Installing Bob Shewmans thermostats

[Capt Kirk]

Did these flatheads come from the assembly line with T-stats? Mine didn't have any when I got my car. My car was overheating last year and had a problem with quitting after a few miles because of an original coil. Sent that to Skip and used that time to rebuild my distributor. Car ran great but didn't drive very much since winter was knocking. This spring I had a water leak out of one of my pumps and sent to Skip for a rebuild. I also purchased a pair of NOS T-stats from ebay...think it was $30 for the pair. Don't know how to describe them...they sit on the water neck of the head and there's a strap coil spring and a "flapper" valve. Anyway, I did the Dream cruise last weekend and it was 90+ in stop and go traffic. The hottest the engine got was just short of the upper "hot" line on the original mercury gauge. I was happy with the cars performance under those conditions. I'm also happy with the coil and pumps Skip has rebuilt for me.