Re: Quick Question on IDing engines...

Posted by 58L8134 On 2015/2/16 10:32:50

Hi Palanirides

Glad you're salvaging that Custom 8, save all the Custom-specific trim and sheet metal parts even if their somewhat damaged, those parts are scarce. If the chromed parts are still good, perhaps 49Custom8convert would be interested in them for his club sedan restoration.

A local fellow here who tinkers with vintage tractors, some extremely rusted ones, swears by the ATF and acetone mix as the best for freeing up seized up engines and other parts. The commercial stuff works okay dependent upon how rusted/stuck the items are, but not as good as the homemade mixture hands down.

Good luck, hope you can save that 356 and it turns out to be good.

Steve