Just over a month ago I took my Cutlass in for a carburetor rebuild/tune-up and a transmission shift link seal against my own better judgement. As it seems finding mechanics who work on these cars (and actually can for that matter) has always remained elusive to me, as to why I normally rather do what I can myself. I took it somewhere an hour north of where I lived as I was told about their good reputation for working on classics. Needless to say it took 2 &1/2 weeks for the job to be done?! And When I went to pick up the car he tells me he never got around to the transmission seal (and after I paid) the mechanic looks at me and says, "We have something to tell you". One of the nights my car was in the shop there was a break-in and among the things stolen were, my complete vintage Chevrolet chrome open air cleaner, K&N filter, in addition they scoured the inside of my car and stole my original Bausch & Lomb Raybans down to the Maglite! Well need less to say I was not very happy about this. The mechanic replaced the air cleaner with a similar Edlebrock assembly, but it had no charm for me. And it got worse, when I got home and took of the bullet cap he tightened the new air cleaner down with, I noticed he did not give or install the breather tube attachment onto the air cleaner and just left my breather tube folded down the back of the engine! Really...really.
So needless to say after the dust has settled the Edlebrock air cleaner had to go. And I embarked on a mission, an idea I had for a long time but honestly thought was going to be too hard to track down, crazy, and well foolish. But some how I succeeded and this one just seems to have the charm for me!
Let me know what you think!
So needless to say after the dust has settled the Edlebrock air cleaner had to go. And I embarked on a mission, an idea I had for a long time but honestly thought was going to be too hard to track down, crazy, and well foolish. But some how I succeeded and this one just seems to have the charm for me!
Let me know what you think!
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