!) as long as you keep your foot outta it. And when you do get your foot into it, that little 289 will be fun enough!
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Originally Posted by drewskie68
... you mightt want to replace the gas tank along with all of the fuel lines/filter. when i had my 68, we waited on all that and there was loads of gunk that got into the engine and was a real pain in the ass cuz id break down every other day or so on the side of the road
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YES! Make sure to clean the tank before you try pumping that tar up through your fuel lines ...
There is a little drain plug on the passenger side that you can remove ... dump a quart of gas in there and jump on the bumper for a little bit (to slosh the gas around, melting any tar that is stuck in there) and then drain the stuff out and LOOK AT IT. If it's nice and fresh looking, you may be safe -- if it is gunky looking, DROP THE TANK AND CLEAN IT before trying to turn the engine over.