That poor engine, at least it finally made it to the correct shop to be built properly!
@Adam5130A
Жыл бұрын
I guess it must add to the satisfaction of delivering a perfectly rebuilt motor when you start with something so knackered.
@10868940ih
Жыл бұрын
I feel the pain! I've shook my head many times over the years when I opened an engine, transmission, or wire repair on tractors of all ages.
@markclough4710
Жыл бұрын
Awesome channel Mark. Keep them coming.
@olskool3967
Жыл бұрын
i am a retired professional transmission rebuilder. over the decades and 1000s of transmissions i have saw many that have been butchered!
@TheDocrock100
Жыл бұрын
Great Video. The right shop has it now
@johnclements6852
Жыл бұрын
From the looks of that, you got it just in time. What a mess. I'm sure you'll have it humming away happily before long, I hope there aren't too many issues with it.
@radam8966
Жыл бұрын
I've been to the old Stutz manufacturing plant. The majority of the plant has been turned into office spaces. At the time I was there, they had a few of the cars on display through out the building(s). Beautiful cars with some that had innovations ahead of the big 3. Stutz was headed for bankruptcy, but prior to filing, he had manufactured several cars and hid them away within the plant. Stutz's idea was after bankruptcy, he would pull out the cars as if they had just came off the assembly line. Stutz was unable to implement his plan due to his passing soon after filing for bankruptcy. New owners of the plant found the cars, investigating a major discrepancy between the blueprinted floor space and the physical floor space.These cars were found stowed away in halls and hallways behind false walls.
@keithstudly6071
Жыл бұрын
Interesting story but I have to wonder about when you are referring to and how it fits into this engine. At the time this engine was built Harry Stutz had nothing to do with the company and it was being run by Frank Moskowics. Stutz had moved on and had started a new company, H.C.S. standing for Harry C. Stutz. Harry Stutz had nothing to do with his namesake company after July 1919.. Moskowics ran the Stutz company when this engine was built and was behind the failed 1928 Lockhart land speed record attempt and the LeMans 24 hr. near win where they were leading and had transmission failure 90 minutes from the end. Stutz was backed by Charles Schwab and Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer Jr. who was president of Chase National Bank. When these owners withdrew support the company closed. Somewhat off the point I remember in the late 1960's going with my older brother to get a auto part from the wholesale auto parts company that was still working from that building. At their loading dock the Emblem and name "Stutz Auto Parts Company" was proudly embossed into the wall with a date of 1909 I think. It made me surprised to think where were even cars that long ago.
@josht.1317
Жыл бұрын
glad it has reached restore cars, in desperate need of a lot of tlc
@Mercmad
Жыл бұрын
A friend of Dads had a Stutz ,just the same,DV32 1932. . It was only 30 years old but had already had a rebuilt engine. Sometimes well meaning folks get in over their head or budget. 😁😁 But a lot can happen to a car over 8 decades.
@emersonaz
Жыл бұрын
Shows how robust these old engines are. A more modern one treated like that would have scattered itself all over the ground.
@jkoysza1
Жыл бұрын
Emerson, I agree. It is still a pleasure to tear down a high quality engine that has been run-out. When properly repaired, it can run as well as factory new, at times better.
@Hallo-Hallo
Жыл бұрын
Well, it is you working on this old cars! 👍😅 Greetings from Norway. 🇳🇴
@vw4x4
Жыл бұрын
That type of work is everywhere. Not just old cars. You have to keep in mind that, the guy who did that is long gone, and I'm going to guess that the owner likely has changed hands also. SO, at the time this work was being done, neither owner or mechanic really cared. Modern cars get abused like that all the time. Its a crime to see this on old cars.
@richardthomas1566
Жыл бұрын
No doubt this shop “Road less traveled “most likely is the best in this field nothing but a pro with the right people and equipment . I would love to hear more about the cost of doing things right but I’m sure if you have to ask you can’t afford it. I can’t see any of these rebuilds being under 50 k and some as high as 300k .
@cratecruncher6687
Жыл бұрын
I call it the "poverty valley". Before cars are old enough for people to appreciate them an old used car is not worth fixing right. People with no money acquire them and make "pragmatic" repairs. I bet that grampa work was done by a friend of a friend who knew "a bunch" about old cars back in the '50s. Better that someone at least got it running than to let it rust away unrepaired in a field until nothing was left.
@AVB2
Жыл бұрын
Sloppy work, but at least there are no holes in the pistons, no holes in the side of the block, no bent connecting rods, or no cracks in the heads. It looks like it is all there and can be rebuilt properly now.
@AlexanderBurgers
Жыл бұрын
a lot can happen in 91 years..
@CORVAIRWILD
Жыл бұрын
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@CORVAIRWILD
Жыл бұрын
1st view from Miami Florida
@darrellhart9363
Жыл бұрын
I'm wondering how bad the head must be after seeing this abuse. Some of the rods looked wrong for the engine. A mag flux of the engine is going to showing cracks all over the place, and I hope for the customer sake I'm dead wrong.
@fixento
Жыл бұрын
Don't go with the shade tree owner mechanic, men and boys use to overhaul engines. In 1960 I help a high school friend overhaul a Buick straight eight engine, with the advice and few borrowed tools from the local garage mechanic. He used it to commute to college and after 25,000 miles on it, he traded it in for a newer car.
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