TAC Spotlight => Projects & Restorations => Topic started by: kentucky yeti on May 28, 2022, 08:08:11 AM

Title: 1969 Upgrades
Post by: kentucky yeti on May 28, 2022, 08:08:11 AM

Last year I developed an overheating issue.  It would run 210* or so.  One thing led to another.  ColdCase aluminum radiator. New electric fan.  New thermostat.  New Butler water pump setup.  And the idea to improve the reliability/performance overall.  So it now has a completely new American Autowire harness set front to back, including upgrading to a nice new blade fuse block.

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  It also entailed removing my  nearly-new Edelbrock, my newly-installed polished aluminum electric fan, distributor, etc... for this:

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And finally, a setup like this needs to be monitored with modern technology so we added Dakota Digital gauges.

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Title: Re: 1969 Upgrades
Post by: Jack on May 28, 2022, 03:02:43 PM

I love the gauges especially how the blue shines through, great job Mike now you can enjoy that beautiful car without worrying.

Title: Re: 1969 Upgrades
Post by: roadking77 on May 31, 2022, 06:59:51 AM

Those are some nice upgrades. Well worth the effort.