Hello everyone, name is Gilbert. I purchased a 63 Fairlane, it has a 260, maybe down the road that will change. Overall it's on good shape, been working to get it running. It had a bad ignition switch, now it turns over but does not fire up. Put reman carb, starter, starter solenoid, plugs and will be adding Pertronix ignitor this weekend. I may need to also check timing. I had an accident while hitching trailer to truck, basically my middle finger got caught between trailer and bumper, now I'm missing about 1/4 inch from finger. Lets say it's slowed me down a bit. Anyway, I'll be looking for help and suggestions when the time comes. Have a great weekend, I'll be wrenching most of it. That's my wife wrenching, she helped me with starter since I was down to one hand.

 

Welcome to the site...

Nice Ol Iron! Ouch,, speedy recovery.. Post up some more images when your on the mend..

 

NICE!!!......OUCH!!!...KUDOS to the wife for helping!!!

 

I was not sure I wanted to post this but if you're ever in a predicament, take a minute to analyze the situation and make a smart decision. I was in a rush and this is what happened. As bad as it looks, it was not very painful, what sucks more is that I cannot get as much done at the moment. @Hayapower, thanks for the recovery post and @Use Common Sense, I obviously did not.

 

Yep, have had a few close calls over the years (59 of em') from being in a hurry. Been lucky though.

As TOMMY BOY would say..."That'll leave a mark"...