First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List Re: Rally gauges installed! QUESTION by "Bob Trimpe" <fyrebird68@hotmail.com> My Classic Car by "John Moore" <sirsaber@mcn.net> Re: New Topic-Coolest color combos for 2001 by "bird" <bird@javanet.com>
(back) Subject: Re: Rally gauges installed! QUESTION From: "Bob Trimpe" <fyrebird68@hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:04:57 -0400 Run a wire from one side of the amp gauge to the distribution block near = the positive post of the battery. Add a fusible link to protect the meter. Run = a wire from the other side of the gauge to the red wire connected to the = horn relay. The meter will deflect one way or the other, showing you the = polarity (direction) of the current flow between the alternator and the battery. = The amount of deflection will be the difference in voltage between the two points, indicating how much charging or discharging. Mine gauge needle runs slightly to the right of center during normal, warmed-up operation. Bob Trimpe >From: Nhra68@aol.com > >Subject: Re: Rally gauges installed! QUESTION >I have talked to peter before, he is a great guy. I did the same ralley >conversion, and all is well except I cannot get the ammeter gauge to = work. >Any suggestions on how to wire it up? > >Thanks > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
(back) Subject: My Classic Car From: "John Moore" <sirsaber@mcn.net> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:28:45 -0600 FYI, 4/28/01 episode of My Classic Car on TNN is featuring the Pontiac GMC Oakland Convention in Council Bluff, IA. Check your local listings. Some very nice looking birds were shown in the preview. John/'68 OBABY/CarID=3D127
(back) Subject: Re: New Topic-Coolest color combos for 2001 From: "bird" <bird@javanet.com> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 07:59:25 -0400 Hi Ken - usually when people ask for subjective advice on this group you ultimately get "do whatever you like, it's your car" or some variant. In this instance however I'm not going to do that. I am almost always in the camp of preserving originality. In your case, however, I can't imagine a worse color combination than a triple white (yeah, I know, it's = "parchment" but still) 326 with vinyl roof. Uggggh!!! Yuck. So my next question would be how's the interior? If you intend to keep it you need to pick a color that looks good with parchment interior. Otherwise, you need to find a color that looks good with black interior since that's by far the easiest interior to find repro. Also you need to decide if you want to keep the vinyl top, keep it white or change the color, or lose it altogether. Having said this, I will start the ball rolling with a firm suggestion. = One of my good friends has a 67 coupe. It has parchment interior, white vinyl = top, and the color is, TA-DA!, Code NN (I believe) burgundy. It has a specific Pontiac name that I don't recall. Something "mist" maybe. In fact it may be the color of Mattison's car. In any event, it looks great on a coupe with the parchment. Whatever you do, don't do three separate colors (top/interior/exterior). Two color cars look much better. And don't do resale red. There! Free useless advice. Have fun! Dan Kagan bird@javanet.com At 09:58 PM 4/27/01, you wrote: >Subject: New Topic-Coolest color combos for 2001 >From: "Ken Reimer" <kreimer@uniserve.com> >Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:53:47 -0700 > >Hey everybody, I'm having a hard time choosing the color scheme for my >new ride. It's a 1967 Firebird 326 hardtop, that's going to be restored >from the ground up, but I need to visualize how it's going to look in >order to increase my motivation. The car is not going to be equipped >exactly as built, so I don't care about originality other than the car >looking stock inside and out. The original colors were Cameo White body >color, Ivory White vinyl roof and Parchment white interior. Any and all >opinions will be taken into consideration. Thanks in advance. > >Regards, >Ken Reimer > > > > >