Thanks Benno, Im glad you guys like itll head up your way at some point here in the next month or two for a visit!
Austin & Ben, If you don't mind let me know a couple of days ahead. I'd like to meet you at Ben's place; see your car (if you drive it up there); chat with you & Ben; and check out Ben's newly refurbished mansion.
Keep me in the loop maybe I can make it as well. I need to anyhow the 46’ needs that Beaner sooooper tune
Alright fellas I’ve got an issue the rear end spins freely but when I put car into gear with the ass on jack stands it Bogs down and kills the engine like something’s bound up cause if you let out slow on clutch you can hear it lower engine RPMs until it kills it? But when it’s in neutral and you rev it wheel speed picks up but you can stop it with your hand completely I’m pretty confused to say the least
Also can’t get the 3rd gear or second gear to slide freely on the main shaft but the 1st and reverse one you can move back and forth freely
Back of the trans locking up? If it's an open rear, it will spin with both tires off the ground (opposite directions) even with trans in gear. Spiders at work. Could be pinion locked too.
I think we’ve decided that it’s most likely the second third gear synchro slider/ shell that’s frozen. He’s got some ideas on how to free it up
All of a sudden the clubhouse was silent...the smokes were falling out of mouths tumbling to the ground...eyes were moving in all directions...heads shaking...Mufflers??...and what you said @Tim...I just read that again...chuckling... They sound like old airplanes...
Hah! Love it. Friend of mine runs a repair shop. He's a racer. Nicest guy you ever want to meet. I noticed he had a tubing bender in his shop and asked him about doing the exhaust when I was building my coupe. He said, "Sure, but I know an old timer near here that I would want to help me do it on your coupe. He would LOVE that". I met my buddy and this old timer at his shop one day and the guy was asking me how I wanted the exhaust run. He asks me if I want mufflers on it (flathead). I said, "Nope". He smiled and said, "Perfect. That's the way". Lol. Andy
just gotta make it stop now lmao well and run a little better shes developed a bit of a miss and foul some plugs with too much fuel, the old H0lley is jus dribbling fuel after I shut the key off .. baby steps I made good progress this weekend and still got a week or two before the pre war pile up.
oh and yes mine needs exhaust bad lol If anyone has some square flathead flanges forsale im a buyer before I make some!
I've got a set of flanges for a flathead laying around. You looking for the 2-bolt ones that bolt to the block? Andy
Man I can’t wait to hear that thing rapping out the back, tearing sideways down the gravel. you’ll have to bring it down this summer and we’ll get all the neighborhood kids talking start a whole new generation of hot rodders.
Austin, came across these photos for your review - look familiar? This Hot Rod took 2024 Hot Rod of the Year at Good Guys...
You are going to have way more fun and make many more memories in the Coupe you built by hand than the Builder that made that massive investment in the Trophy Winner will ever make. Hot Rod of the year,, Big Deal.
Well it’s one year to the day that I bought the old heap and I figured I’d update everyone ive got some leaking brake lines but the bracket I made works and the body has been getting smoothed out it’s still rough but she’s starting to come around and look….presentable
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