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Well, I had a great trip to Missouri, but I didn't get to do near the things I wanted to do while there. First, I didn't get to re-ring the motor while I was there. I also didn't get the chance to see Gary's badass truck. That didn't mean my trip was a total waste though. We did strip the cab of the truck down to parade rest, squirted a bunch of PB Blaster into the cylinders of the 392 Hemi in his 57 Chrysler, and we also went and picked up some cool stuff from his late Dad's old shop, and his late Aunt's house out in Kansas City.
The bad part of the trip? That happened on the way back here. On the West Virginia/Kentucky border, the Montana started jerking and bucking. At first, it seemed like a fuel starvation issue, but after further diagnosis, I determined it was the transmission. After shifting it down a gear, it stopped jerking. I got it through West Virginia and part of Virginia when it started doing it in that gear too. I stopped for the night and got a rental this morning to so I could get the family home. The van did fine when I started it up this morning, so I'm hoping it's the shift solenoids. If not, it may need another transmission. Either way, it's at a repair shop in Staunton, Va. (which I absolutely hate having someone doing a repair on a car I could've done myself if I had it at home).
On to the pics. Please excuse the quality of the pics. My wife bought me a camera for my birthday, but it's not the best I've ever used...
Here she is in all her stripped glory, all ready to go to the media blaster. PB Blaster is your friend...
We found this at his Aunt's house in a filing cabinet. He might be interested in selling this if someone is interested.
Something else we found in the filing cabinet. Due to my younger nature, I wasn't aware that the government sent stuff like this catered to individual homes. If you ever need to build a fallout shelter, this book is for you!
Here's an old Aladdin Desk Lamp I found digging around the basement. My father-in-law said I could have it. What he doesn't realize is I'm going to strip it down and paint the base, flex arm, and light socket a copper color, paint the globe silver on the outside and white on the inside, clear coat the whole thing, and then give it back to him when I'm finished. I asked him what color he thought would look best on it and that's what he told me, so I figure he should like it!
Here's a gratuitous shot of the 392.
Side shot of the same 392.
Neat old sprayer we found in his Aunt's garage.
Closer shot of the label on the sprayer.
My father-in-law's Aunt was a secretary back in the day. Here's a "portable" Underwood typewriter we found in the basement.
And here's a neat old IBM Model 01 electric typewriter we found also. It powers up, but it needs some repair to get it to work correctly.
Here's a 40 year old heater, complete with instructions and never used, I found at a Salvation Army thrift store when we dropped off an old washer my father-in-law had at his house. Got it for 20 bucks. We also picked up a push mower that was "parts only - will not run" for $10 bucks. I had it running 5 minutes after we got it back to his house. After changing the oil, sharpening the blade and putting a used wheel on it, it's now for sale in his used mower section for $65 bucks.
And here's the absolute coolest thing we picked up at his Dad's shop...an old Walker Roll-A-Car mechanical jack! And boy, was that bastard heavy! It's a model 85 that I think was built in either the 20's or 30's. It still works and he plans on restoring it.
The bad part of the trip? That happened on the way back here. On the West Virginia/Kentucky border, the Montana started jerking and bucking. At first, it seemed like a fuel starvation issue, but after further diagnosis, I determined it was the transmission. After shifting it down a gear, it stopped jerking. I got it through West Virginia and part of Virginia when it started doing it in that gear too. I stopped for the night and got a rental this morning to so I could get the family home. The van did fine when I started it up this morning, so I'm hoping it's the shift solenoids. If not, it may need another transmission. Either way, it's at a repair shop in Staunton, Va. (which I absolutely hate having someone doing a repair on a car I could've done myself if I had it at home).
On to the pics. Please excuse the quality of the pics. My wife bought me a camera for my birthday, but it's not the best I've ever used...
Here she is in all her stripped glory, all ready to go to the media blaster. PB Blaster is your friend...
We found this at his Aunt's house in a filing cabinet. He might be interested in selling this if someone is interested.
Something else we found in the filing cabinet. Due to my younger nature, I wasn't aware that the government sent stuff like this catered to individual homes. If you ever need to build a fallout shelter, this book is for you!
Here's an old Aladdin Desk Lamp I found digging around the basement. My father-in-law said I could have it. What he doesn't realize is I'm going to strip it down and paint the base, flex arm, and light socket a copper color, paint the globe silver on the outside and white on the inside, clear coat the whole thing, and then give it back to him when I'm finished. I asked him what color he thought would look best on it and that's what he told me, so I figure he should like it!
Here's a gratuitous shot of the 392.
Side shot of the same 392.
Neat old sprayer we found in his Aunt's garage.
Closer shot of the label on the sprayer.
My father-in-law's Aunt was a secretary back in the day. Here's a "portable" Underwood typewriter we found in the basement.
And here's a neat old IBM Model 01 electric typewriter we found also. It powers up, but it needs some repair to get it to work correctly.
Here's a 40 year old heater, complete with instructions and never used, I found at a Salvation Army thrift store when we dropped off an old washer my father-in-law had at his house. Got it for 20 bucks. We also picked up a push mower that was "parts only - will not run" for $10 bucks. I had it running 5 minutes after we got it back to his house. After changing the oil, sharpening the blade and putting a used wheel on it, it's now for sale in his used mower section for $65 bucks.
And here's the absolute coolest thing we picked up at his Dad's shop...an old Walker Roll-A-Car mechanical jack! And boy, was that bastard heavy! It's a model 85 that I think was built in either the 20's or 30's. It still works and he plans on restoring it.
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