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Well it sounds like there may be hope for this "in the way,piece of yard art" after all!It is still in the can so maybe it wont be so hard to get to the parts in question. Can't beleive its been close to a year since we lugged this treasure home:oops:.Still have yet to even move it out of...

Thanks for looking Gimpyrobb---I think if the engine will run I will eventually put it in my "parts truck" and leave the unmolested '57 gasser unmolested.(Avatar) The parts truck is a U.S.M.C.--may be interesting to have a Marine Corp truck since I rarely ever see one.Seems like 99% are Army...

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To turbo-or not to turbo!!?? If it looks like its worth fixing I may look into converting to a turbo.I read up on some posts on that subject-some say why bother,just one more component to fail,and really no more power. OH YEAH?:-D Well what about at altitude? I live at 5000ft,wouldn't the turbo...

Thanks for the info!!----I thought that may be a possibility.I also noticed that the valve covers are "loose" which leads me to believe that perhaps it was running when the failure took place.Then during the trouble shooting they checked the top end, THEN found the real reason for it to stop...

Hello all, My bad!Did a little gambling!I went to an estate auction last weekend and bought a steel container for 100.00.Didn,t really know for sure what was really in it---there were other engines parked around this box so I guessed it contained an engine.There was no chance to take the lid...