First of all, thanks for all the supportive feedback you guys!
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Originally posted by Dan in Pasadena
Maybe you mentioned it and I never read it, but what are your plans for the mechanicals....if it needs anything? Is this a full resto or are you contemplating a warming over via big bore kit, higher compression, improved carbueration/exhaust or other?
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Hey Dan!
Thanks for asking! When this car was wrecked, the engine only had a few thousand miles on a top end rebuild so everything should be in pretty good shape. It does drip oil, so I'll be tearing it down to reseal the case and will inspect and measure everything and make a judgment call as to what to do to it.
Since it is the same engine serial number as listed on the window sticker, it's worthy of some extra efforts to keep it in the car. The engine came with Weber carbs, Bosch 050 distributor and late rubber motor mount bar:
My goal is to return it to the original factory configuration (warts and all), single shaft Solex carbs, early Mann & Hummel air filters, Bosch 022 distributor and solid motor mount bar. I've already hunted-down all the parts required to accomplish that goal:
Given the mods made to the outside of the engine, I'd bet there's already a big-bore kit in it and I'd like to keep that and re-jet the Solexes to work with it. The big question will be to keep the stock crank or go with a SCAT lightweight crank and add a mild cam to add some snap to the throttle response... nothing too wild, just a little sleeper action. A lot depends on what's already in there... who knows, I might just reseal the case and go with the way it is for a year or two if everything looks too good to toss.