Projects 33 chevy 3w....time for a cool change

thanks Frank, i should see him tomorrow.

 

unwrapped!

 

For the Comp cams solid lifter reproduction Duntov 30-30, P/N 12-673-4, specs are:

advertised duration: 284 intake/291 exhaust,
duration @ .050 : 247 /254 ,
lift : .504" / .498",
lash: .012"
lobe center: 112 degrees

How does this compare?

 

not the same.
compare to the cam card i posted.

 

this is the book the engine builder wrote. side note; Dave worked on the assembly line for GM building 327 engines, but this motor was before he worked there.

 

A car with documented history, nice.

 

My parents bought me that book one year. It is pact full of super good information.
I kinda think of it as the SBC Bible.

So cool that the author signed your copy. O yeah even more cool he built your engine.

WOW

 

growing up i knew it had been in two of the magazines, i was on the "proof is in the pudding" thread here on the hamb and zombrian posted another issue. [the power of the hamb] then last fall my cousin mark [ct1932ford] and i were at a swop meet, he picked up a magazine and opened to reveal the forth magazine.

 

yes Dave is an amazing guy who makes everything look easy. engine building, chemistry, racing cars, writing, and his latest achievement he earned his doctorate in aeronautics.

 

Hell ya nice car.. great pics....

 

thanks!
did some more work to the deck lid.
i started a few weeks ago by taking the lid off and removing the wood frame, i then heated and scraped the tar undercoating my dad put on the inside of the tin. amazing that chevy never primed or painted under the wood, in the pictures you can see BARE metal. 81 plus years! there were some pin holes that i welded up after sandblasting the inside clean. there were some previous patches in the corners, that had burned some of the rotten/dry wood and now that the wood was removed i made new corners. i then primed it with epoxy primer.
tonight i cut out the replacement piece of wood from a nice piece of ash [hard to find] used my band saw to cut it to shape then cleaned it up with a plane, belt sander and file. i cut the dado[?] for the middle braces and cut the rotten ends off of the side pieces. now i just have to figure out how to scarf some extensions to make the pieces meet.

 

some more wood work;

 

picture of the bare metal. there was original paint under the tar.

 

What no termites?

 

sunny winter day, so i decided to work in the barn instead of in the basement, wood working shop. i pulled the hydraulic cam out and installed the solid cam and lifters, i am going to put this four barrel manifold back on, just to break the motor in and do adjustments. then i will change to the dual fours.
when i took the timing cover off, Dave had used some nice new bolts to hold the front cover on, but they required a 10mm socket. i don't want that. my dad and uncles had built a set of wooden drawers that when they took stuff apart, back when they were building the cars, they would save the stuff in them. i saved the unit when we cleaned out grandpas garage so i dug through them and found the right bolts for the cover. not a big deal....but i think it is neat to use them seeing as though they were taken off back in the day.

 

How did I miss all that hardware the other day?

 

did some more wood work, started by cutting off the rotten ends then scarfing some pieces onto them.

 

while the glue was drying i cut some of the corner braces, thought they would be simple triangles but the angle was offset. i realized the way they made them was to cut a long triangular piece and then cut them off at a five degree angle.
the first picture shows the first set i made that was wrong and the original to show the difference. the next picture shows the pieces i cut from a left over piece of cherry wood.

 

i wanted to let the glue dry a little longer so i started to clean and polish the two four manifold.
i then trimmed off and shaped the piece i scarfed on then made the smaller piece that ran along the lower edge. screwed and glued them on.
then went back to polishing the manifold.

 

a few hours later, after a family birthday dinner, i trimmed off and shaped the pieces and fitted them to the deck lid. i used files, bandsaw, belt sander, a plane and sandpaper to get it to fit tightly.

 

Terry, how much for the Ford ?

 

Oh, oh. Somebody gonna be sleeping with the fishes tonight. As the Dagos say, "Keepa yur hands off". I'm not leaving San Antonio...................Super thread, and doing it again with your Pop is indiscribable. Take mucho pics. Rocking chair memories!

 

Nate and I'll trade some wood stacking for a ride...
haha

 

deal!

 

Do you think the wives and us could fit in there like the night you drove to the cruise night? (we all have gotten a little wider you know)

 

Too many Mallomars

 

i'll probably have to put the rumble seat cushions in.

 

3wlarry has my back!
thanks, i am getting better with the camera. Mallomike was the photo expert and has some great pictures of us working on the car.....back when you needed to know how to work a lens, set the light and load FILM!

 

i screwed the wood frame together, it had to be assembled within the sheet metal because the way the metal bends around you can't get it in when together. i did not use any glue this will be taken back apart after i fit it to the body.

 

Dad cleaned and painted the motor and did some more polishing of the manifold. had a hard time deciding on the color. i like chevy orange....but doesn't go well with the green. black looks to new. so we decided to go red like my dad had it. after it dried we couldn't help but lay the manifold and the original valve covers back on.