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Showing posts with label Ford flathead. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ford flathead. Show all posts

Sunday, March 22, 2015

After Nearly 35 Years

It moves under it's own power. This old Merc is now mobile! Needed a little trans fluid added before it would move but once I figured that out we had liftoff. Interesting driving with no brakes and a plugged idle circuit that won't let the old flathead idle slow without stalling. So it is a delicate balance of foot on throttle, hand on shifter and other hand on steering wheel. Plus a hefty block of wood as a stopping point so I didn't roll through the back wall of the workshop I was backing nto.  So far nothing run over or dented. Waiting for the ground to dry up enough to drive around the yard a bit. First the snow has to melt. And its still coming down. Early spring? Maybe not.