Recent content by 40grit

I think we had this same conversation in 1972. And how many times since? It does not appear any of us have ever changed any bodies mind. :) To each his own. It's all good! John

My '49 came with 4:27 with OD. When I tore the trans out I replaced it with the 3:90 which did come out of a non-OD car. There may have been 3:91’s in OD cars but I never knew of one. John

One of the larger churches here in town aske if they could use my roadster for the lead in video to their Christmas sermon. I thought they did a good job with it. :-) https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Xu7VxHDZIhw John

LOL, OK Jonathan. Where are our pictures? :) John

My '36 roadster will get 21-22 on the highway. It is about 265 CI being a .060 over Mercury block. The mileage comes from a 3.25 rear with OD trans as well as a Chevy distributor. A good advance curve and tall gearing really makes a differance! It also makes the car a joy to cruise in at 65...

His statement that the fenders are narrower at the running board is puzzling. The 35 and 36 have a different profile as shown above and the coupe/roadster fenders are different than a sedan where they meet the rear of the body but all 1935/36 rear fenders should be the same at the running...

I can not comment on which sound better but the quality of the headrers Red sent me was great. Not only did they fit well but the ceramic (?) coating on them still looks new 5 years later. John Long

Good to see you here Richard! If any of the readers here are wondering about the Chevy conversion, I drove the 36 to Nashville a couple of months ago. It has a Chevy Points distributor with 3.25 9 inch rear end and S-10 5 speed. Monteagle Mountain in I-24 is a 6% grade for 4 miles without...

If you block off your heat risers, you will find the Smitty's come alive some. I am running Red's Headers and long Smitty's behind a fairly well built '51 Merc in my '36 roadster. I am very pleased with them. John

My 47 convertible vent windows were stainless as well as the side glass frames front and rear. John

There is no doubt in my mind my 390 is defective. I have never taken it apart to check it. Only tried to tune it. I do like the fact that the WCFB is period correct for an early style hot rod though. John

I would be the first to admit the multi carb set ups are sexy but I will share my experience with the 4 barrell. I purchased a 390 cfm Holly from speedway and never did get it to accelerate without acting like it had a bad pump. I changed shooter mozzles, pump cams, as well as talking to holly...

My '36 all steel roadster. Hangin with the gang on Monday night at the Sonic. John

I have a '49 Merc 8cm in my 36. I ran the truck pumps with single belt an a Cooling Componants electric fan and shroud with excellent results. Cooling is a non issue unless pulling a long grade on the interstate even with a zero pressure origional radiator. John

Couple of shots of mine at a show in Nashville, Tn John