The Right-Way to Remove Loosen Rusty Bolts.
The worst thing about working on old car, trucks or jeeps is loosening/removing the rusty frozen bolts and rusty nuts. As long as there are no rubber parts or anything flammable nearby the best thing to use use to remove frozen rusty bolts or nut is heat from a propane torch. You can use an acetylene torch also but you have the danger of overheating the metal and melting it. The heat from the propane torch is just right to free the rusty bolts up. Heat will work to free up frozen bolts much better than any penetrating oil. Btw, (if you have the time) Kroil is about the best stuff there is for penetrating the threads on rusty bolts.
Another trick with using heat from a propane torch is that is the perfect amount of heat to remove bolts or nuts installed with Loctite Red. Loctite Red is typically used for a permanent installation. You need heat to break down the Loctite Red if you want to remove the nut or bolt. The heat from a propane is perfect for that. A heat gun may not be hot enough and an acetylene torch could melt things too much.
The other trick for the worst stuck fasteners – nuts and bolts is to use reverse drill bits and easy-outs. If you use heat and then try the easy-out, you will often have no problem when using them combined. Again use the propane because you will not melt the steel. Sometimes just drilling with the reverse drill will un-thread the broken off bolt that is stuck inside. Also sometimes drilling off the head of a bolt will relieve a lot of the grip and that helps when using the easy-out.
1967 Ford Fairlane GT 390 4 speed console/buckets car from the factory, original # matching motor and trans. 5 year resto, after a few years collecting NOS parts. ***2011 “Woodward Dream Cruise” ‘best of show’ winner. Now, that’s saying something…”Woodward Dream Cruise” encompasses 5 large cities, has thousands and thousands of cars, and millions of people in attendance. It is the by far the largest car event in the world. You really have to have something special to catch the judges eyes here !
I love Pro Street, and decided to go a Pro Street resto. ***Mike Pastomy builds race cars for the big 3 auto companies did the Pro Street conversion professionally. 20K later, it was time to paint. Done professionally in Snake Skin Green, came out perfect. Kept original console and four speed shifter, original motor (have complete build sheet for you), orig trans rebuilt. Every nut and bolt on the car was cadmium plated, powder coated, anodized, or chromed. The hinges and latches for trunk, doors and hood were cadmium plated. Off the top of my head I can think of 60-70K dollars spent, it was more than that. The car starts right up and runs cool, it was running for the video and the pictures and while I talked to my neighbor for a while. My dad had a car like this when I was young,… I spent this much money and time, and had only the best people work on the car because I was planning on keeping it for the rest of my life…but life recently threw me a wild curve ball…
Engine (# matching, original) Highlights :
11:1 Compression…Use Premium Pump Gas !
Edelbrock Perfomer 60069 RPM Heads.
Edelbrock Performer 7105 RPM Intake
Forged Crank – Eagle
Diamond Forged Pistons
Internally Balanced
S.F.I. Balancer
Milodon Oil Pan – Cadmium finish
Meling Oil Pump
Edelbrock Alum Water Pump
Comp Cams alum Rocker Arms
MSD Pro Billet Dist.
Crane Push Rods
4150 Holley Carb built to order by Pro Systems
Comp Cam 244@.050- .568′ Lift
Comp Lifters
Comp Cams Roller Timing Chain and Gears
Center Force Billet Steel Flywheel, Clutch, and Pressure Plate
Lakewood Blow Shield and Block Plate
ARP Bolts and Studs throughout engine
Four Speed trans (original) rebuilt by Fraleys
As you can see by the video, and the pics, this car is over the top, and after winning ‘Woodward Dream Cruise’ ‘best of show’…it now has a pedigree ! It IS an original GT S Code 4 Speed bucket/console car as well. This car would finish off a stock Ford collection nicely, or a ‘race’ section at a museum perhaps… Definitely NO disappointments, and you can drive it to shows, not to radical for that, if you don’t mind a lot of attention that is…
Call Lewis @ 248 670-0229 45K obo