Wasting some time...

Pretty much all the old vehicles i own (VW or American)hadn't run for 20 or 30 years when i bought them and i have pretty much every time, planned from the get go to replace the motor before putting it back on the road... But then i always feel the urge to spend a few hours seeing if i can get the original motor to run before pulling it out... maybe it's a waste of time? but then maybe be it's not as i always get that warm feeling of satisfaction as that old lump coughs and splutters back into life after all that time of sitting dormant

This morning i spent a while playing with my 40 Chevy... it has the original motor in it that i know hasn't run since around 1972. it turns freely and with a bit of messing i got it to turn over on the starter motor, I undid the tap under the floor where the fuel tank sits and nothing came out even when i put a bit of fresh fuel in. When i removed the tap i found the pipe going up to the tank was completely blocked with dry crud(not sure exactly what), after running a drill bit up it out trickled the thickest stinkiest thirty something year old fuel you have ever seen! i mistakenly let some run down my hand and after washing it at least 6 times i still can't get rid of the stink!

Tomorrow i'm going to put the distributor cap off my 54 on as the one off the 40 is missing and see if it'll fire up... then i shall probably pull it out

Am i alone in this ritual?

I've never seen a battery rotted out before!

No you're not alone mate, I was excited enough after the truck ran after only 2 years!

I didn't have long to play this morning so i hooked up the cap and leads off my 54 and because the fuel lines are so gunked up and my electric pump decided this was the time to die it was a case of pour a bit of fuel down the carb and see what happened... as you can see although it was short lived and i'm not sure how many cylinders it was firing on, it did indeed run

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdCjc6sepwY

What do you have in mind for this tim? somthing like this
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=354079

fucktruck wrote:

What do you have in mind for this tim? somthing like this
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=354079

Well it has to be said that car has been a big influence, it definately wont be orange though! I had my mind set on a V8 and Auto box but am now thinking i like the the 3 on a tree manuals and am also warming to the straight 6 engines after driving the 54 around, maybe i'll keep hold of the Riv for my V8 fix