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There are plenty of other opportunities for fumes to get into the car. When I got my 64, the steering column boot was completely shot, the seal for the accelerator linkage had fallen out and the seal for the brake linkage was missing. Any one of those openings (especially the steering boot)...

Thanks for the advice--I'll give it a try this weekend and post the results. ~Steve

When I picked up my 64, it came with the original wheel skirts--both newly painted--but the previous owner said there was no gasket to fit them to the car. Turns out, two new gaskets were hidden away in the trunk. I took a look at how they fit, and it appears that there is some kind of trick to...

I picked up a '64 hardtop in December and just got it running this week. The previous owner rebuilt the motor in the 90's, but he (and the original owner before him) didn't touch the transmission. The car has 188k on it, so it's a bit of a miracle that the tranny is working at all. Still, I'm...

Forgot the attachment Here's the photo I mentioned.

Transmission kickdown? Linkage correct? Edelbrock carbs are stamped Weber for some reason--your setup looks something like the Edelbrock on my '64. My setup is not pretty (I just got the car--haven't had time to clean it up), but you can see a second spring on the back for the transmission...

Cold Start Issue: Fixed? I took a look at the Edelbrock manual and poked around under the hood a bit. Found two issues on the carb: the choke cap was loose and the fast idle screw was backed completely off. I set the choke cap to the neutal, middle, position and tightened it, then screwed in...

I bought a '64 Hardtop a few months ago. It's been a while since I've worked on a V-8 with a carburetor. Ok, a long while. So it may be that I'm missing something simple here. My 390 has about 25k since it was rebuilt by the previous owner, some 15 years ago. The original carb was replaced with...