Motorpirate Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Hi, I'm Chuck, my son Nick and I are going to attempt to turn the leftovers from someone's Street Rod project into a speedster. Unearthing this thing has already been like an episode of American Pickers, but hopefully we find enough of it to finish it. The seats and the gas tank are a good start! With any luck anything we end up missing can be found on here. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorpirate Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 A little more progress, hung a temp fuel system and started it for the first time in 35 years! About a half a bag of rice shot out the exhaust when it started ,I guess mice hauled it in there! Engine sounds good, charging system works. Got the tires mounted last night and we plan on "Yard Driving" it tomorrow. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 That is truly odd. I did not think mice did that bulk food storage. At any rate, how about starting a thread in the ME AND MY BUICK subsection as I am sure that I and many others will want to follow your progress. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Might the rice have been used to absorb moisture? Neat project. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dship Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Ben Bruce aka First Born said: Might the rice have been used to absorb moisture? Neat project. Ben That would be my thought, also. One would have witnessed other telltale signs of mice, not just rice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 9 hours ago, Motorpirate said: About a half a bag of rice shot out the exhaust when it started ,I guess mice hauled it in there! Any service records? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Welcome, cool project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorpirate Posted October 29, 2023 Author Share Posted October 29, 2023 Got the tires on and drove it around the yard a little, this is going pretty quick for one of my projects. kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop at this point! I have some video, how do I attach it? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 On 10/29/2023 at 2:25 AM, Motorpirate said: I have some video, how do I attach it? You have to post it on YouTube and then provide a link to the video here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elepaqxo Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Neat Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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