A short repetition of the history (all Finns may skip to the first pic) :
Finland was a territory of Sweden until 1809 when the Russia conquered the eastern part of Sweden after two years of battles. Finland remained part of Russia until V.I.Lenin signed the declaration of independence on December 6th 1917. A couple of years later Mr.Molotov of Russia and Mr.Ribbentrop of Germany argeed upon a split over the territories of Europe. According to that pact, Finland was to be a part of Soviet Union's premises. On the 30th of November 1939 Soviet attacked Finland without any declaration of war which was followed by a war known as the Winter War of Finland, a 105 day battle after which Finland remained independent but lost 10% of it's geografical area. A year later Finland joined Hitler's troops in order to get Karelia back (with interests) by attending the Continuation War but that's another story.
And what has all this to do with the restoration of a Mustang ? Nothing. But a small quiz to summarize your knowledge of the WW2. Which three european capital cities of countries participating the WW2 remained un-occupied. The correct answer is in the bottom of this entry.
Finland was a territory of Sweden until 1809 when the Russia conquered the eastern part of Sweden after two years of battles. Finland remained part of Russia until V.I.Lenin signed the declaration of independence on December 6th 1917. A couple of years later Mr.Molotov of Russia and Mr.Ribbentrop of Germany argeed upon a split over the territories of Europe. According to that pact, Finland was to be a part of Soviet Union's premises. On the 30th of November 1939 Soviet attacked Finland without any declaration of war which was followed by a war known as the Winter War of Finland, a 105 day battle after which Finland remained independent but lost 10% of it's geografical area. A year later Finland joined Hitler's troops in order to get Karelia back (with interests) by attending the Continuation War but that's another story.
And what has all this to do with the restoration of a Mustang ? Nothing. But a small quiz to summarize your knowledge of the WW2. Which three european capital cities of countries participating the WW2 remained un-occupied. The correct answer is in the bottom of this entry.
Now, here is the inline-six with C4 automatic transmission hanging from a hook in the roof of my garage.
Mr.Camaro68 has checked the engine, cleaned it and painted black and red. Many of the gaskets were replaced. The cylinder head was not opened as there was no reason for that. Here is a shot of the timing chain which had streched to en extent that it had to be replaced along with the new crank and cam gears. Some slack down there. I am waiting to see whether there will be a smoother run and improved fuel economy.
Here it is sitting back in the engine room. It originally had 120 hp.The fuel filter bowl will be replaced later.
This shot was taken a year ago while the engine was moving upwards.
A couple of pictures to compare the before and after status of the engine. The cylinder head is supposed to be black. Only the valve cover and and air filter cover are to be red-orange.
Destiny looks like a car again , doesn't she ? Below is a another shot of her from a year ago. The change is evident. With the engine installed I have got a plenty of options how to proceed with my project.
And the correct answer for the question above is that the three un-occupied capitals were Moscow, London and Helsinki. A reason to celebrate the independence day.
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