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next are some pics of the car, I wanted to head out to the machinist but it wasn't in the cards for today

picture time been a while, so the car has been sitting for over a year since. pictures of the generator upgraded to 12v and cleaned OEM original to the car to the best of my knowledge the rust is just surface and hindsight being what it is, I should have sprayed her down with wd-40 before throwing her in the trunk I have just this to say, men have thrown away much more money on worse endeavors, I mean, just take a look at congress.

will a slant six rebuild kit work? isn't the only difference in the ohv and the fact that the valves are in the block of the flathead? I think that those are a bit cheaper. I think that I will just have her bored over I planned on having the machinist do the valve seats but everything else I can do myself. I have the redneck toolbox, wd-40/PB and ducktape/bungees. I really can do all of this myself, I will dissassemble and re-assemble, to include the freezeplugs to save on costs. the kit itself will cost a pretty penny. anything I should avoid using. I'm going for the arp stud kit. Sorry about the pictures things like that escape me sometimes, I am a hardware guy not too oriented with software.

these pics are a bit old but still a good example of some of the gems that you can find out in the tomb.... i mean desert.

You read it, that is just what this is, looking at other build threads got me to thinkin, just what have I been doing this whole time? I do not currently have everything that I need but I do know that three pistons are done/cracked/chipped so I am pretty sure a master kit is in order valves are bent as well and will probably use a new cam too. I cannot for the life of me seem to find a master kit for under $1,000.00 impossible??? I also will need a couple of specialty tools. I currently have the torque wrenches and mic. but lack many other tools "need to make a list to know what I need to get" I am sending the block only to be hot tanked line bored and honed possibly bored over. I will complete all work on the engine myself. There will be a lot of small parts/ loose ends to tie up "small misc. parts" that may be obscure or difficult to find. Well, now that thats under control, I got the car from and older fellow out in Landers CA dying from a chronic illness, had too many car projects and not enough time left. He GAVE me the car on the condition that I get her back to tip top shape. A little history on the car, I have taken the gen. to ace alternators in Yucca Valley, CA for an upgrade/rebuild and it came out great. This car was at one time used as a naval weapons station government vehicle so I can only assume that this car has remained in CA for it's entire existence. It needs a LOT of TLC. I have purchased a couple of buckets of the original formula for that model year/ vehicle from finishmasters in Palm Springs before CA changed HAZMAT regs. and they had to change all of their formulas two-stage paint gents this thing is going to snap. The color was originally light blue and will change to oat brown "only color/formula that finishmaster could mix for me on the spot" I have the original antique yellow on black plates and a slew of old DMV receipts/ maintenance stuffs that I xeroxed for the car too. The interior needs to be cleaned and the seats re-upholstered I want to do it in leather/ suede the steering wheel needs to be refurbished and all of the emblems on the car need to be as well. The chrome on the entire car needs to be re-chromed. I would love to have a sponsor/sponsors for this because I am active duty and full time father as well as numerous other things money/time are the biggest issues I am facing right now in that order. I promise that pictures are coming soon.

I am a fairly new member, as in I haven't been here in a while. I have done a fair amount of studying about engines inner workings and etc Now I am ready to move on to build my 54' plymouth savoy's 230 flathead. I will get the block cleaned/hot tanked and line bored/honed at the machinist and do all of the work myself. I realized that when I first came here I was a horrible noob and was rather rude to some folks unintentionally. I must apologise in advance, this is not a thread jack by the way, I am just checking progress and re-introducing myself. Good luck on the build and keep up the good work post pictures when you get a chance and keep everyone here posted on progress. Happy Holidays, Kevin