Re: 1956 Patrician police car

Posted by mikec On 2008/12/16 22:40:13

on the mechanical end of things this car seems about as good as an old find can get. all the lights worked with only a few grounds needing a cleaning, it has great oil pressure, the charging, starting, and cooling systems work fine and all the gauges work, except for the speedo, which has a broken cable.

I pulled the oil pan after i had a run of lifter collapses due to sludge, and all the main bearings were in fine shape. The vacuum pump body screws were loose, but a little loctite helped that.