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Just a last picture before I tear her down. I guess I’ll start this thread to show my progress, or lack there of. I’m slow and have too many passions in life so this won’t be quick. My goal for this stage is a swap to a 230 with an overdrive tranny. I’m converting to 12 volts and refreshing/repairing a few things along the way. Oh, and lots of degreasing. In preparation for the engine pull I checked the compression on the existing engine. All cylinders were around 65 psi according to my gauge. So I’m questioning my gauges accuracy because I thought an engine wouldn’t even run at that low of a compression. I started by taping all the edges of the front end and pulling the hood. I don’t have anywhere to store the complete front clip so its coming off in pieces. That way it fits in the house. The wife is thrilled. Off with the rest. The next step was to get the steering gear out for a rebuild. That dang steering wheel will not budge! I used a small puller, no luck. Tried the bearing puller, split the stock nut. Now I’m trying this contraption with no luck. Soaking and letting it sit each night. Wondering if I am going to have to cut it off. I’ve got a 49 deluxe wheel coming from the bay that I hope will work (and be as good as the pictures). I removed and disassembled the heater box. Anyone know a good way to get the fan off the motor post? I removed the set screw and it won’t budge. Currently soaking in PBblaster. I took a wire wheel to the bell housing to get the grease/rust/paint off. This will be gloss black when finished. Anywhere to pick up new mesh inserts? I know no one will see it, but I’m OCD like that. And just a pick of a junkyard find. I love this dash. 33 desoto. The cluster may end up in the 40 someday if it’s salvageable. For now it’s destined for garage art.

Final got my Saaty carbs installed and tweaked the best I can get them. Below is a link if you want to see them running. I’ll post a video of my car driving this weekend. They definitely whistle and screech and sound somewhat like a slipping fan belt but they have also added a noticeable power increase. With these on it can really snap your head back when you punch it. I’m not running the chokes so it’s a little hard to start sometimes but I think living in south Florida I’ll get by. They are super smooth and quite at cruising speed but with my Edgerton cam it’s has a pretty rough idle. Overall, I would say they run better than the Langdon carbs I had before, which work very well by the way. I’m not that happy with the wimpy air filter in the velocity stacks so I’m looking for a small cone shaped one that I can stuff inside. In the video the idle is a bit high but I’ve been able to bring down to about 800, any lower than that and it about shakes me out of the car. Brett