Lawson Cox
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Any Doubting Thomases can relax. I have in my hot little hands an email from Josh Conrad, head honcho of the Early V8 Ford Foundation museum, confirming that the museum will in fact accept the 1939 60HP engine for display.
I am checking with a couple of places regarding a display stand for the engine. Building a decent display stand is beyond my design and welding capabilities.
The engine is basically complete except for final assembly. Carburetor and fuel pump, which were donations, are all prettied up for display and are on their way to me from Charlie NY as we speak. (Along with the same accoutrements for Apatchy, my ailing 35 pickup.)
It sounds like the cost of the display stand is probably going be outside my budget. At this point I am already well over budget. I have not, however, gotten a quote on the cost of the stand. I am certainly going to approach the fabricator of the stand about donating the finished product to the museum. Hopefully they can write it off or get a tax break. I may, sadly and with hat in hand, be asking you guys for a little monetary help on the stand.
So far, you folks have been fantastic in donating several expensive items to the project, the most valuable being a complete set of Champion H10 "coke bottle" spark plugs from a gentleman who shall remain anonymous, as will all donors, until they tell me it is okay for me to disclose their name. H10 "Coke Bottle" plugs are, without question, the rarest of all vintage spark plugs.
Oh, we just got word that our 4th Great Grand is "in the oven". God is Good.
I am checking with a couple of places regarding a display stand for the engine. Building a decent display stand is beyond my design and welding capabilities.
The engine is basically complete except for final assembly. Carburetor and fuel pump, which were donations, are all prettied up for display and are on their way to me from Charlie NY as we speak. (Along with the same accoutrements for Apatchy, my ailing 35 pickup.)
It sounds like the cost of the display stand is probably going be outside my budget. At this point I am already well over budget. I have not, however, gotten a quote on the cost of the stand. I am certainly going to approach the fabricator of the stand about donating the finished product to the museum. Hopefully they can write it off or get a tax break. I may, sadly and with hat in hand, be asking you guys for a little monetary help on the stand.
So far, you folks have been fantastic in donating several expensive items to the project, the most valuable being a complete set of Champion H10 "coke bottle" spark plugs from a gentleman who shall remain anonymous, as will all donors, until they tell me it is okay for me to disclose their name. H10 "Coke Bottle" plugs are, without question, the rarest of all vintage spark plugs.
Oh, we just got word that our 4th Great Grand is "in the oven". God is Good.
