I missed you guys. Digging into this motor, and need some help I don't know if I can get over at The Lincoln Forums. Since the last time I was here, my car has been sitting for about 6 months due to a divorce. It was quite dirty from sitting in the Oregon rain, but will clean up nice. I've since had...

This weekend I got around to bleeding my brakes and installing the new brake hoses to find that the wheel cylinders were completely corroded and rusted stuck. I called NAPA, and to my suprise, the rear wheel cylinders were $8.69 each and in stock, and fronts were $25 each and would come in the next ...

My dad would love the pic of the train. He worked for Union Pacific for 40 years and just retired...

In case you were wondering...

Has me hollerin, ONE MORE!! Nice work, Theo. Didn't know you were a musician too. We have more in common than MELs...

JUST GOT MY NEW BRAKE HOSES!! Been waiting about 2 weeks on these, so VERY excited to hook them up and get the brakes fixed. Will be on my way out tomorrow to disconnected the trailer switch, and hook these baby's up. WOOHOO!!

And some pics of the interior after cleaning...

Well it's been a while since my last post so I'm getting around to posting some updates. I spent a few days at my folks place last week and was able to get quite a bit of work done. Here's some video of our progress. I have to admit, although there were some bumps in the road, i'm excited to see how...

Well, it looks like diagnosing and fixing the carburetor and choke fixed the problem. Just put a brand new battery in her today, and she fires up right away, idles a little high, and sounds great pumping her up a little. Drove her back up to the main parking lot to wait for my dad and the trailer. E...

I went out this morning to test the choke, and found that it had closed as I expected. When I put the choke housing back on the carb, I apparrently overlooked connecting the lever on the coil inside the choke housing. I hope I'm getting my carb terminology right. ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-...