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Well, that's nice. Child drove her friend's pick-up truck into the Plymouth. Guess I didn't like that hood anyway.

Mildly suboptimal. Need to wait for that to thaw now. Really need to fix the body so I can put the glass back in...

I really need to get a fan.

I emptied all the junk out of the back and gave it a cursory wash. Just need to finish up putting the trunk floor in now, then I can fix the deck lid lip, then the window surround. Motivation to do things is improved.

(ok, I'll quit being a smarta##) I got it running because I needed to move it. I filled it up with water- it didn't leak so I guess the hole rusted up- but it was running badly. So, I spent a bit of time having read the correct tune-up procedure for the Holley that's on it. Once it was up to...

That right there is steam. Is meant to be inside the engine, but it escaped.

Oops.

Indent for the screen seal. Mine was so shrunken that it was nearly round, not with a nice corner piece. That makes a lot more sense now. Thank you!

Looks like it was assembled in this shape. The little divot in the corner brace suggests something but just to drain inside would be odd; the lack of a drain suggests the rust in the first place. It may just be space to allow the body worker to be able to shape the steel correctly. I just want...

Took a look today again at the sheet steel, trying to picture what it should look like. Still unsure if that was intended to drain down the back of the inner wheel tub and out at the base, or if it qas a fully sealed corner, goobered in with lead and shaped up. Anyone know for sure? Both...

I moved it and cleaned underneath where it was sat. Helps to have a clean workspace. I think the fate of this other engine is the scrap yard, so I'm going to pull the ancillaries off and ditch the rest. That'll clear the trunk of the Plymouth and I can get back to it. Phil

I'm still here. I started the Plymouth the other day, which did fire up on all cylinders, surprisingly. It's currently a storage shed for some engine pieces. If this winter is mild I need to get back to finishing up the trunk floor and a few other bodywork niknaks.

Haven't been doing much on the cars lately, it's been either too wet or I've had other things around the house to be taking care of.

Uh. I put the battery on charge. Some wasps have moved in. Been working on a new acquisition. Phil

Welded up a couple of gaps in the trunk. Haven't had the energy to do any more lately.

Yeah, getting it up and over the slam panel is awkward.

I forget from when I pulled the engine last- it's probably easier to pull just the motor and leave the transmission in place on a C body? Phil

Seems that cleaned it out too well. All the coolant ran away. Ordered a new freeze plug set. Really need to pull the engine; running the front brake hard line will be easier and I've got some welding to do so, I guess the old heave ho going to happen again. Phil

There we go. That should slow the corrosion down a touch. Phil

Cold weather has gone away, back to being in the 70's. Took a look in the radiator and observed an unhappy volume of brown sludge, dried up after a week empty. Added some dishwasher soap, filled up with water and ran it unpressurized until it boiled. Blorp. Drained and flushed repeatedly...