Colorado B.S. Thread

I decided to rough a bathroom into my basement.










Big mistake. But it's over now

 

When i mount this to my pop up camper will I be accepted into the hall of broverlander?

 

Need one 5-lug rear axle, complete assembly if possible.

 

I'll have a 1st gen taco axle in the coming months available keep taking my axles.

 

Keep me posted. Donations are welcome, the tub was donated, I'd like to keep that theme rolling.

 

Added my 1944 wheat penny to the collection. Last appraisal of this collection was in 1989 and was valued at $907.00. Actual dollar amount printed on the currency is around $600. I bet it has doubled or better.
Lower Right bottom for the new addition, I need to get more coin holders.

Silver dollars,

Half dollars, newest is from '68. They ain't worth much more than what's printed on them.

Gold coin, valued at $393 back in '89.

Oldest coin, no idea of value or what it is.

Oldest Indian Head I have.

There is a bit of paper currency as well, from Japan, New Zealand, China, Mexico, France, Germany, Vietnam. Those were from my grandfather and father while they were enlisted.
Don't be afraid to pay cash, and inspect your change. In a world where digital currency is king, nobody checks these anymore and there are a lot of old coins still in circulation. Give them to me for safe keeping.
That 1944 penny came from the feed and grain store when I bought a chunk of yak cheese for Archer.

 

sadly, no… you don’t have a real murder spork or the bling DMOS with associated $300 mount. Also, those aren’t authentic MaxTrax in paint matched color to your custom topographic decals or full wrap.
Where’s your Overland Bound member badge?*

*this was the greatest money making Overland scheme so far, and I chuckle every time I see a badge. If there’s like 7000 members now, that means they sold $140k in badges… not sure of the profit margin, but let’s just say they made at least $50k in profit.

 

So i picked up some hops from a local brewery and they are growing pretty well but....man do they look like the devils lettuce!

 

That’s alright, I’m right there with you in the Anti Overland Overland Club.

 

poor katy the astronaut, i hope she'll recover.....
Katy Perry's Denver show rescheduled after Nuggets game conflict

 

32 gallons of gas in the van made it 289 miles this month. After 16 years of service, it still gets the same mileage it did when I bought it!

 

For those needing clarification

 

I wish it had that kind of giddy up and go.

 

Watching vids for inspiration. This man is an artist.
I do have a flat head V8 to pick up that might go well with this project, If I can get it to run. Thing appears to be complete, but seized. Not sure of the model either, I'll figure it out when I pick it up. That was donated too. It has the distributor poking out the front of the engine, horizontally, never seen that before. Cap looks like a crab, so maybe an old Ford war ration engine? I'm hoping it's just mouse urine seized and not totally buggered. If it runs and smokes, that's acceptable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5WFKp3omEg

 

One Ford flat head V8. Seized. One water pump still kind of turns.

One Ford flat head block with set of valves. Seized. Inspection of the block surface revealed just the two standard factory cracks.

One cast head and some pairs of jugs from a Harley Davidson Servi-car trike. One side draft intake for God knows what. One generator that might be part of the flat head, not sure.

The jug on the far right with the plastic is covered heavily with cosmoline. It might just be nos.


Radiator and old skool Ford I-beam front axles are readily available for cheap on Amazon and Ebay. But first to tear down that block. Not sure If I'm doing it or paying a machine shop. Need to get some prices. Most likely a machine shop so it's done right.

 

Well shit, this may be over before it begins.
From the right, passenger side front, cylinders 1,2,3 and 4. #4 is seized, the other 3 move slightly. Yes, these are numbered down each side.

From the left, driver side, cylinders 5,6,7 and 8. All 4 are seized. This bank looks like it sat at the bottom of a lake. These pics are after I blew a Haboob of dust out of it.

#8, worst of the bunch, but not by much.

It is full of "oil" Let's assume the bottom end isn't rusted just yet.

Valley full of ancient sludge. Some valves move, all need replaced. lifters may be ok as they still look oily and I moved a few but didn't try all.. They are adjustable. I have a feeling this was rebuilt at some point in it's life with the aluminum heads and dual carb intake. Maybe it has a mild cam in it. Maybe it was just freshened up.

The other block only has 4 valves in it, it may be the builder block, or it may be fucked and that's why it wasn't torn down further. However, it has much less rust.
An interesting fact about these engines. Oil filters were an "option". No shit. This one is option less. No oil filter. It's crazy to think how long these have lasted considering oil back then was crap. Apparently the filter option was not great either as only about 10% of the oil made it thru the filter, the rest went thru a bypass.
The drain plug in the pan is big enough to pass a golf ball, which prolly helped get the chunky oil out when it needed changed.

 

Should prolly start a build thread for this.
Filled the cylinders with ATF/Acetone, and some have leaked down, so cross fingers. Before I did that, I took a wire brush on a drill and knocked the bigger crap off the cylinder walls. #1,2 and 3 feel smooth enough to run, the rest not so much. Worried about pitting, and if it has been bored over already....
Anyway, saw this on the front of the crank. Hand crank a V8?

That bad ass looking distributor.

Under the cap, looks like it would work, if it spins.


And a beautiful set of dual points, did not see that coming.

Noticed some small differences between the two blocks. 'Ol Rusty has centering studs for the intake.

The bare block does not, bolt pattern is the same though.

And then I noticed a big difference.
Rusty has the bell housing built into the block, pan has to be removed to remove the flywheel on this one.

The other has a more traditional bell housing bolt-up. So they are similar, but not the same. Crap. Maybe it's just a matter of sourcing a pan if everything else fits internally.

Front bolt pattern measures the same on both.

Edit:
Rusty is a 59 (model, not year) and the block is an 8BA, which is the more desirable of the two.
Crank and valves are different, along with distributor placement, water jacket, improved oiling and cooling on the 8BA, more choices for transmission, etc.
Guess I'll see what the elixir does for the rust and go from there.

 

^^^^^
Ford changed to a "conventional" bell housing around 1948 so this engine is 48 and up.

I'm liking the way this project is going.