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You may be on to something that the bendix is slipping, I have seen it happen before. Is there anyway you can watch the bendix while someone else tries to start it?0

I may be way off base, but isn't the bendix manually operated on this vehicle? When you press the starter button doesn't it engage the bendix in the flywheel? If so, are you sure you put it back together correctly?

Yesterday and today was spent getting the engine running. It had very low compression many years ago and I pulled it and put a replacement in about 12 years ago. I talked to the guy that I bought it from and he said that that engine ran good and may have been rebuilt before he got the car. So during COVID lockdown I went over the engine and got the compression back up and when I was working on the FOR I pulled the engine that I put in it 12 years ago. This engine is what the car was titled with so I wanted it back in the car. Yesterday I fired it up and it ran good for a few seconds, then ran out of gas. After working on the fuel pump I got it running again but the more I ran it the worse it got. Today I noticed the centrifugal advance on the distributor was not working right. So apart it came and cleaned everything up and now it fires up on the touch of the starter button. I also installed a seat and added brake fluid and drove it around my lot today. Did a little work on the top bows and also got the bumper back for the '90 T Bird. Lots to do!

No more bugs in my teeth! Today my brother in law helped me install the windshield. Complete with PA Inspection sticker from 1957!

Be very careful with that rubber O ring! It could slowly work its way out and cause a major leak!

See those little round buttons above the door lock on the passenger side door? That it the door button that opens the door, same on the interior.

Today the '50 Crosley convertible got its teeth!

Rambler should be a unibody, no body mounts?? I agree with checking the front motor mounts, if they are worn that could be causing your problem, a 1/4" drop in the front mounts could cause the tailshaft to be up enough to hit floorpan.

This is what I have been dealing with for the last 5 days. Western PA along with other parts of the country have been dumped on with rain. We had torrential rains just after Easter (almost 4")and again last Thursday and Friday (again almost 4"). The hillside behind my new building began to shift and leaned the concrete block wall to within inches of the building. After 5 days of digging the wall is back where it belongs and I can now relax a little and maybe even sleep! Lots of work now to make sure this doesn't happen again. And tons and tons of fill to get rid of!

Haven't got a lot done on the convertible, dealing with a mudslide. I did get a chance to work on it some today, polishing and installing a few stainless steel trim strips. Also installed the horn, water pump coupling, the front fender trim and a few other things. I need to order some trim clips to install the rest of the stainless trim, along with a host of other items.

Started tinkering with the convertible today, put the push button start switch back in the dash as well as the choke cable. The installed the hood prop rod after painting it. The on to the back of the car to install the license plate light and bracket after cleaning and painting. Got several other items painted and will go on next chance I get.

Kroten Green and Mist Gray Green, My dad had an Ambassador the same color combination.

How long ago did you have the machine shop do the work? Maybe you could go ask them politely if they remember putting the cam bearings in and if they aligned the hole.

Single stage.

Today was paint day, a little over 70⁰ and dry. It is now all one color, took almost the entire gallon of paint also. There is one run on the drivers door window frame that I should be able to touch up without too much trouble. Otherwise looks good. First several pictures are after the first coat with the HVLP, then I switched over to my old gun to finish it off.