Finaly fired old panel up

[chris mc bride]

I finally got around to firing the old panel up cpl days ago. I soaked cylinders in marvel mystery oil for week to loosen rings.It had been sitting for 10 or so years. Intallled plugs after pumping out cylinders and charged the battery . Hit switch and she rotated about 1o times before the pump pulled the gas from jug and she fired off. Smoked like a good burn out for while,burning off the mystery oil. Finally cleared up and ran great. Good throttle responce nice throaty exhaust note. Does seem to have a lifter that bleed down from time to time,but just another reason to install the new cam and lifters. Besides will need to yank motor to install new crank ,rods and piston that I picked up at great price. The extra cubes can't hurt anything.

[robb67]

Very Cool....always nice to hear about a panel rising from the dead. Also cool that it started relatively easy.
Way to go!....it sounds like you have a solid plan for the motor as well, I will be interested to follow your progress.

Cheers,
rob.