It's alive!

[Rollie���]

Thanks in part to all the good people at the P15-D24

video:

[boxer_inv]

sweeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!

Exhaust note sounds divine

Congratulations

[rockable]

Awesome! That's the kind of "rap" I like.

[Don Coatney]

Nice video but I think I smelled some wood burning:rolleyes:

[Cpt.Fred]

nice video!

great patina on your car:cool:

i want those headers, too:D

[plyman 50]

Sounds good. Headers really add to the looks. I split my manifold and the dual sound is there but I like the look of headers.

[BobT-47P15]

Pretty clever idea with the wood.

Next best thing to the Coatney engine stand.

[P-12 Tommy]

Cool video!

Tom

[DutchEdwin]

Don, to make the woody more beautiful I would like to suggest to use wood from a pear tree, the color will give a better match........LOL.

Nice video, nice looking engine. First time I heard a 6 run.

[Cpt.Fred]

do you have a photo from the bottom side, showing how your pipes are arranged under the car?

where did you buy those headers, at langdon's?

[Rollie���]

Those are the Langdon "Fenton style" headers, and I went with Smithy mufflers. The duals just follow the stock single pipe location. I could provide photos if you'd like.

[Cpt.Fred]

pics are always nice:)

i'm running a single 2" pipe on a factory manifold and a single "bullet" muffler,

but since i am going to lower the car 3" in the back i don't want to lay the exaust across the rear axle anymore.

the plan would be to to buy the fenton style headers (since i like the sound so much) and let the pipes exit in front of the rear wheels under the running boards on both sides.

keep us updated on your assembly progress, this will be a great car!

[Rollie���]

Drove the car with the new motor for the first time today, need to adjust the clutch and fix the off idle stumble.

[Cpt.Fred]

YeeHaw! great! thanks for sharing:eek:

[Jim Yergin]

Congratulations from one woodie owner to another.

Jim Yergin

[pflaming]

Question: Do you have CAD drawings for that radiator mount. Looks like a good way to check things out before putting the 'dog house' back on. Good work, enjoyed the video?

Edited May 16, 2010 by pflaming

[aero3113]

Its hard to tell but in the second picture I think you have a big smile on your face

[adam_knox]

Congratulations! Very exciting! Don't forget to double check that the hood is securely latched!

[Don Coatney]

Suggest you clean your yellowalls:rolleyes:

[Rollie���]

The wood jokes just write themselves... and Don, I refer to those as my "brown walls".

Got the front clip back on a week ago and been driving the heck out of the car.

This flathead is very enjoyable to drive.

[Rollie���]

After 4 hours of working a wire wheel the front clip cleaned up nicely:

[Rollie���]

The off idle stumble was caused by my attempt to create stock looking linkage

for the 2-barrel carburetor. All the pivot points created too much play, ended up going with a 48" Lokar throttle cable.

Spent too much time on design and fabbing parts. First pivot arm is a stock peice cut and flipped. Second pivot arm was my rough attempt and recreating

the stock piece (flipped) out of flat steel:

Lokar fits stock pedal nicely, only had to do a little bit of filing.

I knew there was a reason I hung on to that short piece of left over hanger:

Much cleaner and a lot better throttle control:

Edited June 9, 2010 by Rollie���

[Cpt.Fred]

good job on that front clip!

i still live in faer of the day i have to take mine off...

what model carb are you using there, does it run better and more economically

than the carter 1bbl or why did you change it?

a linkage would have been nice for sure, but this way it's clean, too!

[BeBop138]

Fun-fun-fun--a bunch of us are getting the engines running and cars on the road---it is a good feeling. Great job---I like the clean carb linkage. Good luck on the rest..............Lee:D

[JoelOkie]

Nice job. Same car, and same color (sans the nice patina) as the one we had when I was a kid. My dad ended up re-building the engine with it still in the car, working under a carport, with an "overhaul" kit from Western Auto. Joel