Re: 55 newbie Questions

Posted by HH56 On 2017/10/31 15:55:58

One minor correction to Don's post on the key. If the car is stock, doors and Ignition both use the round key and glove box and trunk the octagonal.

I would post a photo of my 56 engine but it is a Caribbean with AC so not much is visible and some things are in different locations. Don't have any good 55 photos but one place to see some engine photos is to go thru the photo archive. There are some engine photos there and another place to occasionally find some good shots is on ebay listings.

It looks as if the car might have supplied parts to other cars unless stuff is in the trunk. Almost all the heater and vent stuff is missing. On the engine the obvious is the oil filter but that was optional so you could get by without it by making sure the ports are plugged. I think you are missing the Ultramatic throttle linkage but can't see the rear of engine well enough to be sure. If you have two extended brackets mounted to the rear of each head with empty holes you are. That and the bent rod going to trans you will definitely need to find.

Here are photos showing part of the linkage and engine, another showing the dist.

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