Remember "Musical Chairs" when you were a kid? I'm doing Musical Motors. The 2180 from the Ghia went into Bus 1, the 1904 from Bus 1 went into Bus 2. The 1600 CWC goes from B2 to the shelf. I didn't take a lot of pictures to document the process but it went smoothly. Out with the 1600:
In with the 1904:
The last time I tried to beat the clock, on page 14 I hustled and did it in 1:15 with the bumper on. I thought I'd take my time and to make it easier I pulled the bumper. Even with switching the clutch, modifying the throttle tube and R&Ring the bumper it still only took 1:40, much quicker than I though it would be. That was Monday, I took it for a long ride then and yesterday too. I saw an old T3 fastback on Rt 82 in Grafton driving in it yesterday.
One of my buddies stopped by with refreshments to inspect my work.
It pulls really nice with the 1904 like you'd expect. It has a '64 tranny in it which is a one-year-only gear ratio, 4:12 R&P and 1.26 RGB which is borderline too tall for a stock engine, that's why they went to a 4.37 in '65. There's a loooonnnnggg hill on the turnpike WB coming back from Jim's that it used to struggle on over the valley near Peninsula. I bet it won't struggle there anymore.
In a regular car you don't even notice that hill but in a split bus loaded with core motors you do.
PS Jim's swap is cancelled next week, like that's a surprise.
