I have a couple of open holes on my firewall and need to know which one to route the hood tach light through to hook up to the fuse box inside. I saw a manual brakes car at a POCI show last weekend that had it routed through a hole next to the master cylinder. My car has power brakes and the hole would be behind the booster. Can anyone with power brakes and a hood tach tell me if the hole is still located behind the booster or somewhere easier to reach? Since the tach was supposed to be dealer installed, I would guess they would drill somewhere much more accessible.

Second, I have a CA-delivered 400 coupe. The coil is definitely not in the right place at the moment. When I got the car it was mounted on the passenger rear of the intake on a tapped mounting boss. Not sure it is correct and wonder if anyone else has a CA V-8 to check the position of the coil? Here are a couple of shots of this area:

[img]http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/...07716936/t_=48858146/a=48858146_48858146[/img]
[img]http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/...07716935/t_=48858146/a=48858146_48858146[/img] [img]http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/...07716935/a=48858146_48858146/t_=48858146[/img]
[img]http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/...07716936/t_=48858146/a=48858146_48858146[/img]

and here are the links in case my attempt at posting directly to the thread did not work:

http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/...07716936/t_=48858146/a=48858146_48858146

http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/...07716935/t_=48858146/a=48858146_48858146


I appreciate any help I can get on this. A shame there was never a 1967 assembly manual published for these cars!

Thanks.

On the 68 the coil is mounted on the drivers side on the stem of the throttle cable bracket. can't tellif you have one from your photo but there is a stock bracket you will need. Off to work but if you give me your email I can send a photo tonig (as I never have figured out how to host a photo directly on the topic).

I think 68 was different for a couple reasons. The throttle was all rods and linkage plus the trans kickdown switch may have been different, electric in 67 v maybe electric in 68. I'll take a look, though. The e-mail is Younggs1@Gmail.com.

Here's the one for the '68 at any rate I just saw on ebay. My linkage is a cable from the pedal to the carb, not rods. I have a 4 speed so no kickdown...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/68-6...mQQcategoryZ34202QQitemZ4648617072QQrdZ1

Thanks for the picture. I do have the bracket that came with the car. It is in the picture showing where the coil was mounted when I got the car, much dirtier picture. The clean picture shows only the mounting boss where it used to be. I just need to know if anyone else has an original California Firebird with a V-8 which should all have the same coil mount. The air cleaner was different for CA cars along with the A.I. R. system. Thought the air cleaner might make a difference. Again, thanks.

PM member 'pauly'. He bought my 100% original 67 California car. I can't remember it good enough to answer your question but he could.