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Young Ed

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  1. Am I seeing things or is the 2nd from the left in the pic not even touching the lifter?
  2. For the cars you can use an extra rear cap as the top and you've got a line connection ready to go.
  3. I've got one spare that's pretty rusty if I remember right. Might be good for a pattern of someone can make up a few.
  4. Car is reassembled and of course we had to test drive to DQ. Noticeably quieter. You can hardly hear it running at idle.
  5. I've done a few of these. 2 were the valves and one was a stuck piston/rings. Yours looks pretty clean so I'm guessing valves. I would hose them down with your favorite penetrating oil or try the brake fluid mentioned above. Heck of you've got some laying around dump ATF on them. Then try rocking the car.
  6. That heavy wool has gotta have more water holding potential than this tar stuff. Some of what I used is literally water proof roofing material for houses.
  7. That's true and not what I've got. Just that the last guy did the repairs. Other than whatever black rubbery stuff he used as seam sealer they seem to be installed well. That stuff all pealed right off and I put actual seam sealer over them.
  8. I knew the metal was there. I crawled all over this thing before buying. No rust buckets for this kid
  9. Started with buying the proper turquoise seatbelts to replace the cheapy black ones. Then decided to put some sound deadener on the floor. Then discovered the floors were patched up pretty decently but then the seams were coating in some rubbery stuff that just pealed right off when I was wiping the floor down before dynamat. So now I've got proper seam sealer drying along with some rust converter on some surface scale. Tomorrow I can finally start reassembling.
  10. As long as the clip is fully over the BB I'd say you're good to go
  11. Small screwdriver or a matching diameter socket should get that clip set
  12. Sounds like a show your tools post is in order
  13. Before you get to drilling have you tried welding a nut to the broken stud?
  14. Going by your profile pic and handle of p17 you have a late 49.
  15. A 49 doesn't have a true VIN it has a serial number. I believe all you can decode from it is what plant it was built in and an approximate production time.
  16. Not sure where you got the notion that the /6 dist conversion is difficult. I had mine converted in about an hour. The trickiest part is sanding a few thousand off the OD of the /6 dist so it fits in the flathead block. Beyond that everything else is just dismantling both and swapping over the drive.
  17. I would guess it was new when the car was restored in the mid 90s. Has 16k miles since then and probably hasn't been touched in that time.
  18. Well I figured the brakes were too good to be true. Drove it a little more and came home to a puddle under the MC! Had the wife pump the brakes while I watched and there is fluid coming out around the pushrod. Is that something a rebuild will solve or should I be shopping for new?
  19. Only thing I've ever car dolly'd backwards was a 66 fury that was a ladies daily driver until the early 2000s when one of the rear wheel bearings died and the wheel hit the inside of the 1/4. So that one went backwards for a little different reason.
  20. I maybe didn't make it that clear but when I said Mom took me for ice cream she was driving! We have a big car show this weekend (10-11k cars) and she wanted to practice a little before attending
  21. Thanks - it's kind of self serving though as Dad can't drive anymore. Was nice putting the top down and going for a ride. Mom even took me for ice cream
  22. Over the last week I've gotten all but one started up. Took the 66 wagon and 54 out for rides up north. Yesterday took the 51 for a ride to my house and gave it a bath. So far 6 will start. The 69 is low on atf so we couldn't drive it and it needs a new battery. The 54 IHC will only run with gas poured in the carb so something happened to the fuel system. The slightly weird part the 51 brakes were weak. MC looked empty so I filled it and immediately had brakes. I hunted for any sign of a leak but couldn't find any. Even pulled both front drums because the backing plates looked a little oily.
  23. I would think it's 8 3/4 but not the 8 3/4.
  24. The carrier swaps in as a whole from later cars and trucks. I have a car 3.9 in my 46 WC
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