jensenracing77

Does it have Felpro gaskets now? Are you doing both sides or just one? The entire gasket set is not all that much. I think it is around $85 for the set. I do have a set of Fep-Pro head gaskets I can let go of but I will want $45 and shipping for the pair. You would not be that far off from just getting the entire set from the local auto zone

I Think the color is likely the same. This picture is not very good for mine. I found a nearly mint used one for my car a few years ago. I have another one that is nearly as good that may find its way to Melissa’s car.

That is what I felt but I have heard of several people needing these in the past. I never needed one so was not sure if there was something people have found that work or not. Felix just posted on Facebook that a TH400 transmission dipstick grommet works good. I will skip this project since there is an alternative

Nice work!

Tank is in. It is not perfect but it is nice enough to make me happy. The inside is as nice as the bottom.

Just picked up the driveshaft from the shop and could not be happier! Before I took it I was not sure how I was going to make the ends look good after the new tubes were welded on. I knew they would not match the pretty new tubes. It is not “correct” but I decided to bead blast the ends and just dip the ends of the shaft in my phosphate solution.…[Read more]

The chassis service manual shows how to do it. Should be able to.

Found this yellow paint mark on my drive shaft.

Made more headway.

I am getting there. I got the paint off the water pump so it look better now.

The guy that rebuilt the water pump painted it and it didn’t look right. Just used some lacquer thinner on a rag and took it right off. I will use a Q tip to remove it in the little areas I couldn’t get to.

Making some headway. Front and back glass are in and the engine is mostly assembled.

Is this car located in Texas?

As much as I hate to say it, if it is to the point of needing floors it is only a parts car. There are no body parts available for these cars and if the floors are gone then it will have rust elsewhere. I pick up parts cars for between $800 and $2000 depending on what parts and options are left that are usable.

The passenger side glass is done and the back driver side glass is done. I will get back tot he driver door glass at a later time. I have moved on to the engine because I needed to get some of it cleaned up before cold weather comes. For a year I have been back and forth on if I wanted to do a full rebuild on the engine. I have decided to leave…[Read more]

I never did get back to the driver side. I have been putting it off and dreading going back to it. It has the correct part number molded into the rubber so I think I got the correct one. I used an NOS rubber on the passenger side and fit perfect and seals great. I have had 5 or 6 people now say that the Steele Rubber part fit theirs great so I…[Read more]

Just found this 21 marking in grease pencil on the front of the block just below the driver side head. In the 62 inspection book I found engine code 21 is for the manual transmission low compression engine so I assume this is not the engine code. I am guessing it is just some random inspection number that is not in the book. According to it, this…[Read more]