[ale] Linux Sys Admin needed

[Jim]

No 287 in a Chev.  Perhaps 283?
Scott Castaline wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 13:02 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
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>> On Thu June 15 2006 12:56 pm, Jim Popovitch wrote:
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>>> coil?  What's a coil?
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>> it attaches to the distributor & points. You use a timing light to set 
>> it up..in a V8 Chevy they were RIGHT up against the firewall at the 
>> back of the engine... VERY hard to get to!!
>> My daughter now has a Pontiac GTO, 6 Litre model.. the tag says " Lil 
>> goat". most people stare blankly and ask.. what does that mean??
>>
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> Oh boy, do I remember those! I had a '63 Chevy Impala SS 287 V8 bucket
> seats with slushbox (2 speed auto in console). My engine mounts were
> starting to wear so everytime I revved the engine it would hit the
> distributor against the fire wall causing it to crack. Used to keep a
> spare in the trunk. Chrysler did the same thing with the '69 - '72
> Charger, so it put me in a good light with my girl friend's older
> brother when his cracked and I got his car running by changing out the
> distributor cap. By the way he later became my brother-in-law, after the
> car thing he stopped hating me.
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