New toy 1981 Indy 500 pace car

[NCTyphoonKid]

Yeah, they should fit; most of these car's differences are in trim/body/interior. Mechanically, they're pretty much the same.

Ok cool I will probably order them tomorrow

 

[NCTyphoonKid]

Brake lines are ordered and should be here early next week according to the tracking info. Also picked up this poster had to have it after seeing it

 

[TURNA]

Mello Yellow !!!!!!

 

[84 El Camino 231]

Neat car, I'm surprised to see it has (what I always thought of as) the turbo 6 logo on the fenders. Plastic cam driven gear is probably missing teeth and maybe needs rod/main bearings, cam bearings would be a good idea too.

 

[NCTyphoonKid]

Mello Yellow !!!!!!

Old school Mello Yello at ths

Neat car, I'm surprised to see it has (what I always thought of as) the turbo 6 logo on the fenders. Plastic cam driven gear is probably missing teeth and maybe needs rod/main bearings, cam bearings would be a good idea too.

The original motor is being completely redone it will be perfect have it at the machine shop now. Will be repainted in corporate blue before reinstalling because I want it to look original

 

[TURNA]

The original motor is being completely redone it will be perfect have it at the machine shop now.

Hmmm first time dealing with a machine shop??????

 

[NCTyphoonKid]

Hmmm first time dealing with a machine shop??????

No I’ve used them before they do good work, when we did tear it down we found three spun bearings and a broke ring

 

[fleming442]

Were the 3.8s blue? Mine was just greasy black.

 

[NCTyphoonKid]

Were the 3.8s blue? Mine was just greasy black.

The later 3.8 that is in the car now is black but the original engine at the machine shop was blue

 

[NCTyphoonKid]

Unfortunately didn’t start pulling the motor like I planned on, spring cleaning took over and I wound up cleaning up my whole garage and basement as the whole downstairs of the house is mine my man cave is on the other side of the wall. Still have some more cleaning and organizing to do but will start pulling the motor sometime this week or this weekend.