51' Shoe box started after 20 years!

Picked this thing up a few months ago. Still not sure what I'm gonna do with it but it was a good deal so I grabbed it. Got my *** in gear and tried to get it running today..............
Story is the PO rebuilt the flatty and put a Hurst floor shifter in about 85 or 86. He died in 91. Been sitting in a barn ever since. The son was cleaning out the the barn and....... well the rest is history.

Part 1............... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrxuIIxvUD0
Part 2.............. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omiHKDUo0cc

 

Gotta love that first sputter.....then it starts to roar!
Congrats.

 

very cool keep the updates coming

 

What did you expect, it's a shoebox Ford with a flatty!

Enjoy!
-Stefan

 

It took about an hour. By the time I s****ed the crud off the points and found what wires went where.
No plans at all at this point. I refuse to build cars during the summer months. This is the time to enjoy what I've built over the previous winter.
If I do go ahead with a build this fall it will be a custom with the mandatory radical chop.
Stay tuned.

 

Awesome, love the sound of them flatheads!