The life and times of UPO 69, my 1968 Pontiac Firebird.

acemastr · 8 Jan 2013 at 16:48

You know you want Eleanor.... do itttt!

There's one around here that ventures out when the weather is perfect and my god the sound is intoxicating.

silversurfer · 8 Jan 2013 at 18:12

Reminds me of :

cloudy · 18 Feb 2013 at 22:26

Spotted you in Woburn on Sunday, sounded glorious!

TehBluebear · 19 Feb 2013 at 10:06

Need more updates on this

ci_newman · 19 Feb 2013 at 10:12

How about a straight swap for a DC5

The only chance I have of owning a beast like that any time soon!

Brookert · 19 Feb 2013 at 10:31

I bet thats a joy to work on compared to more modern cars, the amount of space in the engine bay and reduction in complexity. My car is all vacuum line lolspaghetti junction everywhere, which makes every job three times as long.

tigerstyle · 19 Feb 2013 at 13:12

now I'm only a very amateur V8 enthusiast, but how are the 'headers' coming out the bottom of the cylinder head here?

I know they are aftermarket but is that a very trick setup or normal?

I'm used to looking at 350 Chevrolets, think that's why!

-Mike- · 23 Feb 2013 at 23:25

Gorgeous car! What has happened to your previous retro cars Lashout?

Joe T · 24 Feb 2013 at 18:49

There's a rather important update to this thread....the car has been sold...

.... to me

vanpeebles · 24 Feb 2013 at 19:13

I bet you are chuffed. It's a right old beast that :cool:

Lashout_UK · 24 Feb 2013 at 19:24

tigerstyle said:
now I'm only a very amateur V8 enthusiast, but how are the 'headers' coming out the bottom of the cylinder head here?

I know they are aftermarket but is that a very trick setup or normal?

I'm used to looking at 350 Chevrolets, think that's why!

Normal for a Pontiac motor

The exhaust ports point noticeably downwards, even on stock cast iron motors with conventional manifolds.

-Mike- said:
Gorgeous car! What has happened to your previous retro cars Lashout?

Just sold 'em!

Next one will be my 33rd...

Joe T said:
There's a rather important update to this thread....the car has been sold...

.... to me

silversurfer · 24 Feb 2013 at 19:51

Lashout_UK said:
At the moment it runs quite rich, with sooty black plugs, so I get around 10-12mpg. Driven as gently as possible.

That should climb to about 15mpg once I've sorted the jets out.

Fuel injection is on the cards in the near future though, which would hopefully see that climb to more like 18-20mpg. Much more reasonable.

Sounds like a candidate for LPG since its carb anyway and thats the cheapest way to do it