392 in pieces

["Hugh & Therese" <hugtrees@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi folks,

I got to se my 58's 392 Hemi in pieces today.  Fascinating stuff.  I'm
pinched for time this second but can say I was right, it needed a ring job.
The cylinder walls look fine but there is some scarring on one or two of the
pistons and also on the bearings that attach to the crank shaft.  They gave
me a list of desirable actions to take from this point but . . .

There is a huge crack in the block !!!!  It's old, very old and does not
seem to have reached the cylinders.  They want to take the block to a shop
and find out the best thing to do with it.  It probably reaches the water
jacket but I know for a fact it doesn't leak.

I thought the car had been seriously worked on before.  This kind of damage
comes from freezing, not over heating so it is not related to the cracked
head of a few years ago.

I took some pictures of the engine and of the car, which looks very high up
in the front end, for some reason!  Getting heat from the "boss."  Gotta go.

Hugh