This motor is pretty much ready to go in. It looks really nice on the stand. I painted the oil pan tonight so tomorrow I can put it on. In the second and third pictures you can see the pushrod covers very well on the side of the engine. This is where these engines get their Stovebolt nickname. I'm not too familiar with wood burning stoves of the thirties and forties but back then people though that these side covers looks very similar to the wood burning stoves. I was really surprised today as I tool the cap off of my distributor. The 1970 Nova that this engine came out of came with a regular old points system. But at some time someone has installed a Plantronix electric controller. I'll admit I haven't read a lot about the Plantronix conversion because I I always though if I was going to use a high energy distributor then I would just swap to the newer style instead of modifying the original distributor. But now since I got one for free basically I'll go ahead and run it. So no more adjusting the points. Only the timing. Tomorrow after I put the oil pan on this bad boy I can start pulling the grill and radiator off the pickup. Theres a whole list of things to do before the motor comes out though. I'd like to have the old motor out this weekend. It's a three day weekend so I think I can get it done.
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