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I don't know if you can do the same thing but I just used a wooden pallet with some casters. It worked great.
One of the guys I use to work with did this. It's wierd because it looks like the car is just sliding down the road.
Florida doesn't suck but Fort Lauderdale does. Welcome Matt.
All those little things make that frame look awesome like the rivets and how the motor mount mimics the front cross member. I want to see more.
As soon as I get my rotating assembly back in I plan on doing the clay test. I thought those valve clearance numbers sounded odd too.
Thanks. I wouldn't gotten back sooner on this but I just returned to civilization. Let's just say not many places to access the internet in West...
If you look at both combustion chambers, you can tell the difference right off the bat. The 52-55 chambers were heart shaped voids where as in 57...
Are there any head swaps you can do to a 1952-53 ford inline six? I was looking through some shop manuals and it shows in 57 the compression ratio...
If you still cant turn over the crank manually using the dampner or flywheel/flexplate I would definitely check the main bearing clearances.
My name's Jonathan and live in Melbourne, FL. Unfortunately my family has no roots in cars so I'm the first. I used to be into lowriders then...
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