Member Highlights

Member Profile

  This issue's member spotlight is on Dan Montreuil. Dan and wife Cindy live in the Carmel area and have two daughters; 24 year old Lacey, a Purdue graduate, and 19 year old Lindsay who is a Sophomore at IUPUI. He met Cindy when he was a Freshman in college in 1975 and they married in August, 1978. Dan is 50 and was born in Renton, Washington. He graduated from Cascade HS, in Everett, WA in '75 and attended a small Washington college on a football scholarship. He has lived in several states due to his management job in the pharmaceutical industry. He and Cindy love Indiana but not quite as much as their home state of Washington. They love the ocean. Dan currently works for Stericycle, Inc., as a Director of Operations managing three locations: Indy, Conyers, GA, and Boyton Beach, FL. Dan likes cars, scuba diving, and salt water aquariums.
  Cindy was born in Everett, WA and works for Altum Horticultural Center & Gardens as a manager for their annual flower and floral design departments. Her hobby is flowers.
  Dan has a '69 Chevelle SS396 that's in the final stages of a two year restoration. It's already a beauty and will be even better when completed (see page 5).  His first car was a black '57 Chevy Bel Air 2 dr post sedan in '72 when he was 16. His father found it when Dan was 3 months shy of turning 16.  See the interesting story of how his first car was found on page  15.
 

Gary Hutchinson's Low Vacuum Solution

   My brakes just did not feel right. I asked some guys about it but did not get any where so I went to the internet and found some articles. I felt certain it was not my booster as I had sent it to California to have it polished and gold anodized. The guy doing the work told me he tested it and replaced the valve and it was in working order. I knew the cam was hot but not radical and I had a loss of vacuum but the brakes never felt hard when braking. I went through the process of tightening the intake, checking the hose and replacing the valve. I found I was wrong in measuring the vacuum at the carb and when I measured it from the intake, I had around 5 pounds of vacuum, hardly enough. Mike Reed adjusted the timing for me and set the idle up and we were getting about 10 pounds, still not enough. I ordered a vacuum reserve tank from Jegs and 9.5 feet of vacuum hose. I was able to remove the voltage regulator and install the tank utilizing one of the existing mounting holes for the regulator. The tank is located under the wiper solution container and hardly noticeable ('67 SS). I had really tried to avoid installing the tank, but it made a big difference. Don't know if this info will benefit anyone, but thought I would share the experience.
Gary

New Members

John Taylor, Indy;  Roger Fultz, Beech Grove.

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