Putting the Pieces together

I wish I had used the camera's date and time function. I have a ton of pictures (does that equate anymore with digital pics?) with no frame reference other than the label I gave the file when I downloaded the pics into my computer. I guess I could look and see when the file was created but that would mean I would have had to put the pictures into the computer in a timely fashion. UMMM... Anyway I believe my next trip was in July of '01 when I began taking apart the engine and trans to see what I needed to order to rebuild them. I also sandblasted the frame and got it painted. This is when I give thanks that my dad was around to look over my shoulder. Without him around the rebuild may have been less than perfect. I'll take the engine first.

Once I got 50 years of grime and dirt scrapped off it was off to the engine shop to get boiled and cleaned. Everything was magnafluxed and got a clean bill of health. The block was then bored out, the head got new valves and the crank shaft

was balanced. Etc. Etc. Most everything once taken apart sat until the following year to get put back together. So to take a lot of typing and detail out of the blog...the time I had in 2002 was mostly devoted to getting the engine and trans back together. Most everything going back into the engine was new. Everything that was original and went back on or into was cleaned and wire brushed etc.

At this point I should mention that I'm going broke!!! You really do this for the love of the car.

In March of '03 I got the carbs finished.

Mind you by "I" I had a lot of guidance from my father and an old timer that hangs about the shop. And finally in May I was able to get back and put the engine completely back together and reassemble the transmission (big help from dad there.) So at the end of 2 years I had the frame sandblasted and painted (2001), the engine and trans rebuilt (02-03.)