It is official , I have a 1963 sickness ....
Well , lots of progress , here is the motor going in , with the help of my Son, Daughter and Wife . I will have more pics soon of the new dash and carpet and seats . The guy I was trading the brakes for the seats disappeared with my seats:bootysha: .Oh well , I guess he needed them more then I did . I found a set of Chevy swivel buckets ( I know , Blasphemy !!! ) that were in great shape but am hoping the guy does come thru down the road with the promised trade ( I still have the brakes) .
I was able to get rebuilt Kelsey-Hayes calipers and use mine for cores at Napa for $150.00 . Ordered all the brake lines and will be installing them soon .
The motor was in and I made sure to set it up on TDC before I dropped in the dist . Only problem was it was TDC on the intake stroke !!! . That is twice I have done that in the last 2-3 years .... My Daughter said , maybe you got something in backwards ( after about ten minutes of swearing I did everything right and cranking ....) , then like a ton of bricks it hit me . I changed the dist 180 and my Daughter goes crazy knowing she was right and Dad was wrong . I just gave her a high five and let it roar for the 20 min of cam breakin . Good family times for sure and thanks to my wife for putting up with car parts scattered all over Kingdom come for the last month !!!
Well , lots of progress , here is the motor going in , with the help of my Son, Daughter and Wife . I will have more pics soon of the new dash and carpet and seats . The guy I was trading the brakes for the seats disappeared with my seats:bootysha: .Oh well , I guess he needed them more then I did . I found a set of Chevy swivel buckets ( I know , Blasphemy !!! ) that were in great shape but am hoping the guy does come thru down the road with the promised trade ( I still have the brakes) .
I was able to get rebuilt Kelsey-Hayes calipers and use mine for cores at Napa for $150.00 . Ordered all the brake lines and will be installing them soon .
The motor was in and I made sure to set it up on TDC before I dropped in the dist . Only problem was it was TDC on the intake stroke !!! . That is twice I have done that in the last 2-3 years .... My Daughter said , maybe you got something in backwards ( after about ten minutes of swearing I did everything right and cranking ....) , then like a ton of bricks it hit me . I changed the dist 180 and my Daughter goes crazy knowing she was right and Dad was wrong . I just gave her a high five and let it roar for the 20 min of cam breakin . Good family times for sure and thanks to my wife for putting up with car parts scattered all over Kingdom come for the last month !!!