Well I went out there today and took a a few snapshots, and here she is:
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The Chevy Gods (or the WD40 gods.. you pick) must have been smiling on me today, because with very little persuation, both doors opened just fine! Good to know that whole can of WD I used on it two days ago hadn't been in vain.
After spraying the crap out of the door latches and hinges, I cleaned out the inside of debris. There were a couple of throw rugs laid on the seats that field mice had been making good use of over the last 30 years or so.. it was a stinky, dirty job.
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I opened both sides of the hood looking for some indication of what motor it was (216 or 235) and all I found was this plate..
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With the Chassis No. of 5PWG 1922 perhaps between that and the phrase 'Certified net HP of 83.5 at 3000RPM' somebody can tell me which one it is?
If it helps, here are left and right shots of the motor
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It looks like either the numbers on the odometer have worn away, or maybe when it 'rolls' it goes to blank? Either way.. this is the classiest instrumentation panel i've ever seen..
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And of course, heres a tight shot of her smilin' (albit a tad crooked thanks to missing bolts on the bumper) face
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Now my next thing to fix/correct is going to be the radiator. Today was the first time I really got a good look under the hood, and I noticed that the radiator cap was missing. When I looked inside, I saw quite alot of the throw rug and seat material in there, along with a gratiuitus amount of mouse poop. I'm guessing that since the cap was missing, that mice found the radiator a great place to nest!
I'm hoping i'll be able to use a shop vac to suck out the majority of the debris, then maybe remove the radiator and flush it out? If anybody has any experience with this sort of headache and can reccomend a course of action, I sure would appreciate it!
