1951 Pontiac Chieftain

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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

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That'll work.

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Amazing how touches like that lift an engine bay.
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I love those '50s American horns, straight out of a cartoon - in a positive way!
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mercrocker wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:53 pm I love those '50s American horns, straight out of a cartoon - in a positive way!
You figure, they have gotta have just gone to the parking lot and recorded someone's car for that!
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This was just plain nasty.
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Cleaned it up to find the screws at the bottom were loose. Tightened them up and that stopped it leaking.
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Cleaned it, changed the oil, adjusted the brakes, put some shut up/stop leaking in the rear axle and greased the suspension.

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Phil is CNG still available where you are? Pondering importing myself a van and there are a few with factory CNG installs, it's not widely available here but you can fill overnight at home
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76 miles. Half a tank of fuel. One breakdown. Rain that wasn't forecast.

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DodgeRover wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:55 pm Phil is CNG still available where you are? Pondering importing myself a van and there are a few with factory CNG installs, it's not widely available here but you can fill overnight at home
Locally no but it's still used for light commercial vehicles in some places.
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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

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76 miles on half a tank? that's truly appalling, the GGG would be proud of you.
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