Seems I'm having all sorts of problems with antifreeze these days.
I recently put a coolant recovery tank on the dart cause it was spitting up after shutting it off. A few days later I noticed the upper radiator hose was about to blow cause it had a big buldge on one side, so I replaced that.
Shortly after that the radiator cap starts leaking and the fan blows the leaking antifreze all over my engine. So I get a new cap last friday.
Today I got back to work from lunch, and a few minutes later I look out at the car in the parking lot, and its puked up about 1/2 gal of antifreeze.

I go to check it out, but cant see where its leaking. I start it up and let it run while I check. Suddenly the antifreeze starts pouring out of the bottom of the water pump.

Anyway, I cant drive it home 30 miles in that condition. So my work buddy takes me to autozone. I bought a new pump and some other supplies. I had it replaced in about 1 hour and got it refilled and now I can drive home !
Just for fun I also replace the heater hoses, the short hose between the pump and the head, and I would have replace the lower radiator hose also but autozone didnt have one.

Seems like every week or so I find something else that needs replaced or fixed. Good thing I love driving this car !
I think this car spent many years sitting in a garage and was not driven much and now that I've started driving it everyday there are bound to be lots of little things going wrong. Just hoping that some day a catch up with it and wont have to work on it every weekend.

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It sure is nice to look at!

I wonder if there is leakage from the head gasket sending the acidity skyhigh. Wait til your heater core goes, thatll be fun. When it does, just have a new core put in it, dont replace it. The new one likely wont fit right.

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I've been calling it as i see it for my entire life and that's not about to change. Take it or leave it.

Why would that be the case? Correct new core assemblies for '63-'72 A-bodies are not difficult to get.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

He's right, I already replaced the heater core a few weeks ago. And instead of getting one from napa or whatever. I bought one from a place that deals on ebay. And yes it didn't fit the heater box very well. I even had to unsolder the inlet and outlet tubes from the tank and adjust them a little and resolder.

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Me too on my heater core from the local parts store, although, as I remember the price was much better than I thought it would be...and even with the soldering was worth it for some one like me with much mechanical skills and tools, but little available cash at the present.

Gearhead

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64 GTO...10.80's@122 on street radials
Destroked 455, Qjet, stock ign, 2400 stall

64 Valiant
Old 225, 4spd, 2.92-8.75, 2bbl, headers
dual 2.25"

Replace the water pump in an hour? Dang, I could do that except for all the bolts are frozen up. I know the techniques for this, but no matter what I always end up twisting off the head. I'm thinking I'll bring my car to one of the mechanics in town that deals exclusively with old rusty cars, I don't seem to have the nack/luck at dealing with rusted bolts(last year I changed my exhaust manifold, had to tap and die three holes(my car was down for a day), this week I put on an offy intake and because I used stainless last time it took me a day).

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My car may be slow to sixty, but at least it's been reliably slow to sixty for more than thirty years.

Yup, the one I bought was supposed to be a stant! No branding on the box, though... the tubes were not bent the same.

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I've been calling it as i see it for my entire life and that's not about to change. Take it or leave it.