7/1/2012- It lives again……
Over the past few weeks, I’d managed to get some steady time out in the garage picking away at several areas of the car- flush/bleed the brake system, new radiator /water pump, new battery cables, new alternator, new engine wiring harness, NOS iron single point distributor- recurved by FBO, carb rebuild, and primed the oiling system.
All this time while working to reach this point of getting it running, I’ve always been worried (worried sick) about why this car sat for so long. Short of pulling the motor out and tearing it down, I’d inspected and checked as much as possible (leakdown, compression, inspecting the old spark plugs, checking all of the fluids, etc..). Each inspection came out good, not finding anything wrong. Other than some worn, non-OEM rocker arms (which I replaced) everything looked decent. Still, I had concern- why has it sat, why was it parked?
I still do not have the answer, as today it fired right up. No leaks, no smoke, no funny noises. We let it warm up and then made a couple of brief launches down the driveway with it (rock hard old Goodyears). So far, so good. Below are a couple of video links with it running:
http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh110...9-24-07_872.mp4http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh110...41183534202.mp4 Next steps will to finish the paint cleaning/polishing, reinstall the exterior trim (grill, etc..), fix a few electrical issues, install new tires and get it registered.
