Today Vince installed the new Grose float valves plus he created copper tubes as float chamber overflow pipes. We had an issue with the old float valves leaking, which then dripped on the exhaust manifold, not good. No leaks with these new style float valves, but even if they do leak it will now dribble out the bottom of the car safely!
Vince then, with some trepidation, took off to drive the car from Boonville to his home in Evansville! First significant drive of the car in we believe about 40 years, went 12 miles on a very hot day. I made it, although the car did hesitate a little at part throttle. It was then I remembered we had not replenished the oil in the carb dampers. Oops! After getting home I filled them up and it got MUCH better, still not perfect yet though. Probably need some new spark plugs too.
There's a very loud squeal coming from the front brakes when applied hard, sounds like metal on metal, hopefully this is something obvious and easy to fix.
Despite the heat the car ran about 185 and had great oil pressure. Tranny and clutch all worked fine, wheel balance is pretty darn good, got it up to 65 with no vibration. Quite a few little items to still work on, but this is a major step!
Here's the car in it's new temporary home:
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