Re: Larry's 1951 Club Sedan Project
Posted by Larry51 On 2013/9/2 20:45:03
A great occasion (for me and the '51) when the engine and gearbox got installed!
Just before that happened I felt like having one last ride on the 288 while it was still out of the car . . . . .
Enough of being silly! It does make me wonder if anyone has ever built a motorcycle powered by an inline eight -?? (Where's Guscha - he'd know).
I used to follow the drag-bike scene years ago when the likes of E.J. Potter aka 'The Michigan Madman' rode V8-powered bikes in demonstration quarter-mile drags. The Widowmaker
I can imagine what a crowd-pleaser it would be to build a Packard-powered bike.
Anyway - back to reality.
It's just the best feeling to have that 1000-pound plus engine and Ultramatic in the car, where it should be! For me it ranks about the same buzz as getting the body finally painted.
Here are a few pics of engine and Ultramatic being inslalled.
Ben, Goodneighbour Geoff and me, still smiling, because this was going to be easy, wasn't it!!!!
Once again the sloping driveway made it more difficult because we had to crow-bar the rig all the while. It was a four-person job, with the wife 'driving', and three of us maneuvering the rig into place. Even though I did a dry run the day before, by pushing the crane only into position to check reach / obstructions / any other problems, yours truly did manage to mis-judge the reach aspect.
It took a lot of shoving and still the mounts didn't line up
With the crane hard up against the frame cross-piece the engine mounts were about 3" short of the pilot stud, so an awful lot of grunting and some special incantations were offered up, and eventually us and the crow-bar pushed the engine back far enough to line up OK. Something unforeseen was the oil pump is in the way so engine has to be lifted a bit higher than expected and that in turn leads to other minor problems if you still have the bonnet on the car (- and you can't raise the bonnet any higher because the garage door is in the way . . . . etc etc).
Eventually by getting the height exactly right the engine could be pushed far enough back
We used an arrangement of slings and ropes to take some strain off the head studs. You have to wonder how much weight the two studs can hold. Maybe they could take much more than 1000+ lbs but I wasn't taking any chances, especially with son Ben under the car sliding the trans output housing into place.
- oooOooo -
We all celebrated very considerably afterwards (- it was Fathers Day here in Oz so a double reason to do so. Hence the very considerable hangover the next day).
'Happy Club' meeting went on and on . . . .
Just before that happened I felt like having one last ride on the 288 while it was still out of the car . . . . .
Enough of being silly! It does make me wonder if anyone has ever built a motorcycle powered by an inline eight -?? (Where's Guscha - he'd know).
I used to follow the drag-bike scene years ago when the likes of E.J. Potter aka 'The Michigan Madman' rode V8-powered bikes in demonstration quarter-mile drags. The Widowmaker
I can imagine what a crowd-pleaser it would be to build a Packard-powered bike.
Anyway - back to reality.
It's just the best feeling to have that 1000-pound plus engine and Ultramatic in the car, where it should be! For me it ranks about the same buzz as getting the body finally painted.
Here are a few pics of engine and Ultramatic being inslalled.
Ben, Goodneighbour Geoff and me, still smiling, because this was going to be easy, wasn't it!!!!
Once again the sloping driveway made it more difficult because we had to crow-bar the rig all the while. It was a four-person job, with the wife 'driving', and three of us maneuvering the rig into place. Even though I did a dry run the day before, by pushing the crane only into position to check reach / obstructions / any other problems, yours truly did manage to mis-judge the reach aspect.
It took a lot of shoving and still the mounts didn't line up
With the crane hard up against the frame cross-piece the engine mounts were about 3" short of the pilot stud, so an awful lot of grunting and some special incantations were offered up, and eventually us and the crow-bar pushed the engine back far enough to line up OK. Something unforeseen was the oil pump is in the way so engine has to be lifted a bit higher than expected and that in turn leads to other minor problems if you still have the bonnet on the car (- and you can't raise the bonnet any higher because the garage door is in the way . . . . etc etc).
Eventually by getting the height exactly right the engine could be pushed far enough back
We used an arrangement of slings and ropes to take some strain off the head studs. You have to wonder how much weight the two studs can hold. Maybe they could take much more than 1000+ lbs but I wasn't taking any chances, especially with son Ben under the car sliding the trans output housing into place.
- oooOooo -
We all celebrated very considerably afterwards (- it was Fathers Day here in Oz so a double reason to do so. Hence the very considerable hangover the next day).
'Happy Club' meeting went on and on . . . .
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