Battle of the J's..???????????

[enjenjo]

Our first try left us out of fuel

You're pretty good at that, aren't you.

enjenjo what does 487 mean?

!/2 of 974

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Crosley, Has Bert found out why the motor won't go past 4,500 rpms yet?

Hooley

Problem was found with Bert's car.

A long racer , speed shop owner Ed Smith worked on the car. The cam gear on the crank shaft had two "o" stamped on it for cam timing.  Bert installed the cam at the wrong spot.

Bert bought this 355  as a fresh build with bad heads(valves & springs wrong)  He had the heads freshened and disassembled the engine for inspection with  a cam shaft change too..  Bert did not check close enough.

The motor revs like a muther now.

[river1]

A long racer , speed shop owner Ed Smith  

he's still around?
if memory serves his was the first speed shop i ever went to.
where was it located?

later jim

[Crosley.In.AZ]

A long racer , speed shop owner Ed Smith  

he's still around?
if memory serves his was the first speed shop i ever went to.
where was it located?

later jim

Ed Smith is located in down town Glendale about 56 avenue , south of Glendale Ave...

His boy operates 5 Star engines there too.  Same location for decades

[river1]

A long racer , speed shop owner Ed Smith  

he's still around?
if memory serves his was the first speed shop i ever went to.
where was it located?

later jim

Ed Smith is located in down town Glendale about 56 avenue , south of Glendale Ave...

His boy operates 5 Star engines there too.  Same location for decades

yup that's the place. i lived not to far from there and i used to ride there with a neighbor who was into cars, before i was old enough to drive. i haven't been by there in YEARS tho.

thanks for bringing those memories back to the top.

later jim

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Lets go back further... Ed had a shop near the I-17 on Glendale ave.  It was behind a building that was one of the first Checker Auto parts in the area.

Ed installed a posi and 4.56 gears into my 68 SS-396 Chevelle I owned at the time.