Recent content by alan

jseery is right, did this to my 41 truck, the buzzer was lowd enough to wake the dead, toned it down with a piece of tape

where are you located? I have a set of sleeve installers from a ford garage, consist of a large steel plug with a handle that fits inside the sleeve

look on the other side of the float bowl and see if any number/letters are there 8BA 49-53 59 46-48 21 29 late 41-42 91 99 29-41 there were a few other numbers/letters on 53 merc with at trans if it was a holley it would be written on the bowl

I also have a box of NOS door springs and have helped others by them sending me a pencil tracing of the broken spring. I have a 40 wagon also

not at all, make a bolt pattern where the fenders attach to the cab and lay on new cab and mark. you will have to remove the fender mounts for the later fenders and then bolt the cab to the frame just like the one you removed. and then you finish the rest and go for a ride.

differences are mainly in where/how the front fenders attach to the cab, I have a 47 cab on my 41 and have helped others to the same. what about repairing your 41 cab floor sills? northern classic trucks makes a complete floor assembly plus a lot of other parts

I am sure you are aware that woodie bodies for Fords were made in Iron Mountain and then sent on a skid to the final assembly point. The floors pans and most probably the wheel wells were painted with the interior metal color. On the 40 wagons this was winterleaf brown. I would look for the...

is the distributor located on the pass side of the engine? 39 distributors are located on the front of the engine. I believe you may have a 49/53 engine in you car--head has some numbers/letters on it. what do they have on them? A, 59AB, 8BA, 8CM, EAC, EAB??????

time for some plasti-gauge to check the actual bearing clearances

to put the tilt window in you will need a 39 back truck cab, at least the cowl, windshield and roof area. during WW2 there were some Ford cabs made like that. doable but a lot of work

I believe that the jack was stored in a burlap bag and placed in the tool compartment in trunk

I have had very good luck recharging a dead optima battery with a slow charge low amperage charge. I use a battery maintainer that I buy from tractor supply around $20 on sale

cab looks like a 42, not a 52? price is right for what you have, too many undone projects for me to consider it.

EN2, diesel engine mechanic, 71 Series GM specialist. short time aboard DD756, USS Beatty, Did two years aboard MSS-1, a experimental minesweeper--look up operation Endsweep, for some details. finished out two more years in reserve. It was an honor to have served my country and to be around...

when I restored my first 40 tudor, I bought almost all mechanical parts from a dealer who had WW2 surplus, bearings dipped in grease, wrapped in cloth, dipped in cosmoline and the coated in wax-- what a job to get thru to the actual bearing itself--but what a beauty!!! are those steel pistons?