[Bob Carriere]

Ah the Barn...... finally our last little spot of snow finally melted.... helped greatly by Grant cooling off parts we had just welded........

First samll recovery of the season..... Grant stumbled on a 235 Chev 1957 in some small classified adds.

Engine very complete.... from fan to 3 speed tranny.... with a nice 12 volts generator....carb and starter..... also has the good 238 ### 848 head....

Installed on a stand. lubed the cylinder and boosted the engine to a nice purr witht he plug holes sphewing out oil and air..... great for dried skin....
Note to self.... next time you boost engine do not look into spark plug holes!!!!

... the best part is in talking to the old chap hwo got htis stuff from his older Dad's farm....... we may have some assorted CMP parts to pickup next week or so..... strange how one thing leads to another....

...and on Sunday we took out the baby for some sunshine..... Finally got some new 1/2 inch steel oil lines made for the baby..... once installed we could not resist trying to start th engine.

Well that is another story..... engine started frist push of the starter lever....
...... but.....BUT......NO OIL pressure.... turnoff the engine... check everything.... loosen oil line to pressure gauge... restart... no pressure.. turnoff..... KRAP..... check dizzy to see if it is installed properly.... restart stop again...... by now my blood pressure is going up.... time for Chez Marie.

Came back... rip out dizzy... insert electric drill with cut off srewdriver..... vrrrrrrrrr.... no oil pressure... panic.... more crap.....

Decided to loosen the new steel oil pressure line that we had just installed in the morning ......vrrrrrrrrr .... ah strange the oil is leaking out of the wrong pipe from the block....... my blood presure went down when I realized that the IN and OUT of the remote filter bracket had been ignored.....

Note to self..... when a manufacturer takes the time to cast the words IN and OUT on the parts it is probably supposed to be noticed and followed.

Flip lines over...... VOILA... now we have oil pressure.... re-install dizzy.... timing is now all F... rigged up..... remove N0 1 plug.... crank over and listen for the PHFFTTT!!! in your face.... OK got it.... and I remembered my first love....... too young 16.... too old 35..... just right 24.... install crank over..... loud back fire.... blows temporary plastic plug glued in vacuum outlet of manifold... can't find the darn thing which is by now in orbit.... find anther plug..... meanw hile Grant is check the firing order from the Ffffriggen manual and point out that my first love is 15-35-24 and not 16....ooopppsss...

try again..... PHFFFTT in my face..... timing is so off she overheats and showers the whpoek fffffggrin mess with fresh sticky smelly antifreeze....
Piss on it says I.... Grant refused and we towed the messy carcass tot he house for a wishing with the garden hose......

Oh Rob..... remember the big square steel pipe with the huge hook on the end... well they hook is gone.... as we were towing it to the house with the tractor it snapped.... it had been cracked for some times..... remember how many times we lifted things over our heads witht hat hook..... phew...

Grant did some fancy lobotomy to the bar and we rewelded massively....

By then we only had time lefty for a beer!!!!

now for pictures.....

first Grant trying to reattach something on his 235
...side view.....
......and baby in the SUN before the change of diapers.....

Now Rob we expect you at the barn this weekend..... I need someone else to blame for my screw ups.......

Boob