Sorry for the lack of updates – I’ve been working pretty much 6 days a week and logging just about 50 hours each week so I haven’t been on much.

I ended up traded my 1964 Pontiac Catalina that was my daily driver for this 1950 Pontiac Chieftain, the first week of March ‘10. If you have already browsed through the visitors Pontiac’s page, you probably saw it posted there as this car belonged to George whom I got it from out of New Jersey.

The car is pretty much original and has a Straight Eight engine and the Hydramatic transmission. It appears it has been restored at some point, but sat a lot. The engine in it knocks due to a spun bearing. I changed the oil and it quieted the knock down and it picked up some oil pressure and I did manage to drive it to the post office and back.

As far as plans for the car go, I have bought a 1961 Pontiac 389 engine with a 4 speed hydramatic for $250 that will replace the pounding flathead and wake this old Chief up.  The engine is stuck right now, but I got the heads and intake off it and it’s soaking in mystery oil. Hopefully once I get it free’d up, I’ll finish the tear down and get it hot tanked and start the rebuild. I hope to have it ready to drop in by fall or sooner.

And now for some pictures…

Heres a shot of it I took at a gas station on the way home.

Tail-gating…

Here it is sitting in my back yard before I put it under the car port. I robbed the tires and wheels and stuck those on my 52 for now until I got some new whites for it. I also stuck an old visor on it, not sure if I’m going paint it up and leave it on or not. Also stuck some old caps on it that I had laying around.

Interior is in decent shape.

Back shot

I’ll post more updates as I work on the car. Right now my main focus is to get the 389 built and ready for the swap.