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how many more ?[ALL/1998] posted by Paul Mohney on
Saturday, 20 September 1997, at 1:10 a.m.
How many bricks does it take to make a wall ?
My brother-in-law just dropped the latest addition to the household fleet. This makes four, 75 164E's in the drive way , one in the garage as an organ donor.
So now it's time to redeal the deck. The latest loks nice, but the motor is toast, # 1 cyl. sounds like the connecting rod is about tto leave its happy home and go and live, somewhere else.
I ove the old bricks, , I put 500000 miles on a 71 164 I finally just got tired loking at it, I did work on it , timing gears, oil pump, alternators, etc. etc. but anything you driive that much, is going to have parts wear.
I feel badly about the new stuff suffering from similar problems, as the rerst of the world, like Sears, and General Motors, ,
There is enough room under the hood for almost any kind of nightmare you would care to imagine . But Why , If you want a car that runs like a GTO then
for my money I will build a Dodge Interceptor, or a 440 six pack,or may-be just a 440/4000 with a Dual feed, 1175 cfm, holley , But I like my old brivcks ,got tired of really insane insurance and having black an whites follow me . , when the CHP wasn't busy.
Mine never overheat, and get an oil change about twice a year, I use Valvoline 20w/50 and phram ph8A filters , had a friend heat the pipes, so i can get the bigger filter in.
Maybe someday I'll grow up ; get a real job, and be able to afford to change decades, but till then, i hang on to my brickyard.
Paul in Santa Ana
Re: how many more ?[ALL/1998] posted by Jack Austin on
Saturday, 20 September 1997, at 5:41 p.m.
Paul...You seem to have something of a handle on 164 cars and I was wondering if you have any unusual leads on service parts and internet companionship devoted to 164 folk. I was a high-end euro car technician from about 1965 until 1990 when I found that I couldn't stomach the electronic wonders anymore and moved back up to the mountains to build clocks, so I am out of the loop for these cars. I bought a nearly perfect '71 164 for my daughter and she immediately trashed the right front fender and surrounding real estate. I called Voluparts in Atlanta and they have what I need, but I thought that you might have some other wisdom to impart. As for the big motors...I have stuck a few 350's in both XJ6s and an XJS, and found that the best use for the removed 12 cylinder lump was as a power plant driving an 8 foot fixed pitch propeller in a 14 foot square nosed air boat. I had the lawn chair all bungie corded down on top of the lump when Kathleen put her foot down. Not really, but I have considered it a time or two. Please let me know if you can help this old Clydesdale. Jack
Re: how many more ?[ALL/1998] posted by Paul Mohney on
Saturday, 20 September 1997, at 10:10 p.m.
In about a week I wil have the chasis and frame and wheels form am 1975 164 E on the block, and ready for the junk man, If you want it come and get it or we can make some sort of freoght re-imbursement thing, if no one want s it it going to end up ashtrtays, in a bar some where .
I live in southern Californmia and therer are a more of these than i can count , I find early tro late 70's 164's alll the time. I deal with an old friend of mine (terry pike @ his new eurosport place , and he knowas more than any one person should about anything, and he has a junk yard, with talented people who know how to pull parts w/o a cutting torch. or I can seet you up with a L.A. Orange county phone book and you can call a few of the gazillion places here bouts terry's palce is 714-552-5255 , call duringf the week, Terry is currently working
but his people are O.K.
odr e. mail me and we can swap liess, seanpol@aol.com