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1969 complete frame-off rebuild - started 5-12-2017

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HOME SWEET HOME!

FINALLY!


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Congrats! Motor issues all figured out and fixed? Lets see some pics of this thing!



Motor is so much better after rebuilding the entire top end (for the second time) and tuning the carburetor.

It’s currently back at the upholstery shop getting the matching rear interior panels and custom visors installed. Hope to have it back tomorrow for the weekend!

Pics to follow!
 
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Drove down the interstate today for the first time; just 6 miles... hit 75mph, but felt much more comfortable at 60!

Im hoping I had just overfilled my coolant - because as soon as I got to the light at the end of the exit ramp, the steam started bellowing out from under the hood.

I pulled to the side, popped the hood and noticed a foamy white-brownish substance bubbling from the reservoir cap, dripping on the headers and steaming like a power plant.

Any cause for concern? My temp never exceeded 195*

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Ok, so now I'm going to have to go back and find the part where your color is discussed. It's stunning!
Maybe I've already seen it a number of times, but forgot in all the excitement otherwise.

But now for the real meat of the conversation...

Drove down the interstate today for the first time; just 6 miles... hit 75mph, but felt much more comfortable at 60!

What air pressures in the tires? What steering mods?
Probably all here, I just have to go re-read it to find out.

Im hoping I had just overfilled my coolant - because as soon as I got to the light at the end of the exit ramp, the steam started bellowing out from under the hood.

Sorry, not likely...
At least not from over-filling. What you usually get in that case is a practically invisible stream squirting out of the overflow tube and on to the ground. Not steam billowing out from under the hood.
If you have an overflow reservoir, same thing but less.

Could be a defective cap of course, coupled with air in the system. That would spew junk out over the engine and exhaust and give you some of what you found.
So let's hope for that...

I pulled to the side, popped the hood and noticed a foamy white-brownish substance bubbling from the reservoir cap, dripping on the headers and steaming like a power plant.

Sorry, not sounding good at all. Classic case of a blown head gasket or cracks in the system letting oil and/or pressure into the cooling system.
Not normal at all, even for a brand new engine unless a lot of air was caught in the system.
And even then, it's not usually brown or foamy.

Any cause for concern? My temp never exceeded 195*

Yes.
The temperature not being high makes it even more likely to be a head gasket forcing pressure, and possibly oil, into your coolant.

Time to remove the cap and inspect the condition of the coolant as it sits. Then start the engine and let it idle while you watch for buildups of any type, or just strangeness in general.
There are professional tests of course, where you look for combustion gasses in the mix, but you can do initial testing visually.
Several members have been through this recently it seems.

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Yes.

The temperature not being high makes it even more likely to be a head gasket forcing pressure, and possibly oil, into your coolant.


Grrrrrreat!

Brand new heads, valves, seals, seats, guides, pushrods, all new head gaskets, valve cover gaskets, intake gaskets, etc...

If it’s a consolation; I avoided the interstate and took the long way home- stop and go traffic about 12 miles. Got home and coolant looks normal, level in overflow reservoir was high at first, but back to normal height after an hour or so and leveled back
 

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Well don't give up hope yet then. It's possible that it was just excess air being "burped" out.
But the brown color would worry me if it pops back in to your life.
Any foaming or discoloration in the radiator is bad juju.
Any constant bubbling visible in the filler neck is not a good sign either.

But a lack of any of those is a very good thing!

Paul
 
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More pics per requests

Starting point
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Tight fit in my little garage
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The money-pit...
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Grill shot
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Lookin good for 50yo
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More to come! Thanks for looking- really happy with how it’s turning out.
 

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Atsa beautiful truck. Great job. Hope you get he engine coolant issue figured out and it's nothing to bad. Ken
 

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You've come a long way in a year and a half...and the truck looks great...congratulations!
 

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Magnificent! Great combo of colors, the orange pinstripe and piping really pop!
 
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Very nice build! Well done!



You've come a long way in a year and a half...and the truck looks great...congratulations!



Magnificent! Great combo of colors, the orange pinstripe and piping really pop!



Atsa beautiful truck. Great job. Hope you get he engine coolant issue figured out and it's nothing to bad. Ken



Thank you all! It definitely has some quirks to work out, but what 50yo vehicle doesn’t!

Hopefully will finish the interior this week.
 
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