The Official Hot Rod Thread

[Gary119]

NOOOOOBODY!

"old Dave needs the money"

and

"if you don't have a Chuck Callahan For price then you don't have a price"

 

[churchmouse]

"old Dave needs the money"

and

"if you don't have a Chuck Callahan For price then you don't have a price"

Memory's.

Beats the hell out of the Bob Roarman

 

[ChristianPatriot]

I want to disassemble/reassemble an engine so bad.

 

[Gary119]

Fun facts

Dave Mason was Bob Catterson's son in law.

Paul Harvey was Jerry Alderman's General Manager

Bob Glidden worked as a mechanic for Ed Martin

Ed Martin received No 51 Ford Thunderbolt

 

[churchmouse]

Fun facts

Dave Mason was Bob Catterson's son in law.

Paul Harvey was Jerry Alderson's General Manager

Bob Glidden worked as a mechanic for Ed Martin

Ed Martin received No 51 Ford Thunderbolt

I remember seeing Bob G. at the Paul Harvey shop on Lafayette road back in the day.
I lived a 5 minute or less bike ride from there.

 

[SSGSAD]

Ha.....not thought of that one in years.......

Ole Dave ..... NEEDS the MONEY .....

 

[churchmouse]

Pan off.
Yes everything is studded.


Not the noisy one. Serious valve train. I prefer the gears over the chain.

 

[Gary119]

I remember seeing Bob G. at the Paul Harvey shop on Lafayette road back in the day.
I lived a 5 minute or less bike ride from there.

I always heard he was a real nice guy. Lives outside of Whiteland.

I worked with a fellow (now passed) that worked with Glidden in his early years at Ford. The fellow I worked with was sharp as a needle on Fords. We specialized in '66 - '68 Shelbys, '64 1/2 - '68 Mustangs, and '55 - 57 T-Birds. But worked on any Classic / Muscle car.

 

[thunderchicken]

Fun facts

Dave Mason was Bob Catterson's son in law.

Paul Harvey was Jerry Alderman's General Manager

Bob Glidden worked as a mechanic for Ed Martin

Ed Martin received No 51 Ford Thunderbolt

I grew up and live in the same neighborhood as my dad. He remembers when Bob G would do burn outs and 60ft launches on Ed Martin's lot after hours.

 

[thunderchicken]

I always heard he was a real nice guy. Lives outside of Whiteland.

I worked with a fellow (now passed) that worked with Glidden in his early years at Ford. The fellow I worked with was sharp as a needle on Fords. We specialized in '66 - '68 Shelbys, '64 1/2 - '68 Mustangs, and '55 - 57 T-Birds. But worked on any Classic / Muscle car.

Bob has always been a good dude super nice and always had time for fans. His son Bill G is a chip off the ol'block. But both of them tend to be kind of quiet and soft spoken...and vague if you ask a performance question. Good people, highly respected

 

[churchmouse]

Bob has always been a good dude super nice and always had time for fans. His son Bill G is a chip off the ol'block. But both of them tend to be kind of quiet and soft spoken...and vague if you ask a performance question. Good people, highly respected

They worked very long and hard to gain the edge in performance that they had. Hard to share that on a whim.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Looks decently solid

https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/6105680595.html

 

[churchmouse]

Looks decently solid

https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/6105680595.html

Yes but not $1900 worth of solid.

I am a tight A$$ I guess. But yes, solid start.

 

[femurphy77]

Looks decently solid

https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/6105680595.html

Yes but not $1900 worth of solid.

I am a tight A$$ I guess. But yes, solid start.

I looked at the feature pic and thought "hell if that isn't worth $1900 then CM must be slipping". Then to paraphrase Paul Harvey I looked at the REST of the pictures!

 

[femurphy77]

Well I finally got brave and fired the 390 for the first time yesterday. My first impression was that we had the wrong starter/flexplate combination as it was extremely loud. After checking into it we'll have to pull the tranny and put a different flexplate in it . My second impression was that it sounded way *****in' thru the open headers. For about 40 seconds. Then abruptly quit. No luck restarting it and suspected spark issues so this morning pulled the cap to start troubleshooting the used HEI and realized that the rotor turned quite freely on its own.

Damn.

Pulled the distributor and the shear pin was non-existent in the gear. So pull the tranny, find a new shear pin and we'll give it a go again later in the week.

 

[churchmouse]

Well I finally got brave and fired the 390 for the first time yesterday. My first impression was that we had the wrong starter/flexplate combination as it was extremely loud. After checking into it we'll have to pull the tranny and put a different flexplate in it . My second impression was that it sounded way *****in' thru the open headers. For about 40 seconds. Then abruptly quit. No luck restarting it and suspected spark issues so this morning pulled the cap to start troubleshooting the used HEI and realized that the rotor turned quite freely on its own.

Damn.

Pulled the distributor and the shear pin was non-existent in the gear. So pull the tranny, find a new shear pin and we'll give it a go again later in the week.

Yowza.

What sheared the pin. Is the drive gear in good nic.

 

[Bigtanker]

Well I finally got brave and fired the 390 for the first time yesterday. My first impression was that we had the wrong starter/flexplate combination as it was extremely loud. After checking into it we'll have to pull the tranny and put a different flexplate in it . My second impression was that it sounded way *****in' thru the open headers. For about 40 seconds. Then abruptly quit. No luck restarting it and suspected spark issues so this morning pulled the cap to start troubleshooting the used HEI and realized that the rotor turned quite freely on its own.

Damn.

Pulled the distributor and the shear pin was non-existent in the gear. So pull the tranny, find a new shear pin and we'll give it a go again later in the week.

What car is this in again?

 

[thunderchicken]

Well I finally got brave and fired the 390 for the first time yesterday. My first impression was that we had the wrong starter/flexplate combination as it was extremely loud. After checking into it we'll have to pull the tranny and put a different flexplate in it . My second impression was that it sounded way *****in' thru the open headers. For about 40 seconds. Then abruptly quit. No luck restarting it and suspected spark issues so this morning pulled the cap to start troubleshooting the used HEI and realized that the rotor turned quite freely on its own.

Damn.

Pulled the distributor and the shear pin was non-existent in the gear. So pull the tranny, find a new shear pin and we'll give it a go again later in the week.

Not to pour salt in an open wound but, I always recommend drilling the gear/shaft and adding a second shear pin. I have seen more than a couple broken

 

[femurphy77]

Yowza.

What sheared the pin. Is the drive gear in good nic.

The gear looks good, in talking about it and explaining the inner workings to the GF she said she noticed the gear loose on the shaft before I installed it. I guess I should start having her do the assembly work in the future. It was a used distributor, part of a package deal. You know how those can sometimes work out!

What car is this in again?

63 Galaxie 500 hardtop

Not to pour salt in an open wound but, I always recommend drilling the gear/shaft and adding a second shear pin. I have seen more than a couple broken

No salt necessary, I'd never thought of that before. I'm going to spin the pump to make sure it isn't bound up (although it's all new) but will add a second pin, thanks for the good idea!

 

[churchmouse]

The gear looks good, in talking about it and explaining the inner workings to the GF she said she noticed the gear loose on the shaft before I installed it. I guess I should start having her do the assembly work in the future. It was a used distributor, part of a package deal. You know how those can sometimes work out!



63 Galaxie 500 hardtop



No salt necessary, I'd never thought of that before. I'm going to spin the pump to make sure it isn't bound up (although it's all new) but will add a second pin, thanks for the good idea!

Yes I do know that one.
It is hard for me to not tear into things I get used anymore as people tend to stretch the truth to gain some money.
Or they had no idea to begin with.