Thanks for all the kind comments!
Trying to wrap up the recap so I can get to some modern day projects, but I don’t really wanna leave out some of the fun times we’ve had with the car

In October of 2019 it had about 1200 miles on the engine so we adjusted the valves, and it was ready to a road trip to Palm Springs for a PI meet. We had a great time, went to a nice car show they have at the air museum there.

Photos are from the host hotel, at the show, and Bazil driving the car home after the show and lunch with some friends! A terrific weekend, and the car never missed a beat!

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Finally being able to drive the car! Here’s it with our 1955 Chevy 210 Sedan
Second picture, getting to share the car with some relatives!

Third picture, it’s first show. The Big 4 picnic celebrating So Cals Luxury car clubs, Packard, Lincoln, Cadillac and Imperial. A great first event, the car performed flawlessly!!
Last picture in our driveway
Pictures September 2019

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Back in the car the engine went!

Pictures show John and I making some adjustments once we got it running. Ran great! Had a few small things to fix, one was an exhaust leak that my dad was able to help us with. One of the pictures shows him reaming a bushing for the heat riser on a mill.
Pictures April-May 2019

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More pictures, mostly of the engine being painted

John does have a nice collection of vintage service tools, and here is a picture of us setting up the distributor using one of his beautifully restored machines. It was a treat to watch him get everything dialed in on this.

Last pictures are the engine ready to go back to another friends shop where the car was at. A truly exciting day.
My dad let me use his 1940 Ford Pickup to deliver the engine. An appropriate delivery vehicle!

Pictures March 2019

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December of 2018 brought us to Engine Assembly! Not too much to say here so I’ll attach some photos

We are extremely thankful to our friend John, who allowed us to bring the engine to his shop and helped/guided us on the reassmbly. Pictures from December 2018 to February 2019

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Well, continuing the thread 4 months later. Life can get a little hectic sometimes.

Not too much happened between June of 2018 through October aside from restoring things like the Generator, starter, fuel pump and distributor. All were we initially rebuilt by ourselves, although the generator would be gone through again. Gotta learn how to do it somehow!

The machine shop continued restoring the block to its former glory

In the mean time all of the instruments and clock were removed and sent to John Wolff, who did a wonderful job restoring them.

By November, the machine shop was complete and we were able to pick up all the parts!
Pictures are July-November 2018

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53 Cavalier, thanks for sharing your process. Results look great, and as you said best part is you get the retain the originality of the car.

53 Cavalier , what is your process for restoration?

kevinpackard you are correct, engine has been rebuilt and in the car since 2019.
TxGoat , thank you for the suggestions!!

So to continue, in April of 2018 the engine was removed and disassembled. We were glad in the end that we chose to do a full rebuild, the engine had some work done prior and not to the upmost quality.

Pictures include engine disassembly, as well as having the engine block acid dipped to remove all rust.

Also, while waiting for the machine shop availability we began to restore the engine accessories like the starter, generator and distributor. Pictures also include starter restoration and final picture unrestored generator and mostly restored starter



Pictures are April-June of 2018

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@TxGoat thank you for the correction.

A friend was kind enough to let us bring the vehicle to his shop where we could further investigate the root cause of the overheating.
We started by removing the cylinder head to find two stripped head bolts and a couple burnt valves were not helping the situation either.
At this point it was decided an engine rebuild would be most beneficial for the desired intention of having the car be a touring car.
Pictures from April 2018

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