New-to-me hemi

[austinsailor]

Monday I picked up the little 241 Red Ram Hemi Richard Taylor had for sale.  Fair price, good core.

 

Got it to the machine shop this morning. Crank is .010 under, looks good, slight chance it'll be ok with just a polish, but there is plenty of metal left for a grind.

 

Surprisingly, the cylinders showed little wear and they were still standard. Lots of room there to clean it up. There is a good chance it was never torn down before, I have seen cranks that came from the factory .010 under, so it's likely it had few miles on it. It's biggest problem is a little rust and some seized rockers and valves, all fixable. I'll probably spend 10 times the purchase price on the rebuild before it's done.

 

I've wanted one of these for a long time, passed on some I should have just jumped on, let one go to the crusher in another state because I thought I'd made to many trips just before that, and even owned one years ago that I never really used. I'm going to fix that.

 

Not sure what it'll go in yet, but I have a lot of time to think about that.  My wife found  a T bucket on yesterday on Craigslist she liked a lot, even in January, so I guess the door is open to nearly anything.  If the t had a hemi instead of that standard chevy crate motor, we might have gone to look.

[handlebar lou]

Check out Hot Heads Hemi in Lowgap NC--Bob Walker is very knowledgeable. His web site also hosts a swap meet

[Taylormade]

Gene, I wish I'd had the chance to put that little Hemi in my Wayfarer convert, but now both are gone and I'm working on my 32 Dodge. I'm glad the Red Ram went to a good home.

[Adam H P15 D30]

TR Waters is a member here and extremely knowledgeable on all thing HEMI.