Technical What did you do with your car today? * NEW*

Picked up this '58 283. Came out of a Biscayne with 26000 on the odometer. Drove the 58 around a few days and then pulled this out replacing it with a stroker engine. This is now going over to Dave G in NY for one of his projects

 

Decided to test fire the 350 CID in Desoto.. sprayed the carb with industrial lube penetrant . till literally fogging out the exhaust manifolds. Hooked up power and fuel and fired up on first crank..

 

I made some panels to go under the package tray on my 40 Ford.

 

Had it pin striped

 

I did sit in it and let it talk to me !

 

Thats a great lookin engine...

 

Lookin forward to seeing that driveline!

 

It's talking to me and I'm nowhere near it!
Very nice.

 

Drove it to work today!

 

Got the 350 in the desoto primed and fired it up...4 speed setup looks like its sold and i can look for a 350 turbo....set the engine back 6-8 inches..Already have a 55 chevy pickup aftermarket radiator which fits nice with some bracket fabrication....

 

Got truck back from painter. WOW I'm pumped up. now I have to put bumper, running boards,etc back on.

 

75-mile lunch cruise with friends to Glenwood, WA. Mmm.

John

 

Indirectly I worked on the Crosley. Directly I mowed and played Water Park with the dog.

 

Early chill in morning ...






Had an early start today for a cruise into town for our local cars and coffee group.

 

Finally got around to installing the new battery!!

Key in the ignition, turn, and....... nothin', not even a token grunt from the starter.

Now I gotta start tracing wires and connections.

 

Unpacked my car after my one-week-three-car-meets-vacation with nearly 2000 kms. Yankees car club/Gammelvala-bilträff och A-Bombers Oldstyle-weekend Thanks for all the nice people i met.

 

Took a cruise around town. Picked up a 12 pack and semi-cleaned up my shop.

 

they welded it in the rear, then put filler in the middle?
getting through it.................

 

Well today I had a previous engagement.

Now yesterday I jumped into the coupe. It actually was not my intention at all. I was actually going to fill the truck up with gas. Gawd knows why but instead of jumping in the truck I flung the door open on the coupe and jumped in. I was sat all the way in the seat before it dawned on me that I was in the wrong vehicle. Glad I did not close the door. I do not have window cranks or door handles installed yet. I would have been there a while.

Guess my next trick better be window cranks and door handles.

 

picked up a nut and bolt organizer.with 56 drawers..its plastic...its gonna get some use fer sure...

 

So last Thursday I at last managed to get an appointment to do the inspection and a friend came by with trader plates so I could drive the car to the test station. Then he tells me the test guy called him and told him his father was hospitalized so no testing today... Because we had the trade plates we thought we might as well drive the car a few miles in order to make sure everything works. So we go out and the brakes still pull to one side. Well the test station is not too far away so we thought we'll give them a visit to see whether the tester is back or whether his mechanic could do it - he could not as he isn't qualified but was nice enough to let me put the car on the rollers to check the brakes, and immediately it became clear I would not pass because the front left brake isn't working, even after trying to adjust it once more. So the only thing left to do was put the car back in the barn till I could look at it properly. Drove back and got lucky when the top radiator hose moved and water started pouring out but we caught in time. But then I even got luckier because, well, I think you can see in the pics... The guy I bought the car from being a stingy c___t overhauled the right hand side, but only changed the brake hose on the left. No, it never leaked until today. Yes, the car still has the original single circuit system - a few miles more and I'd have been left with the emergency brake and the g/box to slow me down... Called Vienna's only speed shop and it should have the brake cylinders in stock so hopefully on Monday I'll get them plus shoes and get everything done on Tuesday which is a holiday here in Austria.

 

Drove it a little and came home to hood hardware @Austin kays is off to stitch this back together this afternoon!

 

At the point in the 32 Tudor shakedown that it’s time to start fine tuning the shift points on the newly rebuilt 200-4r. Don’t know why but I wanted to try a KC valve body on this one to go with the 430+ hp engine. Good thing the sedan is ass heavy.
Psyching myself up for a few dexron showers, but have a few governors trimmed up with the little weight’s spring pinned. Play time…..

 

Welded on our '47s hood a little, tried to figure how to secure the top of the windlace without removing the dash, and cut some mat for the rocker; but found a scissors was the wrong tool. Going to try a razor next, or maybe have to find a different material.

 

Update from Austin


His build thread

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/a-long-time-coming.1297753/

 

So many little details to get done before sending it out for paint. Weld studs for wiring and fire extinguisher and dimmer switch

 

Picked up a quick ratio Borgeson 525 manual box for the Desoto...Real hotrods dont have power steering...

 

Mocked up brake lines off the master cylinder, ran lines on the rear and threw a mechanical fan on instead of the electric.