I recently took a gamble on this one. The price was right and the transaction went great. I even ordered a second one just to have. The bezel is raw aluminum color not chrome. It's been working just fine for months now. Seems good quality not cheap Chinese. https://www.ebay.com/itm/144710704730
Been laying underneath my coupe looking at how to install some later style shocks and was wondering something. Anyone know why ford stopped the frame at the rear axle? You look at the design of the bumper mounts/brackets and think wonder why they just didn't make the frame that much longer? I...
I used a arbor press on my top. I just set up some little blocks and used the press to push on the middle of the carb. Little at a time with patience. Used a straight edge to verify. And test fitted to body of carb. Shouldn't taken pictures but I didn't. I know a lot of these carbs are bent from...
As a mechanic over the years occasionally we'd get a spot of grease here and there. To remove. We'd use non pumice hand cleaner. Rub it in. Wet rag it out. Vacuum spot. Apply as many times as needed. Never stained or discolored material. But as noted before. Try a inconspicuous spot first.
I went backwards and traded my 1959 oldsmobile dynamic 88 for my current model A. I was bored of the Olds and never owned a model A. Don't regret it one bit either.
You guys are so impressed with this 3d printing...5 axis milling...live tooling lathes.. .A lot of us younger guys are impressed with the tool and die makers who made the dies and such to make these Model A's. Just think of the radiuses that had to be finished by hand with a file. Now that's...