Pig ready to hit the road.

oldfj40 · Jul 13, 2008

I recently picked up this '73 Pig as a non runner and have spent the last couple weeks getting to know the engine compartment very well.PO said that it had just died while idling in the driveway about 7 months ago.After the dust cleared I had new points, condencer,plugs,coil and I rebuilt the Rochester carb.There was also a warped exhaust manifold so I installed an intake/exhaust manifold from a 2F.She is running perfectly now.
On the list of things to do are change all fluids,get new hoses under the hood,pull all the drums and check the brakes.I'm also going to get it on a lift and clean and spray everything with some rust killing product.
The PO had the remote oil filter mounted to the three bolt holes below the carb on the intake manifold.The 2F manifold doesn't have this mounting location.I'm thinking of mounting it on the inner fender.Any one have a remote oil filter location they could share? Drivers side on this rig.
As you can see in the pics the PO did take good care of it in his 18 years as owner.Dash is excellent as is the headliner.The body has been deteriorating and he's patched it up along the way.
I'm going to clean up the body some and throw on some primer and paint to get it looking good then just drive it - alot.

:pig:

oldfj40 · Jul 13, 2008

A few more

romegadave · Jul 14, 2008

Looking good Steve--your engine bay too--I noticed that your paint job is different from mine--my white comes down a little more on the upper body. Drive the :censor:

out of it!!! Dave

Eric Ellis · Jul 14, 2008

oldfj40 said:
As you can see in the pics the PO did take good care of it in his 18 years as owner.Dash is excellent as is the headliner.

enviable...love that dash and rubber...Sun eats it badly here.

oldfj40 · Jul 14, 2008

romegadave said:
Looking good Steve--your engine bay too--I noticed that your paint job is different from mine--my white comes down a little more on the upper body. Drive the out of it!!! Dave

Thanks.I may paint the firewall and inner fenders too but I'll wait til I have lots of time and patience.Did you notice my temp. soup can exhaust hook up.I'll get it welded soon but,for now,it works.
The PO must have done the paint like that in the past.Like the Pig in the background in one pic,the white seems to extend down further on the body.

Eric Ellis said:
enviable...love that dash and rubber...Sun eats it badly here.

I've been lucky.In the four Pigs I've had two of the dashes have been as nice but two were beyond repair.I just moved to a far hotter/sunnier climate so I'll have to take some care to keep them this way.

:cheers: