Monday, November 7, 2011
New Motor!
Well, I finished up with the new motor. This one's an 010 block, 350 cid, with 461 heads, Edelbrock C4B intake, Edelbrock 600 cfm carb, and the fabled 350HP cam. Should be good for a few hundred horse, anyway. Still have a few loose ends (rear freeze plugs, install alternator, that sort of thing ) but otherwise we're good to go!
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Well, it's been a while, but I did progress a little bit on my '51 project today. (and when I say today, I mean for the past month or so. Babies have a funny way of occupying your free time )
Frenched my headlights.
I didn't take any "progress" pictures- I didn't want my SLR anywhere near the dust in the shop - but I did make it out tonight to take a few snaps. I'm quite happy with how it turned out.
Understated and clean. I'm not a fan of tunnled headlights - like you get when you use those kits.
Basically, I took the headlight buckets out. They normally mount in from the front. I then removed all the clips from the fender and flipped them around, so that I could mount the headlight in from behind. Once that was done, I mounted the headlight and I taped the trim ring in place - a few times. It's a little tricky getting it lined up right. A few tack welds, and then I removed the bucket for final welding. I had to move around a LOT here, and go really slowly to avoid warping.
Then when it was all welded up, I pulled the filler out and smoothed everything out. With that done, a coat of sealer gets us to where we are today.
What do ya think? This was my first ever french, and I'm quite proud of myself. :)
Frenched my headlights.
I didn't take any "progress" pictures- I didn't want my SLR anywhere near the dust in the shop - but I did make it out tonight to take a few snaps. I'm quite happy with how it turned out.
Understated and clean. I'm not a fan of tunnled headlights - like you get when you use those kits.
Basically, I took the headlight buckets out. They normally mount in from the front. I then removed all the clips from the fender and flipped them around, so that I could mount the headlight in from behind. Once that was done, I mounted the headlight and I taped the trim ring in place - a few times. It's a little tricky getting it lined up right. A few tack welds, and then I removed the bucket for final welding. I had to move around a LOT here, and go really slowly to avoid warping.
Then when it was all welded up, I pulled the filler out and smoothed everything out. With that done, a coat of sealer gets us to where we are today.
What do ya think? This was my first ever french, and I'm quite proud of myself. :)
Monday, May 30, 2011
Woo. (Hoo.)
'nuff said.
Ok, not really. I've gotta pull the motor now to replace the badly leaking rear main seal. (And move the car so I can clean the driveway from the copious amounts of oil it spewed.
But, it ran. So that's a start!
Friday, January 14, 2011
It's Frigging Cold...
Let me tell ya... if you've got a hankering to do some stuff to yer engines there... do 'em while the motor's out of the car!
In the next day or two I'll add the starter, pullys and the alternator... weather permitting.
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