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What parts did you replace? When a motor sits for a long time, there is no real way of knowing it's condition except for performing some tests. The advice above is good. Make sure you have spark and fresh fuel and check the timing. With an old motor that has been sitting and not started for a...

I have had a lot of rope seals that worked very well. I never had to drill a hole for a pin to keep them from spinning. I would contact Mobile Parts on here and see if he has any original seals.

A couple of drops of oil was not bad. When you put the rear seal back in did you put a little sealer where the two ends of the rope seal went together? I assume you replaced the part that was cracked and used the proper length bolts. Did you make sure to put the gaskets on the sides? My 440 has...

Good luck with your surgery.

If you use those, you still need the bars 65copcar is talking about to hold down the gasket.

I agree.

Look closely, that car is a Belvedere, not a Fury. Paying for the work to be done will put you upside down on that car. I would rather see a nicely done 57/58 any model then another "Christine clone". I know all about 57/58 Fury prices. Look at my avatar.

Wow, the cars are actually covered. You do not see that too often.

A complete 4-door sedan would give you a front end and trunk lid among other parts. The rear glass may be hard to find. The "Christine" thing is overdone in my opinion. If you make a nice Savoy, you would not have to pay stupid prices for the side trim or just make a Belvedere without the...

My 57 Plymouth (my avatar) was raced in a few Gas classes back in the mid-sixties to the early seventies. I ran it in B, C and D depending on which motor I had in it. It is now just a streetcar, but I doubt very much that I would still have it if I ran it on an oval track for that time period...

Survivor seems to mean different things to different people. The 1972 Barracuda that I ordered and purchased new has most of its original parts. I would not call it a survivor for a lot of reasons. The car was painted once in the late eighties. The front seat covers were replaced and so was the...

Is the ground cable on the battery connected to the engine block? It is hard to tell in that picture. I only see it going to the fender.

Is the timing set correctly? A full charge on the battery? What about the ground to the starter. Does it kick at all or just a really slow crank?

Nice car.

The earlier motors had the extended crankshaft. I don't think the newer 1962 and later motors will bolt to the older transmission.

To put a 350 Chevy motor in the 1950 Imperial could be done, but I would advise against it. If you have welding skills, I'm sure you would need to weld up some motor brackets to mount it. The same would go for the transmission and all the linkage. The rear end and driveshaft would be another...

What blower? Everyone has different tastes. It looked nice when you had it. Not a fan of the state it is in now.

About 20 years ago a friend of mine was given a 1974 Dodge Charger without a motor and transmission. The V.I.N. said it was a 440 car. He bought a car to swap the motor out of. I helped him do the swap. I took the fender plate off before he had a wrecking yard take the car away. He tried to get...

I don't get it, how is all that going to be less money than having the cast iron tranny rebuilt? There used be adapters made that could bolt a modern tranny to the 1961 and older blocks. I don't know if anyone sells or makes them anymore.

Thanks.