Well this is pretty much how my 66 looked about 23 years ago except it didn't have the mid 70's 14x7 500's on. Instead it had Superior chrome basket wheels that were rusty and missing the lock to remove the basket shod with 14" whitewalls. I picked these wheels and tires up at a swap meet. I think at the Reading Ford show just to get rid of the Superior. It had the typical half A$$ work from PO's. The brakes were lousy, one front drum was original the other a newer, finned aftermarket. The 289 appeared to have been rebuilt at some time but looked like it was the original one as it had the date code stamped on the bock which was pretty close to the build date. The C4 leaked as well as the PS which was notchy. I first started on the brakes. I had to weld up all the backing plates where the shoes rode. Some were literally paper thin. I discovered while small blocks used a 2.25" wide shoe in front and big blocks used a 2.5" shoes, there was only one drum listed. I put 2.5" shoes up front and all new drums and flex lines. The 2.5" brakes worked very well.
I had this vibration I was convinced was from the engine. I had found some old receipts in the car from one owner in LA that were over a long period of time. One day I was curious and called the number of the customer on the receipts. I was lucky and spoke with the owner's wife. They had owned the car for something like 28 years and she was sorry when her husband sold the car. She confirmed the engine was rebuilt. He husband had taken the car for a oil changed except the shop forgot to put oil in. I thought since the shop was eating a rebuild, they were less then careful and threw what ever was laying around and hence the vibration. More later
I had this vibration I was convinced was from the engine. I had found some old receipts in the car from one owner in LA that were over a long period of time. One day I was curious and called the number of the customer on the receipts. I was lucky and spoke with the owner's wife. They had owned the car for something like 28 years and she was sorry when her husband sold the car. She confirmed the engine was rebuilt. He husband had taken the car for a oil changed except the shop forgot to put oil in. I thought since the shop was eating a rebuild, they were less then careful and threw what ever was laying around and hence the vibration. More later