Th Fury engine detail project

Some of you may recall last spring when I insured the Plymouth that I ran into an issue with my insurance company. I had been going with my agent's collector car policy for a few years, but hit a snag when their underwriter didn't like the condition of the engine compartment.

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In an effort to meet the underwriter's standards I undertook an little sprucing up of the motor project.

Here is what it looked like prior to a good cleaning:



I sprayed the whole thing down with degeaser and then used the presure washer to give it a good bath.

Next I removed the valve covers which needed new gaskets anyway and then took them and the air cleaner assembly to my buddies house to use his sandblast cabinet.

I didn't take a ton of pictures during the process, but here are the few I did get.

Air cleaner assembly:







After sanblasting the parts I took them to work and used our solvent tank to clean them up, then used water and dish soap to get the residue off.

I acatually started painting the vale covers before I remembered to snap a couple of cell phone pics.





Not many photos of the re-assembly, or the air cleaner assembly painting. I did want to keep the sticker on the snorkle of the air cleaner, so I taped that off. I also had to fix the rolled lip on the snorkle, since it was smashed from hitting the hood when I broke a motor mount while Hotrodding, er, I mean "Driving" it when I was in High School.

All put back together and other small detail work done:











From this:


To this:




There is still a bit of detail work to do, like repainting the brake booster (I painted it silver, and don't realy care for the way it looks) and some more cleaning, but all in all I think it will achieve my goal of meeting the insurance underwriters criteria and I'll be able to once again have collector car insurance on the Fury. I must admit, it sure does look nice.

 

Nice work!! Nothing makes folks say wow more than a shiny engine compartment.

 

Looks amazingly better! Nice work!

 

I really love what you've done with your engine compartment! I know that was a lot of hard work!

As for your insurance problems, I would follow Jaunty's advice and give JC Taylor a call. I've used them, though I've never had a loss during that time.

http://www.jctaylor.com/

David

 

That's looking much better! Now ditch that awful dirty red water hose.

 

Now if a speculator was doing that, you would see "New engine!".......

Looks beautiful!

 

, awesome!

 

Amazing transformation! Nice work indeed!

 

Top job not to much to go now :2_thumbs_up_-_anima

 

OrthmannJ Looks much nicer plus the fuel mileage went up and the HP increased dramatically.

 

Thanks Ya'll. Glad you like it.

I know. As soon as I got it put back together I thought, "Aw man, that looks like crap." I'm trying to figure out a way to run the hoses so you can't even see them at all. Don't know if it's possible, we'll see.

Still, overall, I'm pretty happy with the outcome.

 

That sure look good. I bet it feels better to just knowing it is done and how great it turned out.

A lot of work though, you deserve a rest. Why not take an extra day off this coming weekend

 

thats anice 'rattle can rebuild' Orth !!

 

Lotz of options Orth. Dependz to some degree how deep your pockitz are and how original you want to keep it. Remember that that heater anti-freeze iz being pushed and you'll come up with a few ideas. That means the heater is not controlled or fed by gravity. All snakez can be relocated if thatz a goal. Still look pretty darn good rite now Man. Hope what you've already done solved all your problems with the insurance companyJer

 

I'd just change to all black smooth hoses, including the upper radiator hose, then use Armoral type stuff to make it shiny. Of course route them neatly using some sort of clamps to keep them in position.
Swapping to a 350 Chevy would really make that engine bay kool!:banana: