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If you’ve been following our Cortez restoration If you’ve been following our Cortez restoration story here or on YT, you’ll know we’ve had problems getting our steel beast to reliably start. Andy has maintained swapping to EFI, or electronic fuel injection. Meanwhile, I’ve stubbornly stayed on the other side because EFI is costly and I’m not gonna be throwin’ more money at our lass unless I know fundamental parts of her are strong. “What needs to be there so you change your mind?” he asked me one day. “Her engine,” I answered. We’ve stupidly and blindly done all this work and don’t even know — for sure — if the engine is actually *good*.” See, the engine we have is not original. Instead of the factory inline-6, our girl’s was changed to a v8 at some point in her life — so it should be powerful… should be… “Right,” Andy responded then immediately followed up with “We will do a compression test.” This has been at the top of our list of Jobs to Do… but, well, y’all know how to goes when you restore an antique vehicle… Needless to say, Andy and I made the journey to the farm with fingers crossed because, let’s be honest here, the last bit of news we wanted was that we needed to swap an engine. Turns out, after a dry and wet compression test, our girl has a super strong, reliable engine! …so now, talk to me about that EFI 😉 *** #engine #v8 #mopar #dodgeengine #360la #engineswap #compressiontest #compressiontester #antiquecar #vintagecar #classiccars #rarecar #antiquerv #vintagerv #retrorides #classicrv #rarerv #clarkcortez #clarkcortezmotorhome #1965 #1960s #rv #motorhome #camper #campervan #vwcamper #restoration #overhaul #vanlife #rvlife
Andy and I are keeping our gazes forward this new Andy and I are keeping our gazes forward this new year, crossing off still more work on the Cortez, which makes me want to pause and go back to where we left off in our story here… After restoring the fuel tank and confirming there were zero fuel spills, we did what any sane person would do — we turned the key in the engine to start it… only to learn the Cortez would do what any finicky antique vehicle does and that is not start. So we fiddled. So we investigated. So we reworked. So we added. So we tried. And let’s just say the list goes on because our old lass just did not want to turn over. Can you guess the problem? Because it was Andy’s first guess and made him only stand firm in our goal for the most expensive RV upgrade we’ve had yet… *** #dirtywork #havealittlefaith #fuel #fuelingup #fillit #storyofmylife #fueltank #fueltankrestoration #antiquecar #vintagecar #classiccars #rarecar #antiquerv #vintagerv #retrorides #classicrv #rarerv #clarkcortez #clarkcortezmotorhome #1965 #1960s #rv #motorhome #camper #campervan #vwcamper #restoration #overhaul #vanlife #rvlife
Another important lesson Andy and I learned when i Another important lesson Andy and I learned when it has come to restoring our antique RV is that it’s okay to want help… and accept help. A goal we had was restoring our Clark Cortez ourselves, but we came to realize when it came to welding — Both the money and time to purchase welding materials and learn to perfect welds would be better spent and used elsewhere so we brought in our hero once more… Welder-man Paul became a fast friend when we called him to weld our rusted out roof… and he returned to weld our roof ribs and battery box area. He has a mobile welding service (RVA Mobile Welding) so he made the trek to the farm to save the day again when it came to welding a new bung in our fuel tank. With our hero’s work done that meant we could finally install our tank then fill it with that amber goodness to get her to run again… and can I just say — There’s little sound better than that “gulg, gulg, gulg” and seeing zero fuel leaks! *** #notallheroswearcapes #ourhero #welder #welderman #welds #welding #fueltank #fueltankrestoration #antiquecar #vintagecar #classiccars #rarecar #antiquerv #vintagerv #retrorides #classicrv #rarerv #clarkcortez #clarkcortezmotorhome #1965 #1960s #rv #motorhome #camper #campervan #vwcamper #restoration #overhaul #vanlife #rvlife

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