1967 Mustang

beautiful Bruce.. did you just wet sand and buff?    what did you do with chips and chunks if any .

Gary,
Where have you been???

Motor Box looks awesome.

Waldo

Peter, haven't seen it. I went over to the camp a few weeks ago to see if that Mustang and junk Skylark were still there, but they're gone. The whole place had been cleaned up and there was no sign of them.

Pete, he started a 25' lobster style boat last week. I think one side of its bow has more area than the entire Mustang. He's learned it all from CCF.

Alan, I told him I'd like him to have to whole boat done by the weekend and he just looked at me. I was even calling him Majicman trying to stroke his ego a little bit, but it didn't work. He was pretty wiped out last night. Goal is to have it done by the NE Reunion.

My son spent 7 hours wet sanding and buffing the motor box yesterday. It came back amazingly good.


Poor starting was due to an air leak in the newly installed water seperating fuel filter.

Steve, it's a Carter 1 barrel. I forget the model. I believe it is the original set up and has not been converted. I may have been losing a little bit of top end due to the linkage, but only about 1/4". (Also had the whole family, (5)in the boat). The 12x11 is cupped.

There are 2 screws on the carb, one for the idle adjustment and one that looks like a needle valve. I've turned them till it idles the best, but cannot figure why it doesn't want to start.

Made some good progress and took the Mustang for its first ride yesterday. About everything is complete and it is ready to have the vinyl floor and seats installed.

It ran good, except for it doesn't start well. Once it starts it runs good. It is definately over propped with the 12x11 on it as it would only turn a little over 3000 rpms. We'll try it with the 12x8 next time.

What would make this start so hard, cold or hot?

Pictures are posted on page 4.

if you have enough wire length then you might not have to remount the regulator 180, but if you did they would be routed like they currently are.

That looks great Btuce. You and the boys must be having a ball!

john

62 wood wrote: kapla wrote: most of the i/o engines down here carry that engine but in the 221cu 165 hp versions...hooked to a volvo drive... What years was the 221 available? This version of the motor was only made in the 144 , 170 , and 200 cu in version (at least here in the US ) The 250 cu in engine shares the same head, but will not "bolt in" , the bell housing pattern is different. I have a 200 I would like to rebuild for mine ....ahhhhh, someday...

Its a version only made here I guess same engine with bigger bores. The 221 was the top of the line. smaller 170 and 188 cu were also available.
It equipped most of the cars and pick up produced from the 60 to the 90!! Falcon, Fairlane, F-100. This I-6 its as common here as your V-8.... The chevy I-6 is the 230 and 250cu.
And from dodge we had the slant 6...
Ford Argentina also offered a V-8 engine based on a Y block till end of the 70´s but it was rated around 160-180 hp, so the lighter I-6 221 rated 165 was more of a choice for local gear heads....
chevy officially never introduced a v-8 engine car in the market untill 2004 when they started selling here the 5.3 v-8 avalanche and then the zr06 vette in 2006 (144K they ask here new)!!!

Steve, you have a different bracket for your voltage regulator that puts it up high and out of the way. Mine is down by the battery. I've got a V8 engine box, but still have less room to work with. I may be able to do it with a Group 29NF battery which is only 5.5" wide.

Is there anything more dangerous about having the battery in that location rather in a remote location up front in the bildge?

kapla wrote: most of the i/o engines down here carry that engine but in the 221cu 165 hp versions...hooked to a volvo drive...

What years was the 221 available?

This version of the motor was only made in the 144 , 170 , and 200 cu in version (at least here in the US ) The 250 cu in engine shares the same head, but will not "bolt in" , the bell housing pattern is different.


I have a 200 I would like to rebuild for mine ....ahhhhh, someday...

most of the i/o engines down here carry that engine but in the 221cu 165 hp versions...hooked to a volvo drive...