Thanks, I had to make a new upper coolant pipe. The first one only fit the 2×4 intake. That motor wasn't going to be ready in time. Just need to make battery cables, go through the carburetor and run fuel line.
Every car has a story. For me, every part on this car has a story. Some I will share and some I won't. However, the motor has an interesting story. I was having issues getting parts for my original motor, so Dad says, "take this motor and freshen it up till you get your parts. It will require good gas because it has a lot of compression. " He informed me that he bought this motor brand new in 1969 and put it in his 1960 corvette. I ran the numbers on the engine and it is a factory DZ 302. I am running the Duntov 30/30 cam, Edelbrock C4B and Holley carb that he ran. I added the mag and Packard 440 wire, but it is all about the same. Can't wait to here this run. Finally got the brake hoses made the way I wanted them.
This is awesome! That fact that your Dad bought the engine new when they were one of the hottest around and then gifted it to you years later for your roadster makes for a great story. It will be a quick T. Been following this and I now have a similar tale, I sold a car 10 years ago and just bought it back.
Thanks, hoping to fire it this weekend. I will report back when I do. It was pretty cool freshening up the motor. Ir is standard bore and everything checked out within tolerance. I found the front timing cover was damaged and had to weld up a small hole and fix some dents. Dad said the original plastic timing came apart and that is what the damage was from. The motor has a new double roller in it now.
memories...a st. louis guy, rich steyh, had a hemi-powered '27 roadster back in the '70s. when interviewed for the tv news, he always gave his name as "rich stay-high"!
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