The Frazer's engine is coming along. The crankshaft I bought on ebay is the right one, and I had similar good luck with the main and rod bearings purchased at extreme low prices.
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| New crankshaft and main bearings installed |
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| Valves done |
I am impressed with how this engine is designed. I'm used to the Mopar style flathead 6's, so I'm appreciating how Continental did it. The design of the rear main oil seal is especially interesting. I hope it works.
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| #1 cleaned up nicely |
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Always use genuine KF parts for best performance
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I still need to get head bolts, oil pan, fuel pump (rebuild?) and a carb kit to get this engine running again. I will rebuild the oil pump too. Parts for these engines are pretty easy to get, but there are quite a few variations. Anyone know what this engine originally came out of? It is not the original engine for my Frazer, and I'm guessing it came out of a newer style Kaiser car - maybe '51 or '52?
The weather is cooling off here and the leaves are dropping.
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| Majestic '48 Frazer |
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| '56 Dodge flathead 6 |
I painted the flathead 6 for my Plymouth Hemi orange (for fun), but I'm going to try to paint the Frazer as close as I can get to its original green. I have a couple of spray cans of Rustoleum Hunter Green (7732) satin enamel that I think will be pretty good.
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| Olive and Freddie demonstrate proper attitude |
Remember the keys to happiness - dogs and trucks, preferably together.
