On the 21st of Aug we took the 31 Tudor and the 30 Roadster for a small road trip! Although it was a nice day I decided to keep the top up to try it out. Hitting the highway on a windy day you can sure feel it!

The Engine has been completed other than me painting the water inlet and installing the exhaust. All bearings and rods have been checked and are in spec. No movement up or down. Installed the rear main cork seal, side gaskets and rebuilt waterpump. I also added some permatex on the ends of the gaskets to make sure no oil slipped by. Notice that the head was warped so I had to get it machined to insure it was flat. Ended up taken 15 thou off of it. Installed the new copper head gasket but before I installed it I made sure to give it 3 coats of copper spray. Once the head was on I torqued it down starting from the middle out and did it in stages. 35ft.lbs, 45ft.lbs and then 55ft.lbs.  Once the engine is run and warmed up I will ret

Completed the oil pan awhile ago and just got time to upload the photo's. It took a long time to get all the years of crud and oil out of it. I was surprised to see little to no sludge in the bottom of the pan. Started out degreasing it and pressure washed the outside. Next I scraped off all what I could. Final step was to take the wire wheel and bring back the metal. After if was done I make sure to check for straightness on the pan and noticed one of the corners was bent. Took a hammer and block of wood and made it flat again. Too knock out the dripper tray from the pan I first put the pan in a plastic bag and turned it upside down and dropped it on the shop floor. This took several attempts but then popped out with success!

August long weekend came and we decided to take the 30 Roadster and 31 Tudor out for some fun! Right before we headed out we had to change out the roadsters manifold gasket that happened to split and was leaking air. This photo taken was at the family names factory..Bogdon and Gross!

I have been busy the last while with other things and finally found some time to get the engine put back together. I inspected everything and was surprised it all looks good. Cleaning out the valve chamber was the part that took the most time because of all the sludge over the years. Timing gear and crank were in amazing shape and all valves moved how they should. Had to rebuild the oil pump,and install a new pump drive gear and spring.  Next I will