[ale] Linux Sys Admin needed

Scott Castaline hscast at charter.net
Mon Jun 19 21:19:12 EDT 2006


On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 21:06 -0400, Jim wrote:
> No 287 in a Chev.  Perhaps 283?
> Scott Castaline wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 13:02 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> >   
> >> On Thu June 15 2006 12:56 pm, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> >>     
> >>> coil?  What's a coil?
> >>>       
> >> it attaches to the distributor & points. You use a timing light to set 
> >> it up..in a V8 Chevy they were RIGHT up against the firewall at the 
> >> back of the engine... VERY hard to get to!!
> >> My daughter now has a Pontiac GTO, 6 Litre model.. the tag says " Lil 
> >> goat". most people stare blankly and ask.. what does that mean??
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > Oh boy, do I remember those! I had a '63 Chevy Impala SS 287 V8 bucket
> > seats with slushbox (2 speed auto in console). My engine mounts were
> > starting to wear so everytime I revved the engine it would hit the
> > distributor against the fire wall causing it to crack. Used to keep a
> > spare in the trunk. Chrysler did the same thing with the '69 - '72
> > Charger, so it put me in a good light with my girl friend's older
> > brother when his cracked and I got his car running by changing out the
> > distributor cap. By the way he later became my brother-in-law, after the
> > car thing he stopped hating me.
> >
> >
> >   
> 
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I think u r right. Ford had a 289 at that time also or 287, can't
remember..........
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Scott Castaline aka Bad2theBone

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