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Thank you again, I'm just doing what I can in the time I have to finally try and make my A1 pretty again. I like the shiny button too, although I can see it most likely being OD. I imagine I'll just leave it. I did some more work on the cluster and gauges today and prepped the surround of the...

Is anyone still keeping track of what day it is? Now the dash is disassembled, stripped, primed and repainted. I'll do the instrument cluster soon. I now have a greater understanding of what dad did during his time building both of his trucks. I've cleaned up more threads and bolts than I ever...

Day whatever of stay at home because of scary virus. I couldn't stand to look at the silver that someone else had decided to spray all over the engine bay. So, I tore everything apart! I have no rhyme or reason to my disassembly, I'll do a little bit at a time. I'm in no hurry, so I was only...

It went straight to the machine shop, so it got the hot tank. I didn't have to do much of anything. Funny part of it all is I got back from machine work in Dec of '17. It sat in my shop with a not very well sealed bag over it with only a little bit of WD-40 coating the cylinders for almost two...

I found it not even 20 minutes from my house after looking for a good month for a donor block since the previous one had a crack stemming from a valve seat. And thank you, I did the paint. This is what it looked like when I picked it up.

Well I've been busy since I have to stay home. Cold set valves today, buttoned up the inspection cover. Did the air filter a few days ago. Finally moved it into the shop, and now I'm going to regret starting this project lol. I don't honestly know how or why, but the air filter probably had...

It's been painful to say the least lol. This one is May '53 delivery date and it's in pretty decent shape. Granted, I don't know how bad the body actually is, but for all I can see it has good structure. I'm definitely antsy to hear it fire again, it's only been 5.5 years since it expired on me.

I'd say merely the angle because it's nothing major by any means. I guess viewing all those Instagram posts are paying off though!

Finally been able to get moving forward on the engine build. Been a long two years since the machine work was done. Now, it's clean threads, tap holes, dry fit parts, order new ones that I thought I wouldn't need (because none of us know that feeling lol) and just be happy that I'm seeing progress!

Mine is tagged May '53 with the diagonal fender and the thumbscrew battery cover. Unfortunately there was no body tag behind the seat :cry: Currently my engine is out and slowly (like December molasses) being put back together with no end in sight.

Assuming that must be a real early one?

Nice find! It really looks good from the pic, but I know it's not always the case lol.

That's a great looking A1! Welcome aboard.

Naturally, I'm booked that day, go figure. I'll honk if I'm not in my Monte, you'd be hard pressed to hear it even if it did work.

I'm going to stop and see you in September! :) I've been rolling through Atlantic the last 5 years on the River to River cruise. If I'm not tapped to lead again, I would stop in a heartbeat. The likelihood of that happening is pretty low unfortunately since I'm on the Board of Directors...

After hanging from the hoist since February, it's time to slowly start piecing it back together. And I will be the first to admit that taking it apart almost a year before reassembly isn't the brightest idea. Especially since it wasn't done in my shop, and everything got thrown into a box. I...

Funny I see this, because I just noticed last week that my front bumper is slightly off on straghtness lol. And I've had it for 3 years now!

Update: After calling around, searching ebay and CL to no avail (I had some good leads but nothing panned out) I had pretty much resigned myself to putting it on the back burner again. When I get a text from a buddy telling me there's a block not even 20 miles away in a barn. SCORE!!!! And to...

I know it used to be done on many ag implement motors, and tbh, I need to call the machine shop back to find out exactly where the crack is to determine whether or not I even want to entertain the idea of block filling.

Finally after a good two years after I pull the engine out of my A1, it went to the machine shop where all was well, or so I thought. Initially a boring was going to be the ultimate question of whether or not I had a good start to my project. It was an untouched block, never having any internal...