Well, after years of neglect, Sunshine (our 60 Lark ragtop) is gonna get new life. My favorite Stude mechanic, Ken Pyle, is gonna take sunshine into his Arizona garage, and call me when all the surgery's done. New engine, new (NOS no less) HD Flight-o-matic and fresh tourqe converter, Turner brake refit and lower ratio 44 TT rear. New bushings front and rear as well. Once all that's done, I'll find a shop to fit a new top. Might eevn spring for some wide whites to doll her up.
We're gonna put in this Ex-R3 block that I had Ken go thru some years ago - one of those punched out to 321cu.in.. This particular engine started life in an R2 Avanti that the Granatellis reworked and subsequently re-serialized as B112. Before it fell into my hands, it was in an 8E40 that Lionel Stone had built by Jon Myer. The non-R2 heads have been ported and polished and the intake manifold to match. Also came with factory headers - although I'm not sure we're going to try to incorporate those unless it looks real easy.
Anyways, Sunshine's gonna get a ride to El Mirage, AZ next Tuesday thannks to my gearhead buddy fromn next door and his GMC dually and trailer. Then Ken will set about with the rehab. Eventually, I'll drive Sunshine back home when the work's done. My wife's elated that this is going to happen as she's loved that car since I first got it back on the road in the late 80s. That we haven't been able to go on evening cruises in it for years has been a loss for both of us.
I'd like to state once again, that Ken's now settled there in El Mirage (just west of Phoenix) and would like to take on Stude mechanical work. He builds a damned nice Stude engine and other stuff as well.
We're gonna put in this Ex-R3 block that I had Ken go thru some years ago - one of those punched out to 321cu.in.. This particular engine started life in an R2 Avanti that the Granatellis reworked and subsequently re-serialized as B112. Before it fell into my hands, it was in an 8E40 that Lionel Stone had built by Jon Myer. The non-R2 heads have been ported and polished and the intake manifold to match. Also came with factory headers - although I'm not sure we're going to try to incorporate those unless it looks real easy.
Anyways, Sunshine's gonna get a ride to El Mirage, AZ next Tuesday thannks to my gearhead buddy fromn next door and his GMC dually and trailer. Then Ken will set about with the rehab. Eventually, I'll drive Sunshine back home when the work's done. My wife's elated that this is going to happen as she's loved that car since I first got it back on the road in the late 80s. That we haven't been able to go on evening cruises in it for years has been a loss for both of us.
I'd like to state once again, that Ken's now settled there in El Mirage (just west of Phoenix) and would like to take on Stude mechanical work. He builds a damned nice Stude engine and other stuff as well.
We've got to quit saying, 
Two of your motors running together.
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