Members HellcatLeathers Posted June 5, 2012 Members Report Posted June 5, 2012 Chancey I dont have an old car, but I would love to....dad promissed me his old 53 Chevy when I was here in the eight'ies....then when I came back to SW Va 2 years later he had sold it..ohhhh well...haha Still looking after any old car, every now and then twisting my neck when one goes by...not these 100K fancy hot rods...just like you said...the ones with owners in it that have grease under theire nails and gasoline in their veins.... I breath old bikes but old cars are good for any day too... So here is my little old car/truck...carved in leather and ready to go on somebodies wallet...haha Maybe one of these days....when all is said and done, all college is paid for and da wife not buying expensive shoes...LOL Then, maybe then old Jimbob finds him an old rat rod.... Greetings Jimbob shoes LOVE THAT TRUCK!!!!! Great job! Quote www.hellcatleathers.com
Members chancey77 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Members Report Posted June 5, 2012 Have them look at the water jackets, as a lot of them still have a coffe cans worth of sand casting mold sand in them. This was pointed out years ago in Hot Rod magazine. It is packed in pretty tight, and may require some persuasion to remove it all. Oh we know all about that, but sitting in traffic in Tampa is a real pain...and even with an over sized radiator and new water jackets, it still over heats...which blows gaskets and warps heads...and well you should know you can't rebuild the top end of a motor without rebuilding the bottom...so..OVERHAUL! Plus cast-iron takes a beating, but pits and needs special attention all the time, especially in Coastal towns like well most of Florida with the salt and humidity, plus in the 50's they didn't have those big traffic jams they do now, the roads where more rural and free flowing people rarely sat in a jam for 2+ hours driving from Brandon-St. Pete like it is now every day. After rush hours are over it takes 30 mins. You should pull your valves every 3-5,000 miles and polish those as well, but 99.99999% of people NEVER DO THAT EVEN 1 TIME ON A CAR THESE DAYS! Just drive it till it blows and go get something else...heck most people don't even check the oil! I still check my oil and fluids DAILY even with my 95 VOLVO and that WILL RUN FOREVER...as long as there is oil...LOL I know I am not telling any real gear heads anything..and there is a LOT of Flatheads on the road...sometimes you just have BAD LUCK! Quote
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