Recent content by Darkfader

Thanks for the explanation Don. I’ll do a leak down this coming weekend and let you guys know what I find, but I guess I’m going to plan the rebuild regardless. Does anyone know of someone in WV, PA, OH, VA, of MD who’s could be trusted with this block? I have a local machine shop that did some...

So 185-190 is bad?

Oh wow. I thought those numbers were good. Guess I was wrong. What numbers are we looking for on a compression test?

Well gentlemen, it was a short weekend, too short. I had a lot of projects on the to-do list, but only a few were possible. I do have some really good news regarding the '64. I was able to do a compression test. All 8 cylinders were between 185-190 psi. I'm very pleased with that. I didn't have...

Rstreet, that’s exactly what’s about to happen. I’ve spent the last few days looking around the Internet at some vendors pages. Certainly the right radiator and shroud are on the list. Clean engine bays are happy engine bays. This car deserves that. Your engine bay is like ooh la la. Very nice...

Do you guys think this is my block date code? I see “G15 61”

When you say "top cover" are you referring to the chrome air cleaner?

Firing order?!?!? Haha, I feel dumb. I figured out the casting numbers for the heads are under the VC’s. Thanks for all the info, I’ll need to research the steering a bit further I guess. Jeez. Lots of mismatching going on with this car. I guess you’ll have that with cars this age. I foresee...

Thanks for that info Boxerdog.

And here’s a few pics of the whole car. Exterior and interior are really clean so I want the mechanicals to be on that same level.

More pics. Above you can see that the headers were dented to fit against the control arms. I pretty much hate that. And shouldn’t there be small linkage rods connected to the small arms on the passenger side of the carbs? I’ve been driving EFI cars for the last 20-ish years and I am quite carb...

I took a few more pics of the engine bay for you guys. The more I look around, the more I see things I don’t really like. The headers are way too close to the upper control arms for one thing. The belt for the alternator is super close to the power steering pump, but with the cheap aftermarket...

Yea Chip, the jokes started before I finished reading the sentence. :laugh

I’ll try to find it when I get back to the house. Thanks Don!

Help me out here, where do I find the date code? I’ll absolutely provide a pic if I can find it