Flatie46

If I were to go look at it I wouldn't be so much concerned about the engine bay and engine. I would want to see it on a lift with a good flash light in hand. That will sort out a lot of potential purchases.

You asked if anyone had any comments and that you couldn't come up with any negativity about it. I studied the pics, I really can't find any negativity either. I really like the car, you never find one this nice when your looking for one. Could you please go look at this car in person and tell me if you see anything negative about it. I need closure here...

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum. Cool ride, glad you came out of the shadows and joined us.

My son repaired/ made his from an old Miller High Life 12 pack carton and duct tape. Got him thru cold mornings when he was driving it to school. This was back in '08 or '09. It's still on the car and operable last time it was used. It was a quick and easy repair meant to be temporary. Worked so good just never got around to fixing it right. We've discussed fabbing one from fiberglass . If you make one post pics so we can copy. Lol

The " P " means performance. Does on mine anyway.

Cool truck Bob, thanks for sharing.

I posted it to show how different things were back in the day VS the way things are today. There was a time when this was common practice.

Might work better for a truck and "tail gating".

The guy fishin' shotgun has the best spot, up front next to the heater. lol

I wonder if the direct injection from the LF-39 would work on a Mopar car or truck. I know in this day and age where people have Bridgeport mills and Tig set-ups in their shop out back you can make most anything work. But I wonder since the engines are so similar if it might be a good fit. I would think it would up the power, MPG's and longevity. ( longevity because fuel injected engines tend to last longer due to the more ideal atomization and proper metering of the fuel ) It would be neat to see anyway but they're prob few and far between, in my area anyway. I think the only drawbacks of propane are it makes a tad less power from combustion and it's harder to start in cold weather. If you run a propane set up in a car or truck and needed fuel you could pick up a grill tank at any convenience store. lol

Tim your right about the L-heads liking propane. The Yale forklifts we use to have at our plant did very well on this. The engine in my '46 coupe was a Jasper re-man engine that was suppose to go in a fork lift but they signed a rental agreement on a new fleet before it was used. ( It was actually set in a forklift but never put into service, long story, anyway I got a new engine for free ) Propane burns much cleaner in the combustion process and promotes longevity. I saved the propane set up and tank in case I ever wanted to run it like that again.

I work with a guy who drives an early to mid 70's Scamp with the slant six. Gave $350 for it about 5years ago. Other than a crushed quarter panel the car is very solid and straight. He was telling me months back it needed a tune up really bad. He's been in a tight spot financially and thru the holidays he didn't have the extra cash to tune it up. Last week he said he had to do something at this point because it was so hard to start and ran so poorly it was about to lay down. He brought the plugs in to work and had them laying on a table. I walked by and noticed a strong smell of gas, it was coming from the plugs. He questioned me about how difficult it was to put a kit in the carb, and a few other things. As the week went by he would tell me how the tune up had progressed. Last thing I asked was, when the last time it had an oil change. He said he didn't know, he would have to ask the family of the deceased previous owner. Said he really needed to change it, it smelled of gas pretty bad. Said it didn't use much oil at all. I think that says a lot about one. Over 5 years as a daily driver, a lot of it in a poor state of tune. The oil saturated with gas and it still doesn't use much oil.

We stayed with a friend in Spearfish for the rally. I think it was like 17 miles to Sturgis from there. Its a beautiful area, I couldn't believe how clear the streams are. Also was amazed at how pothole free the roads were. I bet it was a nice place to grow up. I've got a friend that's 60 years old that still races flat track ( and wins often!). I like the street tracker style.

I wish I could find cool stuff like that cowl in the woods around here. If I did it wouldn't be in that solid. I found a late 30's early 40's ford car frame once in a deep gulley when the lake was down. Pretty rusted and rough, probably been there since TVA flooded the valley, considering it's remote location. I rode to Sturgis in 2015, while there we rode the back roads a bit. Saw some really cool vintage tin there. Tell me about the flat tracker twin in the pic. I've got a '77 Yamaha TT500, it's never seen the track, just a play bike.

But they look so cute in the Coke commercials.

Wow! Really cool exciting project! Keep us updated as you progress. Thanks for sharing!

Great info, this should be in the tech section or something. Thanks for sharing.

Welcome to the forum, nice car you have there.

Well how much are we calling too much? Most of the annealing processes I've seen are for stress relieving where you "cook the metal or parts " and let them cool slowly allowing the molecules to "relax". In my opinon if you heat that broken plug red and let it cool then try to remove it your not going to hurt anything. The head is cast iron. Trust me it's seen a lot of heat it it's time. They say cast iron is for cooking anyway. lol

If all it took for you to change the hardness is heat the company I work for wouldn't waste the time and money on quench oil and Polymer. I use heat to remove rusted and stubborn bolts on a fairly regular basis with no problems. Using the heat will cause the metal to expand and contract ( heat cycle ) breaking the bond of the rust.

That's nice that you we concerned about the carbon foot print and conservation of fossil fuels back then.

Just from the info above it would lead me to believe it has. Or it's really low miles and someone was really fanatical about taking care of the cooling system. How many miles does it show? Any info on the cars history?

That sucks about that one plug. Probably better start soaking the head bolts.

One thing for sure, when you've had single digits for a while and it gets up to the 40's its like a heat wave.