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[beerbelly]

Your car looks to be in great shape, needing only the stuff any car that sat for a long time needs.
I just have one suggestion- you might want to consider an Edelbrock 1403 (500 cfm) rather than the 1405, especially if the 289 is stock. I had a 600 Holley on mine, and never could get it to run like I wanted. The 1403 gives me very snappy response, and up to 19 MPG on numerous long road trips.
Let me know if you need any info on the heater rebuild- I completely rebuilt mine a few years ago and have source info for all the parts.

[Luva65wagon]

Sounds like a nice project. Wish I still had my 62 from high school. It'd retreads too! Laughed at that.

It's getting late and I just returned from a week away from home, but will hopefully see a stream of updates as you bring your car back to life!

[Falcongek]

ooh that's a nice survivor.

I have the same hubcaps, If you're missing some, there were a lot of them on e-bay the beginning of this year for decent prices.
+1 on the dual master upgrade. I found out too late that this was a bolt in upgrade. But it's in the near future for my bird.

The paint looks pretty decent.

Good luck with the car,
Rinke

[FortFor]

Thank you for the comments. It should be fun to put some life back into. It is interesting to contrast taking on the work now versus many years ago when I had lots of ambition and little knowledge. I can't claim to have much more smarts now, but maybe a little seasoning of time. Some things that would be daunting years ago aren't now, and vice versa. You won't find me laying in the gravel along side the road pulling the driveline these days, or such things that seemed perfectly normal then.

I hear you on the 600 cfm carb. My guide was often the speed magazine articles with "bolt on horsepower!" that lacked the nuance of how parts should be matched. It will stay like it is for now, but something to add to the ever expanding list. The pep of the V8 is sure fun, but I also miss ol' dependable 170 that never gave me any trouble at all.