My grandfather was an old machinist and car guy. When he past away many years back he left a '39 or '40 Plymouth coupe that I liked but his surviving brother (in his 80s at the time) got it and actually DROVE it from PA back to ALASKA! I did inherit a '53 Merc V-8 that he had rebuilt and wanted in an old Ford. I was much younger and never had the means but I kept in in good dry storage all these years (along with a '66 289 K motor of my own) and recently had to remove it from where it was entombed to my own garage. I'm more than a bit older and can play a bit now. I checked it out and it's pretty much ready. It turns perfectly and I did a leak down test on all cylinders and after pumping them up to 115 lbs we set it at 100 lbs and checked after 1 minute. None lost more that 3-4 lbs. All in all, I think I can freshen the carb and wake it up. I am already ordering my copy of "The Book" and I know I'll be using it. Any advise, pointers, suggestions or flat out warnings are certainly welcome! I am not sure what I want to do with it but I'm leaning to an early '30s sedan with a fairly modern manual trans/rear and (definitely) juice brakes. No fancy paint & leather, just a survivor looking car than I can drive safely. So please forgive my dumb noobbie questions, I always played with British roadsters and motorcycles. Wish me luck.
That's sort of an intro. Welcome. Wouldn't it be better to save the questions for another post? New to the H.A.M.B.? Introduce yourself
Welcome. Could you answer a dumb old guy question? What is "The Book"? The merc flatty would be a welcome addition to my '38 if I was going to finish it. Ya just can't beat a merc flatty. If you tell everyone that it is a ford flatty with a merc crank it will get more attention though.
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