57 Wagon Holiday Thrash

[mrocketscience]

Since I had two 3 day weekends back to back, I took the opportunity to get my wagon project under way. I bought the car about 5 years ago, and drove it around with the original 312 y-block until the blow by into the interior got too bad to tolerate ( cough cough ). I started putting together a .30 over 302 a couple years ago w/ a C4 auto, and here we are! I sold the Y-block and Ford-0-matic to a guy restoring a Ranchero, and now the small block is sitting in it's place....

[milner351]

nice work! how much monkeying around was required for motor mounts / etc?

[mrocketscience]

No monkeying around at all! Bought a kit from Butch's Cool Stuff that makes everything a bolt in. Makes it a lot easier.

[oletrux4evr]

Cool! 2-door or 4-door wagon?

[mrocketscience]

It's a 4 door Country Sedan....

[hauen]

Awesome!

[JOES66FURY]

too cool

[Huskinhano]

It's a 4 door Country Sedan....

Whoa! that's just so cool. Wanna swap for a Mustang?

[Spaceman Spiff]

It's a 4 door Country Sedan....

I LOVE it!! Wouldn't change a thing!

[mrocketscience]

Whoa! that's just so cool. Wanna swap for a Mustang?

LOL! Already got a Mustang... Thanks though. Going to fit the trans mount and try some headers this weekend. My buddy donated some headers pulled from a 68 Mustang, looks like they might clear everything...

[mrocketscience]

A little bit about the engine in case anyone is interested. 2-3 years ago I picked up a complete dissasembled 77 302 from someone for my favorite price... Free! Had the block bored .030 (306) and crank ground .010. Got a rebuild kit from Summit (New pistons, rings, bearings, oil pump, gasket set) for something like $250. Got a Lunati Bracketmaster II camshaft and lifters, Comp Cams Magnum roller rockers, and I had a set of freshly rebuilt 68 302 heads already, got a swap meet Performer RPM manifold, and a QFT 650 double pumper from Ebay, although I may just use a Holley 600 I have instead. Transmission is a fresh 66 C4 with a TCI Streetfighter converter I had from the Mustang. So, really, I have not had to lay out much money at all so far, which is cool! Like everyone else, money's a little tight now days. I'm hoping to have this up and running in a couple of months. One issue I have is the gas tank. It leaks if you fill it past half tank, so I'm gonna need somebody to fix it. Any suggestions in the So Cal area?

[SuperBuickGuy]

POR 15 gas tank coating works wonders on leaks. You'd have to find a brave soul to weld on an old gas tank

[Scott Liggett]

Do you know where it leaks at? If all it needs is a rubber filler tube hose, or if it's leaking from a seam. Most radiator shops can fix a tank, lot's of similarities to working on a radiator. If they dont purge the tank with argon or some other innert gas, go for a walk when they start welding and brazing.

[mrocketscience]

Yeah, I thought about the POR 15 solution. Thing is, I don't know where it leaks from so I'm going to have to drop the tank and look. Maybe it's just a rubber part that leaks, that would make me happy...

[JOES66FURY]

Mine leaked when I would fill it up...New fuel system front to back...wondered WTF...got under the car and found the vent tube was not as tight as it should be so I got some new runner line with a smaller ID and it fixed it up fine...