She blew a head gasket some months back and we considered an
engine swap but the replacement wouldn’t fit without cutting the frame
and removing parts I didn’t want to lose. So as we don’t have machinery or money
for a total rebuild we bought a gasket kit. We have removed her motor
and disassembled it, and upon inspection of the heads found that the
left head is cracked and blown out.
I had been raking over Craigslist since I got her scouring for parts so luckily I already knew of some for sale for a while before I knew I needed them. The guy selling them still had them so we gave him a call yesterday and he still had them, so we drove to Irving, Texas and back with new heads.
I just cleaned them and they look pretty decent. A guy named Kenney sold them to us, and we got to see his gorgeous 1966 Caddy convertible that the heads had been from.
Hoping to have her finally put together this week.
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