"Refurbishing" Big Red

Big Red (1940 Super 8)	A Classic pulling a Classic	Big Red ready for takeoff	Too many boarders in Big Red's former home
front.jpg	leftfront2.jpg	Jr. Prom car and couple	Overdrive case
Overdrive parts before being repaired	Transmission and overdrive	Front clip and fenders pulled to remove engine	Cleaned, ready to paint
Painted with POR 15	Before - left side	After - left side	Before - right side
After - right side	Shrink wrapped engine from machine shop	Partly unwrapped	Cylinders bored .020 over
After	Left fender - not much metal after stripping paint & putty	Rebuilt fender before final filling and painting	Right fender/running board flange
Bottom front of fender also rebuilt	Grill frame repaired	Fire wall before	Fire wall after
Fire wall - masked and painted	Overdrive and horn relay before	Relays after	Reconditioned 63 year old overdrive relay
Before	After	Carb minimally reconditioned	Close up on carb
Right side waiting for manifold to be finished	A snubby Packard front	Looks like a model T	Jerry & Joe with Big Red
Big Red is in the Big White trailer ready to roll	Big Red's coming out party at Ron's shop	Ginny talks to Ron while Buzz directs traffic	"Just a little further"
At shop to fix badly leaking rear main seal after engine overhaul	Discussion of seal: Leaks 1 quart/300 miles	Rule on bearing shows no contact with seal. Attempted fix by inserting welding wires under seal at top and bottom of seal.	Car fixed 2.5 years later, but... see next photo
2 days before pickup, welding tank fell on car	Close up of damage	Like new again!