Posted on 06/17/2012 4:51:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Really futuristic, I dig the fins.
There’s some irony there...a class full of students at one of the best universities in the world can’t get a ‘62 Cadillac up and running, but if you gave that same car to a bunch of high school kids in some rural corner of Oklahoma or Georgia or Pennsylvania or California, they’d have the thing not only shining like a diamond and ready to cruise the local strip, they’d have it doing 12-second passes at the local dragstrip by the end of the semester.
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Wow, that is a neat car. I’ve seen the massive convertibles with the huge fins, but I’ve never seen a 1962 sedan like that before. The shape of the greenhouse and the way the pillars are done is really cool.
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If I read Stanford’s website correctly it’s about $13k per quarter for a high school auto mechanic’s class. Brilliant.
My dad owned a 62 Cadillac exactly like that
I’m trying to remember if it was Arthur C. Clarke or another classic sci-fi writer who wrote about the most popular engineering classes of the future - building low tech stuff like steam engines, smelting metal, hand making items that were late 19th and early 20th century. The kids supposedly learned more about practical applications of principals that way and it was more fun that watching simulations.
I’m trying to remember if it was Arthur C. Clarke or another classic sci-fi writer who wrote about the most popular engineering classes of the future - building low tech stuff like steam engines, smelting metal, hand making items that were late 19th and early 20th century. The kids supposedly learned more about practical applications of principals that way and it was more fun that watching simulations.
This course could be the start of that trend.
Pah. If they want a real challenge they need to move up to the ‘56 Eldorado....replacement parts are hard to find, certainly not cheap, and do not generally match another year around it.
LOL I used to build small block Chevy motors for APBA racing hydroplanes in the basement my frat house. Luckily there were some big strong pledges to carry them out after they were assembled.
Southside Chicago will think of him often...
They could tackle my raggedy 68 Willys jalopy Jeep wonky elelctrical system. Most of the rest I can handle.
Right now I have an ignition problem that is stumping me probably because it is so simple I’m sure. I’m forgetting or overlooking something.
I’ve put on a new coil, new distributor (electronic), cap, wires, and a second ignition module. The plugs were replaced a couple years back when it was a sort of active project. I’ve pulled the plugs and they look pristine. Plus pulling #1 plug to rework timing.
I’ve got power on both sides of the coil and inside the module on the two wires connecting to the coil. There are two other wires on both modules that have never lit up with a test lamp.
The most I have gotten is a brief sputter. I haven’t fooled with it much lately due to work and the heat.
The only thing that concerns me with the aftermarket distributor, an Omix-Ada is that is keyed to fit one way. The old worn out distributor wasn’t. Assuming the old engine wasn’t in time to begin with, I am hoping this isn’t part of the problem.
After a pull start when it was found a few years ago, it did run but really rough.
So did my Parents, in Robin’s Egg Baby Blue. We also had a 1965 Ford Mustang Hi-Perf 289cid (271hp) V8, and I could use either on dates, when I turned 16 in 1966, in HS.
http://www.mustang-links.com/1965_mustang.html
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Find an old MGB/TR3/Jag/Austin and rip out the Lucas Electrical System, and install it. Runs like a charm. LOL! (Seriously, I wish I could help, but that electrical stuff’s above my pay-grade...)
Have you checked the grounds?
In my experience, it’s the most overlooked item when troubleshooting electrical problems. Everybody goes over the hot and forgets the ground is equally important.
A common problem on both sides are connections that are intact enough to test out with a meter, but don’t have the capacity to actually carry enough current to do the job - like hidden corrosion inside connectors or under them. Most of the grounds don’t get moved around like the hots, so problems don’t show up as easily.
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