Distributor

Distributor (in need of a serious rebuild)

Packing it up & shipping to Jeff…

Jeff disassembly, clean, rebuild & test

Rebuilt & ready to install

More parts clean-up, sanding & painting…

 
The water pump arrived from Chevy Cool in Scottsdale

More clean-up of the intake manifold

Prep’ing for paint

Chevy orange going on…

Good ‘ol 1620

Painting the water neck as well….

Engine assembly & intake manifold work…

Engine block is boiled, honed & ready

Camshaft, crankshaft, timing chain, oil pump & correct Cylinder Heads are all installed

Found a correctly dated/correct part # intake manifold on eBay

It needed some clean-up, but it’s the correct intake manifold

More parts rebuild, sandblast, powder coat, etc.

 

It’s the correct starter, but in desperate need of a rebuild!

2 days later: Boom! San Jose Generator is the best! New brushes, drive gear & solenoid

More parts for sand blast (exhaust manifolds) and sand blast/powder coat (everything else)

Santa Clara Powder Coating parts drop-off

Pitman arm

Removed the old pitman arm

Correct markings/part #

Repainted w/cast blast

Bellhousing & inspection plate clean-up…

Degrease, clean-up…

Like it was painted at the factory (Chevy orange overspray from motor)

Inspection cover

All ready

L75 300hp Engine…

 

It’s time to get the motor to the engine builder…

The Distributor will either need rebuilt or replaced.

The Fuel Pump will also need rebuilt or replaced

Correct GM# 3858403 Bellhousing

None of the pulleys are correct for a ‘65 L75   : (

Correct Flywheel!  Just needs resurfaced.

Correct Exhaust Manifolds

They just need cleaned up…

The Timing Chain cover is correct

The Water Neck is incorrect (and rough)

The engine stamp on the block is very nice!

Zooming in, you can see the original broach marks

Someone painted the stamp pad at some point

There should be no Chevy Orange on the stamp pad

Got everything loaded…

Here at the engine builder’s shop…

As you can see (background), he’s got a lotta motors done & in-process