Well, the engine isn't out yet, but it's close. I think MPD and I were both suffering from too much Thanksgiving turkey, but we got a lot done. Underhood everything is pretty much stripped down and ready. All that's left is to remove the brake booster, disconnect the clutch, unbolt the trans and crossmember, take the head pipes off, and pull the motor mount bolts. By noon tomorrow everything should be out and the engine on the stand.
A couple of things:
1) It turns out the radiator is a replacement. Therefore,
I am looking for a FD 3 core radiator. Anybody have one let me know please.
2) Engine paint color looks weird. Almost like 72-73 Pontiac engine color. At some point the intake and valley pan were removed and repainted a dark blue, but the rest of the engine is light greenish 72-73 blue. When they repainted the intake they left the throttle bracket on and under it you can see the original color very well. you can also see it on the front of the heads where the brackets were installed. I've done some research, and a lot of it tends to point toward these engines not being what is generally considered to be corporate blue. I've still got a set of samples left from the 72-73 paint experiment that I'll break out tomorrow.
Here's a few pictures, including one of MPD saluting the thugs in Ferguson....We both loved the joke in the Lobby about how when they looted the Payless Shoe Store they left the work boots untouched.
