My neighbors 'new' 70 SS convertible.

[Ms Grumpy]

Wow. What a mess. I hope he gets it straightened out.

[Hank70SS]

Well Nancy, I got a chance to mention the other stuff I saw. I needed the right time to bring it up. He was already a little pissed about no grease in the front suspension and loose control arm bolts. I asked him if he was going to have them adjust the convertible top rails while they had the car and he said yes. We had looked at before I and it was obvious there was still an 'S' in the rail when the top was up. I also said once they got that right they needed to adjust the window properly.

He said he already started a list of things and told Tony that if they couldn't adjust the windows properly he wanted them to reinstall the non-power windows. I had mentioned before Tony's excuse about after market stuff didn't fly. If they're that bad he should have told Darryl up front, not use it as an excuse later.

So I mentioned the dash pad and showed him. Actually the pad is at least an inch further away from the windshield on the passenger side. I also asked why the rear lower control arms were silver when they should be black like the frame, he said he would ask.

So he brought it over today so we could check the timing and adjust the carb. I would say they used an impact wrench to tighten down the distributor but I know you can't get one in there. I did hit the vacuum advance can while loosing it. It moved a little and I tried to put it back to where it was, I wanted to know where they had it timed at.

Well when I checked it, it was at 4* after TDC. I'm sure I didn't get it back exactly where it was but I know it wasn't more than a few degrees off. I set it to 14* for a start and adjusted the carb. While adjusting the timing and the carb the temp only went to around 190. It was over 200 when they were messing with it the day they delivered the car and it was cooler outside that day then today.

Oh, he told me that Tony said they have an engine guy that spends 5 hrs setting up the engine. Maybe 4hr 59 minutes sitting in a chair next to it and 60 seconds getting it to idle at 1,200 rpm without stalling.