new toys

[cobra]

pulled out the carpet and cleaned and prepped the floor in the brown car today. will put in new carpet and start the interior reassembly tomarrow (today). tried to clean the really filthy arm rest. ended up discoloring it.
now i'll have to dye it....which means dying the whole console to match

[cobra]

console turned out good. got half the interior in. i bought the "better" plastic headliner backer board instead of the cardboard. it fits like crap, so now i have to trim it around the t-tops.

[pintoboy77]

Thats the bad thing about after market stuff some of it fits like crap,but it sounds like your making progress keep it up.

[cobra]

brown car
got the rear seat and console back in. got the front seat backs dyed. tried to fit the t tops. they didn't fit too well with the new rubber...didn't fit at all. i'll try and loosen the pin holders all the way up and slowly work everything back down...hopefully this will work.

[cobra]

got the t tops back on the brown car. i'll leave them on awhile to try and get the rubber compressed. drove it. it ran good except after it warms up it seems to have a fast idle. i think the more i drive it, it should straighten out a little.

my buddy has the drivetrain in the black car. the brakes are done. he drove it around the block. need to put the inner fender in and some interior parts and it will be ready to go up for sale.

[Monster]

Nice work Bruce ... I need to go for a ride in one after Summer Camp !

[cobra]

was waiting in the detroit airport sunday and decided to call my buddy to see if i scored the 351W shortblock i wanted for the 50'. good news - i got the 351W....bad news - the engine in the black t/a went boom.

was over to his shop today. can't really figure out exactly what was the problem, but am guessing the 10" of gunk all over everything had something to do with it. it had very good oil pressure on the engine stand, and ran fine at low speed, but i guess it couldn't handle hiway speed.

wiped out two bearings and two rods. cylinder walls, pistons look good. took it over to Tims (mr. crankshaft) to have him do the bottom end and heads. still don't know how bad it is yet till he pulls it apart and tanks everything.

it's always something

[Rocketman]

Bummer Bruce ^^^

[silver_bullet]

Keep Sluggin' You'll get 'er!

[cobra]

got news on the engine for the black t/a
it's going to cost a little more than expected, so i guess no
fall tour.
besides a new crank, it's going to need to be bored 30
over, which means new pistons.
good news, it will be a fresh motor and have a few extra
horses

it should be done in a week.

[pintoboy77]

Sounds like the progress is still happening here. Gook Luck.

[cobra]

picked up the t/a engine this morning. $2,300.00 lighter in the pockets. everything had to be done. a little more cam and .030 bore, new pistons and crank. will be putting it together on sunday instead of working on the 50'.

[Jimsc52]

Fun thread to read through, so thanks for taking the time to do this.

[cstmwgn]

picked up the t/a engine this morning. $2,300.00 lighter in the pockets. everything had to be done. a little more cam and .030 bore, new pistons and crank. will be putting it together on sunday instead of working on the 50'.
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Seems like you should keep this one as it will be nice and fresh.

[oletrux4evr]

picked up the t/a engine this morning. $2,300.00 lighter in the pockets. everything had to be done. a little more cam and .030 bore, new pistons and crank. will be putting it together on sunday instead of working on the 50'.
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That's gonna be nice....so.....you should start an 'engine build' thread and you and boB could post to it so we can all compare Ford and GM engine builds.........