<VV> 51 Anniversary

[Stephen Upham]

I reattached the electric fuel pump in its original location on the  
rail above the driver's rear wheel last weekend in order to run the  
gas out of the tank before attempting to change the location to the  
front.  I drove it yesterday to the monthly NTCA meeting in Irving,  
Tx. which is a 40 mile round trip on the expressway.  It was my first  
chance to attend a meeting in six months. That was so much fun after  
passing by it on jackstands for the last six weeks.  It ran  
flawlessly.  Well, it ran flawlessly until I got home.  I backed it up  
to put in the child car seats to take the family to the park.  My  
driveway has an uphill slant into the garage, and I mistakenly backed  
into position on the slant.  It idled for about three minutes before  
it just died.  I let it roll across the alley to the neighbor's level  
driveway in order to allow the pump to refill the bowls.  The pump ran  
and ran, but the bowls apparently never filled as there was no gas  
going to the venturi.  I tried to get the car to start for the next  
thirty minutes.  The pump ran continuously but gas never got to the  
carbs.  I tapped on the carbs with a rubber hammer to unstick the  
floats.  Finally, I just got on top of the rear quarter panel with my  
hands and bounced the car up and down.  It immediately stopped the  
loud "filling" pumping sound and made the lower "full line" pumping  
sound. It started right up.  I took the huge gamble of loading the  
wife and kids into the car and headed to the park.  My wife got to  
drive the car for the first time.  We then went to the Sonic for  
burgers and fries... very 60'ish.  It was, overall, a very enjoyable  
51st anniversary.

Stephen Upham
'65 Monza hardtop PG  A/C  AM/FM  OBF  Sierra Tan / Saddle
The Original Four Door Sports Car
NTCA / CORSA
Dallas, TX.