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And all this time I thought you just posted on every thread...! :D Just messing with you 'beaner...
Pretty sure that is Gary Birns...previous owner of that Buick...couple threads on here about it...
Float sprung a leak, ... or crap in the needle seat, bowl overfull... my worthless 2 cents.
Weld em right to the top of your car, like they were duds dropped on you from high above....it will give the bullet hole sticker crowd a shock and...
Rattlecan
There is a bare set on the 'bay right now, in NY
Crud, now you got me wanting to pull a head off to give an accurate measure... I do have a compressed head gasket in the pile, pulled from the...
About 1/16" down the bore... I did not measure but that is a fair estimate (if my memory isn't failing me)... keep in mind mine is a 51 block...
Thank you for putting the effort forward in that spreadsheet... My aftermarket replacement 365 pistons came in as flat-tops, although I see...
the top half of the chart shows the stock stuff, the bottom half shows the resulting compression when you swap around diff years stock...
Just make sure you don't fill them full of boiling hot coffee and then grab them in the middle of the cylinder...use the 'insulated' plastic cap...
IMO, you need to find the source of the water getting into the oil before you can answer this Q.
The OPs original post said Estonia before... he changed it to EU...
Sorry, had to chuckle a little,...the OP is HAMB member #124....
Those are AWESOME! who repops them?
Truthfully, not much. Even die hard resto guys swap those out...
Those 2 spots are where the vertical headers oil to the rocker shafts... so were the rocker shafts clean and 'clocked' in each head? clocked...
Yes the mainshaft exits the box on both ends... you are spinning the mainshaft w/ the clutch on input, and the mainshaft is spinning the rear...
No, you are always spinning the Main shaft, on input and out...on both the left hand and right hand boxes... those boxes do not reverse the...
You could get 6 shovelhead Harley heads, and a bunch of cutoff wheels, and frankenstein it....
I used rockauto.com to browse around and find exactly what I needed...took maybe a bit more time than a single source book, punching in different...
That is a dandy looking start, neat lines... Neat!
It is that low because it has blocks of wood where suspension bits should be...:D
I'm not seeing that Chevy roof as a Caddy roof,...just not seeing any resemblance. What makes you think a Cad roof was grafted on? What am I...
3. Am I correct in thinking that font clip mating joint leaves a lot to be desired? Downright horrifying.
I passed on this one for a grand last year, stuck motor, weak floors... you could get something a lot closer to being on the road for not much...
Original Parts Group (OPG) has them...
10 Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Core shift or early '49 perhaps? Spring loaded cam and center bolt valve covers perchance?
"Faster Dada...Faster!" my 3 yr old every day on the way home from day care going over the bridge...
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