jimoshel Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 October 2009 I popped the hood on this baby for a 'tune-up', Got started and didn't know when to quit. Rolled it out this afternoon. Rebuilt the engine, 472 CI, Bored .030 over. .010-010 rods and mains. Isky 3/4 cam,. TH400 rebuilt with B&M parts including bands and shift kit. Paint DuPont Canary yellow. 3 coats. 1 coat clear. The seats are going in Monday for reupholstering. Then a new top. Was planning on having it done in a month or so. Just didn't work out that way. I will painfully kill the first AH that puts a scratch on it. :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCARENA Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Real pretty, what year is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 epic. just epic. :drool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 Real pretty, what year is it. 1968 Coupe DeVille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87Warrior Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Very nice Jim, very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKB3 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 What exactly is a "3/4 cam"?..... :hmm: :doh: :rotfl2: :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenobian_84 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 That's what you call a REAL ride with class. ;) :thumbsup: Looks gorgeous Jim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadinator Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 What exactly is a "3/4 cam"?..... :hmm: :doh: :rotfl2: :dunno: Â You young punks.... :doh: Â Back in the day, when you bought a cam, they weren't as sophisticated as they are now. You didn't buy by the lift and duration. You simply got a 3/4 race cam or a full on race cam. Â A 3/4 would have a nice lope at idle and boost the HP quite a bit over stock. Â With a 427 hopped up a bit, I bet that ole barge will get on down the road quite nicely... Â Nice... Very nice! :bowdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW86 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 awesome! makes me think about fear and loathing in las vegas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 You going to bag it Jim? :yes: Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incommando Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Beautiful! Â But forgive my ignorance for I was pretty certain the convertible was the DeVille, the 2dr with a fixed roof was the Coupe deVille, and the 4dr the Sedan deville? I know my '70 ragtop was a Deville. There were also Calais, Fleetwood, & Eldorado models. IIRC all of the Calais were hardtop where the Sedan deVille could be a sedan (B-pillar between front & rear door windows) or a hardtop ( no pillar between front & rear door windows). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKB3 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I'm not that young...not that old either. Actually a "3/4 cam" was a flat head ford thing from the late 40's early 50's. I get a chuckle everytime I hear someone say they have a 3/4 cam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COFFMAN Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Nice ride dude, sweet as apple pie :clapping: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadinator Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I'm not that young...not that old either. Actually a "3/4 cam" was a flat head ford thing from the late 40's early 50's. I get a chuckle everytime I hear someone say they have a 3/4 cam. Â Pulled this off the net for your reading pleasure... Â "What's a 3/4 Race Cam? Â In the early 1950's the most popular original camshaft designers were the legendary Ed Winfield, the father of hotrodding, and Cliff Collins of Harman-Collins. If you look a Huntington's 1951 book you will find the specs for their cams listed. We've also listed some of their cams on our Flathead Performance Cams page. There were lots of cam grinders that copied Winfield and Harman-Collins cams, but these two were the designers and innovators in the early days. It was popular to refer to cams as a 1/2 Race or Semi grind and a Full Race grind. Later, there was a call for an intermediate grind between these two. To fill this demand, Ed Winfield took the intake lobe from his full race cam and the exhaust lobe from his semi cam and called it a 3/4 Race cam (see Flathead Performance Cams). It was literally half way between a full race and 1/2 race cam. Since that time, 3/4 Race has become a generic term for a high performance street cam, i.e. something less than a race cam." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexia Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I like that method of referring to the cam type. It would make shopping for Jeep 242 cam shafts a lot easier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 absolutely beautiful ride. love those wheels too. with a 472 i would have thought it would have a 425 for a tranny, but I'm not really sure when those came out. either way it will be a blast to drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 Thank you everybody for all the nice comments. I've got a lot of sweat and elbow grease, not to mention greenbacks, tied up there. Incommando. You are correct. That was a brain fart on my part. Loved the discussion on cams. Anytime you can get a dialogue going then you've succeeded, whether you agree or dis agree with any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 When someone refers to a cam in quarters, I respect them more. It simply means they've done this a time or two before the word "boost" was ever mentioned in performance circles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incommando Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 As much as the cam terms thing, find a youngster today who knows the difference between a hardtop, coupe, sedan, etc... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenobian_84 Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 As much as the cam terms thing, find a youngster today who knows the difference between a hardtop, coupe, sedan, etc... :D Seriously. Sometimes I worry about the generation that came after mine; it seems mine was the last one with any common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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