Maiden voyage with a rebuilt 59a Flathead

Not exactly cheap thrills probably, but thrills nonetheless. Lots of fun riding along Rick. Thanks.
 
Yes, great ride, sounds great. I see the snow is gone. I still have some. Good luck and Keep em runnin.
 
She's a wee beauty mate !!! Drive & enjoy !
Tell us more about it .
Thanks for sharing !
Cheers
Tony
 
Great video and audio, especially the audio. You should have taken a picture of the huuuge grin on your face. Excellent work.
 
KiWinUS said:
She's a wee beauty mate !!! Drive & enjoy !
Tell us more about it .
Thanks for sharing !
Cheers
Tony
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Thank you everyone.
I bought this engine from Bill (L78CHEVELLE on fordbarn) who bought it with a beautiful 40 woodie he has. He retrofitted the original engine in the woody and decided to sell it. Neither he nor I were positive of its condition although we both had confidence it was probably good.

Needless to say I was holding my breath until the other day when I got it running.
I bought the Californian pickup as a basket case 10 yrs. ago. It must have been built as a hotrod in the early days as it arrived with the bed already bobbed, the rear end and driveshaft sports pitted old chrome, along with old chrome Emergency brake handle and spoon pedal.
Just having a blast...... Fire engine Mike, The BIG Grin IS Right!


This was right after the initial fire. Once I finally found the right timing and fuel it totally fired up and ran. I haven't seen a need to even adjust the timing. I found the sweet spot.

see fire up video... https://youtu.be/LGr9w1IHu_M
 
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Mike is right - and everyone else will agree - that first ride is a hoot.

Sounds great, looks great. You must have edited out the giggles, though - cause I know you did......................
 
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