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On the stand and looking filthy
12/6/07

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Shot of cylinder head

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Other Head, being sent off to have all springs and valves replaced, so as to except gas and LPG, previously she only ran on Super

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Little bit dirty lol

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Underneath inlet manifold. Heat shield removed and will be put back on. The four rivets easily tap out that hold plate on.

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Quick clean up. Sent off to be sandblasted along with heads.

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Underneath, Heat Shield off.

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Timing cover, gears and chain off

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Side shot of dirty three coloured block, previously painted, red , black and silver

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All hydraulic lifters, taken out was going to reuse , but getting another set.

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Loosened piston just enough to pop up to decarbon piston heads.

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Carby was running very rich, resulting in this build up.

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Bit better.

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Nice, to me anyway cleaned off with a razor blade and vaccum cleaner, then oiled up.

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Oil pump and pickup.

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The Trusty Holly 600, being sent off to be revitalised.

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linkages

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other side

back

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linkages

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Top

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Base

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17th August 2007 Some new shiny stuff lol, oil pan, pulleys, water pump and a B&M Shifter

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Water Pump

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inlet manifolds back after a sandblast, 9th August

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Wraps off ready for masking

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Masked up ready for paint.

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Painted up and ready for baking in the oven literally lol

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After an hour at 9o degrees

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Did the cylinder as well

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Heads back as well after being sandblasted, crack tested etc

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It had been that long since i had driven it and it used to run on Super, so had to have all valves etc changed over to run on unleaded or gas.

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Masked up and ready for a paint.

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Primer on.

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Fresh out of the oven at home lol, after an hour at 90 degrees, should have put the vegies in as well.

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Blocks also been primed up, just used VHT Engine Paint, unfortunately the oven at home isnt big enough to stick this into lol.

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Second coat

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The old versus the new, just a little bit of difference.

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The bench

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Purple Heads

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Wasnt happy with plain alloy so painted the thermo stat housing as well, didnt want a chrome one as was told they were a waste of money?

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Decided to paint rocker cover washers as well, Why? why not lol they looked nude.

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Out of the oven.

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Well after serious thought, i decided that if i was doing all this work id probably better get some sizes checked. It turns out the bores had around 9000 in wear so for a 40000 overboar turned into 49000. So after all this sent offf to L.W Parrys for a going over. New Pistons now at 60000, undercoat back on, shot of new pistons.

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Undercoat

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Shot of the new Rollmaster Timing Chain Set

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New Mellings High Vol Oil Pump 70psi.

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New timing chain cover and new cam, OK well so much for not going to do a total rebuild,everythings new but the block and heads.

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Holley Fuel pump is on

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Heads back on

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Water pump and pully on.

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Sump.

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Inlet manifolds on and carbie about to go on, almost there.

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The 1957 2 speed Powerglide, been under raps for a couple of years and with things drawing towards an end, i thought i might get it out. Bloody hell better clean it.

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Dippy side

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Bell housing