I love the final turn on the first video- excellent "drifting" skills ;)
Can't wait to see more of this car!

Thanks! It was done as a favor shortly after I painted it. Sadly, you don't see much pinstriping any more.

Thanks! And yes, I plan to flog it. :burnout:

Thanks! You can see from recent in-car footage, my technique has not improved after all these years. :lol:

http://youtu.be/lXKuar8a8Io

http://youtu.be/7nLEKvN_cRs

CR

I've been puttering in the evenings - mostly accessing the situation. Spoiler alert: It ain't good. :(

Pulled the motor:

http://canyonrider.smugmug.com/Cars/...IMG_5282-M.jpg

Got it on the stand:

http://canyonrider.smugmug.com/Cars/...IMG_5286-M.jpg

Stripped enough covers off to get a look inside. I put fresh oil in it and primed it with an electric drill, put a little oil in the spark plug holes and turned it over several times. Then performed a leak-down test. Sorry for the flash, but as you can see, the needles are pointed at each other - 20over80! For those that don't know, that's really, really bad. And that is one of the better cylinders. :(

http://canyonrider.smugmug.com/Cars/...IMG_5287-M.jpg

I wouldn't expect 10% leakdown like a fresh motor at operating temperature, but I pretty bummed about 80% leakdown. It appears the rings are just as stuck as the valves were.

I'll need some time to regroup and figure out my next move. :waveflag:

CR

Awesome. Can't wait to see the progress

+ another one for the great story, I look forward to the updates!

Looking forward to where you go with this! Looking great so far