This seems like a time to re account this story. Ben Walker bought 2 Kaisers in Greenville, TX. One was out on the shores of Lake Towakoni while the other was in a shop in Downtown Greenville. We rebuilt the engine from the car out by the lake and put it in Ben's black 51 4dr. The engine from the car downtown sat around for about 1 year and then I asked if I could try it in my 56 Willys station wagon. Well, I tried to start this other engine and sprayed a bunch of ether down the carb. Eventually it fired and shot flame out the water pump! The head was warped enough that fuel mixture got in the coolant jacket and when a spark plug fired, it ignited the mixture in the cooling jacket. It was a good thing I didn't have a radiator installed! I got the head trued and put on a new head gasket, but it needed a valve job as well.
