That is freakin sweet.
You got lucky finding a complete package. You found one w/air intakes, carbs and governor units. Mine was an irrigation pump engine, which was run on propnae. Mine is spotless on the inside, but lacks carbs and governor pods.
Too bad about the oil pan. Mine was laying in a pile of other engines, it has a perfect pan, but 3 valve covers were mashed in.
I used a mixture of diesel, ATF and Mystik 15W-50 oil down the spark plug holes. I could rotate mine 1/4 turn on the first attempt, the more I rocked it back/forth, the more it would turn. I was amazed too at how clean all of my spark plugs looked, they looked brand new.
I found an old Dodge truck a while back. I can remember pulling out the old Hemi using a wench truck and a cutting tortch. Looking at your pics sure brought back those memories of how hot, dirty and nasty the job was.
Glad you finally got it. I hope it's ok internally. Looks like using the old truck frame would make a cool display stand.
Keep a post on the progress,
Gene.
