Author: BLUE DOBB

Black sooty condensation from exhaust when starting

I’ve got the car all tuned, new carb which has been adjusted professionally, and starts, idles and runs out fine, but after sitting for a few days, when I first start it, small amounts of black sooty…

Is my car worth keeping the original engine?

Hello all,
My ’67 Belvedere II has the original 318 engine in it, and has had maintenance items done on it over the years, but has never had a long or short block done. It has a bit over 42K…

I realized how old I was today

I wanted to stiffen the suspension on my stock ’67 Belvedere II, but I couldn’t find anything factory made. The shocks are good, but very soft. I bought four shocks from a company called shocks 2…

Just when I thought I got it perfect!

I had American Racing Torque Thrust brushed mags and 60 series BF Goodrich tires put on my B-body. They look fantastic and feel great. Today, after driving it occasionally for the last several weeks,…

My Surprise…Right AND left hand lug nuts.

Just found out that my ’67 B body has right hand lugs on the passenger side, left hand lugs on the driver’s side. Of all the cars I changed tires on back in the 70’s, I never ran across this…

B Body modern vintage style 14″ mags…Any out there?

Hello all!
I have a ’67 Belvedere II with original wheel and hubcaps. Great for originality, but I’d like to trick it up at bit with mags and cannot find anyone who sells vintage style mags in 14″…

Please help! Trying to source a trunk drain plug.

I’ve been looking all over, calling parts stores, and can’t seem to find a re-pop or OEM rubber drain plug for the trunk floor of my ’67 Belvedere II which is missing. It’s one of the large ones up…