1959 Ninety Eight Holiday Scenicoupe barn find
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In Oz a car built here in 59 was LUCKY to 90 and many a bull session in the front bar included stories of their Holden hitting 'The Ton'.
These capable old girls sure are impressive.
Scott
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Not sure how yours starts or drives, after sitting for that many years I would check your freeze plugs. I don't mean just looking from the ground at the side of the car, you think you see it all but you don't see inside the lip of the plug.
I did not know mine were that bad until I was actually under there for something else as I had her jacked right up. They replaced some when I purchased the car with steel ones. They were nearly rusted through and leaked a bit.
The one behind the starter motor had stalactites hanging off it an inch it had been slowly leaking for that long. That's the hardest one to see because it is hidden by the starter motor. All the leaking ones were easy to get to, the starter motor comes off out of the way easy enough.
When replacing, best to use brass freeze plugs, they last much much longer.
We actually call them welch plugs here.
I did not know mine were that bad until I was actually under there for something else as I had her jacked right up. They replaced some when I purchased the car with steel ones. They were nearly rusted through and leaked a bit.
The one behind the starter motor had stalactites hanging off it an inch it had been slowly leaking for that long. That's the hardest one to see because it is hidden by the starter motor. All the leaking ones were easy to get to, the starter motor comes off out of the way easy enough.
When replacing, best to use brass freeze plugs, they last much much longer.
We actually call them welch plugs here.
And why is it always the one behind the starter that goes? lol
Brass ones are the go
Another thing is the bolts for the exhaust manifolds end up in water jackets.
Scott
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