1933 Pontiac

[Old Iron]

I actually got to work on the ole gal again today
After taking the 51 Chevy pickup off the lift this afternoon, I move the 33 back onto the lift and installed the fuel tank

I made these straps out of some left over stainless I had laying around. This tank will holed 20 gal of gas.

 

[Torchie]

Looks good OI.[cl
Nice to see you back on this one. [P
Torchie

 

[soltz]

That will make for nice long cruisin [cl
Nice installation also

 

[smallfoot]

You got it tucked up in there pretty good for a big tank! Planning on some real cruising???[cl

 

[Old Iron]

I like having a lot of fuel so when cruising it's the last thing on my mine
I plumed in the fuel line from the tank to the carb. Oh yea I installed the carb today too It's a new Quick Fuel 600 Street Fighter with electric choke and vacuum secondaries.
I was supposed to get the headers today but, we had an ice storm pass through the other day so I reckon that's what the delay is

 

[Old Iron]

I got my headers back from the powder coater today [cl
I stopped by a friends local speed shop and bought a bunch of small parts.
I put the water pump pulley and radiator hoses on.
I also made an alternator bracket this morning and bought a one wire to go on it.

 

[Torchie]

That Nailhead and those headers are looking sweet OI.[cl [cl
Torchie.

 

[sgtpontiac]

Thats a hot rod motor....

Looking great!! [cl [P

 

[Lytes]

Question about the engine painting. It looks like you just painted it all together? Did you remove the intake or valve covers or anything? Just wondering, any elaboration on how you did that would be interesting. It looks great!

 

[I-R-POPS]

Looking good!!! Are you gonna have enough room for an air cleaner?

 

[MercuryMac]

I'm a sucker for unique valve covers and your motor is in that group. Keep up the good work.

 

[Old Iron]

Question about the engine painting. It looks like you just painted it all together? Did you remove the intake or valve covers or anything? Just wondering, any elaboration on how you did that would be interesting. It looks great!

Good eye on the painting after assembly.
The engine is a fresh rebuild and I left it completely assembled
I taped off what I didn't want paint on, put a set of old spark plugs in, taped the exhaust and intake holes so no paint would get on the inside of the engine.
I used adhesion promoter followed by 3 light coats with a 4th wet coat of Duplicolor 500 degree ceramic engine paint.

 

[Old Iron]

Looking good!!! Are you gonna have enough room for an air cleaner?

Pops, I tried addressing just that today
I Had no clue that breather clearance was going to be an issue [S
Tomorrow I'm gonna get a low profile breather and a 2 inch filter to try and see if that will work.

That Nailhead and those headers are looking sweet OI.[cl [cl
Torchie.

Thanks Torchie, it took me a long time to decide on the style of headers I wanted.

Looking great!! [cl [P

Thanks Sarge for checking in on me

I'm a sucker for unique valve covers and your motor is in that group. Keep up the good work.

MM, it just happened cause of being a tad short of funds at this time

 

[soltz]

It's all been said

So, "Outstanding" in all areas. [cl

Be sure to do a video when it's on the road

 

[Old Iron]

Well, I had to lick my wounds today and re-due the clutch pedal
It seems I got so involved in the ascetic fabrication part that I miss calculated the leverage ratio of the arm.
Man was that thing hard to press to the floor
I moved the pivot point 1.5" closer too the clutch rod, added a couple bracket extensions and all is good now

 

[Torchie]

Some times we can get hung up on the "Form over Function" aspect of it all OI.
Glad that you got it fixed. [cl
You paint your engines the same way I do. All assembled.
Torchie

 

[Old Iron]

Well, the sweating is over as far as the breather fitting under the hoods
In the first pic this is the amount I had to cut off the hood flange to get it to clear 1/4".
Second pic is the amount of total clearance 1/2"
Third pic is the alternator bracket finished except for painting.
Fourth pic, let's just say, I feel like I earned this one

 

[smallfoot]

Mighty spiffy!....burp

 

[bruno]

That looks fantastic[cl[cl[cl

 

[sgtpontiac]

Yep sure does......

That looks fantastic[cl[cl[cl

and the car is really nice too!!