well just got some pics of my 29AA
Posted: June 16th, 2007, 3:01 pm
as the title says. here are some pics of my 29 AA. im really kinda lost as in what to do. does it look restoreable? yes i realize anyhting can be restoreable but i would hate to have only a frame be salvageable out of this and have to hunt and track down an engine, etc...
while the frame felt solid i tried getting the engine to turn with channel locks but that only resulted in a broken pulley...i took 2 of the spark plugs out and in cyl #1 it looks liek a mouse or shrew made a nest! all i could see was a bunch of little fine dried grass and tiny twigs! the plug threads had some old dried out oil on them tho...
in cyl #2 it didnt look too bad. looked like alot of burnt on black oil. but no mest or twigs. i didnt see much rust down there but saw alot of flakes. i dunno if they are rust flakes or if they are just water deposits or some other normal gunk...
im not sure whats going on wiht the front but the radiator was pushed back into the fan lightly. so i dunno if somehitng gave way suspention wise and it kinda fell back or its mounts broke. the front leaf springs looked rusted out and shot(not sure if u can tell from the pics)
interior wise well as you can see in one pic is gone, but i was expecting that.
im not sure what that white switch is on the dash. maybe my great grandfather or my grandfather put that in place as an ign switch...
my grandpa said it has a 3 speed but also has hi and low (the 2 little pedals in the middle of the floor)
well on with the pics! im still kinda lost as in what to do. is this pretty standard condition for a 78 year old truck? the last license plates that were on it say 1951. my grandfather said that he used it a long while just around the farm after he took it off the road so who knows how long that was.
what was interesting about it the water neck and head looked like they cracked and someone a long tiem ago welded them back together. there are some pretty big welds on the engine head and around the water neck. you can see the ones on the water neck in the pic of the engine.
while the frame felt solid i tried getting the engine to turn with channel locks but that only resulted in a broken pulley...i took 2 of the spark plugs out and in cyl #1 it looks liek a mouse or shrew made a nest! all i could see was a bunch of little fine dried grass and tiny twigs! the plug threads had some old dried out oil on them tho...
in cyl #2 it didnt look too bad. looked like alot of burnt on black oil. but no mest or twigs. i didnt see much rust down there but saw alot of flakes. i dunno if they are rust flakes or if they are just water deposits or some other normal gunk...
im not sure whats going on wiht the front but the radiator was pushed back into the fan lightly. so i dunno if somehitng gave way suspention wise and it kinda fell back or its mounts broke. the front leaf springs looked rusted out and shot(not sure if u can tell from the pics)
interior wise well as you can see in one pic is gone, but i was expecting that.
im not sure what that white switch is on the dash. maybe my great grandfather or my grandfather put that in place as an ign switch...
my grandpa said it has a 3 speed but also has hi and low (the 2 little pedals in the middle of the floor)
well on with the pics! im still kinda lost as in what to do. is this pretty standard condition for a 78 year old truck? the last license plates that were on it say 1951. my grandfather said that he used it a long while just around the farm after he took it off the road so who knows how long that was.
what was interesting about it the water neck and head looked like they cracked and someone a long tiem ago welded them back together. there are some pretty big welds on the engine head and around the water neck. you can see the ones on the water neck in the pic of the engine.