Recent content by rwoodcock

Thanks for the feedback. I'm in the process of disassembling the top of the engine to look at the numbers and determine what I do have. Engine is in the truck and I'm having trouble finding and seeing the head codes with the exhaust maniforlds on. I'll be doing that over the weekend. Good...

Thanks for the information. When I bought it I was told it was a 292, but the block has a CBY code. I suspect they may have bored/stoked the engine. I'm tearing it down to investigate, the rockers were the 1st thing I noticed. It does have 57 T bird aluminum valve covers, ram horn exhaust...

So here is an odd problem. Just bought a 56 F-100 with a Y-block. Engine appears to be an amalgamation of parts. Block code is for a 54 - 256 Merc. Distributor is from a 1960 model, and most curious is that the 1-4 cylinder head has 1:54 rocker arms and the 5-8 side has 1:43's. Haven't...

We had a similar problem last week. As stated, make sure you don't have a short in the wire, but also make sure you have all the correct parts in the distributor. We had left out the washer (spacer) that goes under the upper plate where the points go through the plate. (a insulator gasket...

Thanks for the help. Wish I would have seen them before I had it painted (didn't have my old folk glasses on at the time I guess). Easy fix, just a shame to have to redo.

For as long as I've had this car, I never noticed the round holes in the visor. I don't think they should be original, any thoughts on what they might be for? Anyone seen this before? Unfortunately didn't notice it till the car visor was painted and mounted on the body after restoration. Now...

I just want to get this right so I'm asking what might be a simple question, but what is the correct color for the drip moldings on a 30 tudor? I know the judging standards say aluminum is body color, steel is black, but from pictures I see it doesn't appear to be consistent. The car is...