Found my dads original 1971 duster!
It's a shame the engine build wasn't a straight forward success but it is a success at this point. You have to understand this forum and all forums in general. When a problem is spotted, no mater how it turns out, some members will jump on it like a bulldog on a ham bone. Im sure the engine will be trouble free for a few reasons. The builder hid nothing and put it all in writing. He gave the defective head back to you for examination. He has a reputation as a premier engine shop to protect.
Don't worry about the engine, it will be great. One thing you might ask them is could they send a technician to oversee the initial start up. They may do that to ease your mind and also further their reputation.
Good luck and go have some fun.
Jerry
Thanks, Jerry. Much appreciated!
Well….I definitely would ask them to oversee the first start up, but the car is being built 25 hours from their shop (23 hours from my house). Lol. Like I said….the car build is a whole other story! I might as well sum it up here:
When my father had passed, I put a “wanted” ad up on kijiji. I was wanting to have a car built in memory of my father. The builder from Saskatchewan contacted me saying that he’d love to build the car for me, as hes all about family….and his is a family run business. I was in he process of making a deal with him, as he had several dusters on hand, to do a build with. I was just to search out an engine and transmission for the build
After thinking it over, I cooled my jets and realized that the car was just too much of an investment to make, to just have a car that was “similar” to the one I used to ride around in as a kid……BUT that’s the part of the story where I was able to actually track down my dads car! Then it made sense to me to make the investment and bring my dads car home, to where it belonged!!
So from that point on, I felt obligated to the builder in Saskatchewan. It’s been a struggle at times, not being able to see things or keep things moving along, but in the end, hopefully it all works out. It was an expensive fuel bill to drive the engine and transmission out to him once they were built here closer to home (but I wanted warranty to be where I live…not 23 hours away). I guess that was a moot point. Lol.
But I wanted to drive them out rather than ship them, so that I could see the progress and quality of the build on my car while I was there. He definitely knows what he’s doing and I was also able to see other complete cars while I was there. So I’m hopeful that I will love the car, in the end!