Smartin

We are in Rock Springs WY for the night. 16+ hours of driving left tomorrow.

Resting in Riggans, ID for the night. At the rate we were going, it was going to be 4am by the time we got back to Mike’s. For this leg of the trip, the only real issues we had are the radiator and the suncoupe spitting its points out on that first fuel stop. We have several extra sets now for the ride home tomorrow. Will change the condenser again.

Back on the road after auto zone had a new plastic/aluminum radiator. We keep burning up points sets in the suncoupe. Seems to be the biggest problem right now. My 4 speed is making noise again, too. But I’m going to ignore it.

5 miles into the return trip home…blew up a radiator

Sweeeeeeet

Edwin killed it today with the convertible. Yesterday, I drove that car for 16 hours with a weird noise coming from the clutch/transmission area. It never got worse, so I just kept an ear on it the entire trip. Today, we ordered a pilot bushing and throwout bearing, and pulled the transmission. Naturally, there was a cheer gallery and several people helped out with getting other parts and/or commentary to help us move along. 7 hours after we started the work, the car was back on the ground with no more noisy clutch. Thanks to Edwin for grabbing the bull by the horns and getting the job done. I mostly just removed fasteners and drove to the parts store. Tomorrow, we have more work to do, but we are loving every minute of it!

Proof we landed in the right spot!

Made it. Idaho is so cool.

Planning on leaving early tomorrow with 5 vehicles. Late afternoon testing revealed a weak coil on one of the cars, and a bad alternator on the other. Thrash time!

Gathered a couple cars up yesterday…getting 3 more ready today. Hoping to hit the road north from Jerome ID tomorrow morning. Pictured is Shoshone Falls and Twin Falls. Some awesome scenery out here.

Coming from St. Louis…left last night at 6pm and haven’t stopped. In the middle of Wyoming right now, on our way to ID for a couple days. Jumping in a GS and driving the remaining 9 hours on Wednesday.

I'm not sure if the complete history is provided with the car.

I can tell you why the guy before me sold it, why I sold it, and why the two people after me sold it. All valid “life” reasons…just been s run of bad luck for this car.

My not-so-humble opinion on car histories: I really don't care what it is, as long as it's a quality car. If it's a spectacular story or celebrity owned, then that might matter. It just grinds my gears a little when I see cars misrepresented in hopes of getting a couple extra grand.

I sold it to a local club member. They sold it to another local member. That member sold it to St. Louis Car Museum and it sold from there. I'm assuming the current owner is the one who bought it. So the 2-owner claim is incorrect.

This car gets around🤣

Love progress! Now let Rob massage that qjet for you!

Looks familiar

Knock knock… Who’s there? Piston slap. What? Yeah, figured you needed something else to do. Oh. Several months later, we have a completely re-rebuilt engine.

It seems to only piss all over the floor if I leave it there for a few months. So the answer is…drive it more!

Yes. That's why 63 is the latest that will just bolt in without another crank.

It takes well over 8 quarts. Where is it leaking from?

Auburn Classic bias ply radial lookalikes from Diamond back. Hands down.

I'm 87.6% sure any 57-63 nailhead will bolt to your transmission. I have a 425 from a 63 Riv if you need it. It's a running engine. Removed to restomod the car.

Sold!