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On the firewall of my 48 Ford woodie is the aluminum patent stamp that is always replaced by "restorers". On this stamp in the lower right is a blank space that will have the abbreviated assembly plant. Mine has LB in this area for Long Beach. I have also seen BUF for Buffalo. This is in...

Speed costs...how fast do you want to go

The four long pieces of metal are to hold the rubber floor mats. Once fitted, the edge of the mat slips under them. Long for the front, short for the rear.

Try the Canvas Shoppe in Flint Michigan (1-800-345-3670). I had them make a cover for my 1948 Woodie Wagon. Since they didn't have a template, they drove drove down from Flint (100 miles) measured the car and the cover, cotton twill with felt underside, was on my porch two days later. Best...

Wolfman Jack used to be on XERB and I know that was broadcast out of Tijuana on some tower that must have been 1000 feet high.

I've had two people try and get the AM radio in the 48 Woodie to work with nothing but static. I also had the best radio shop here in Detroit get the AM/FM Thumbscrew in my 68 Charger working. When installed it worked great. The only issue was it still sounded like a 1968 radio. It's kinda...

I tried the same thing on my 48 Ford Woodie and the best way to figure an approximate date is by using what you have. Check the glass. If it is original, that gives an approximate month. I don't know about Mercury serial numbers on the body but on my Woodie, the body stamping (also on the...

Is the needle and seat assembly jammed shut? Sounds like no gas is getting into the carb - but I can't explain no "pop" or backfire with gas poured into the carb or a shot of starting spray.

Yea...but they are French.

Having worked in the Holley Tech tent many years ago, I can't begin to tell you how much junk I looked at with "...my buddy sold me this or I got it at a swap meet..." Wrong parts, metering blocks, jetting, etc. Unless you know what you are looking at, stay away from the junk when you think it's...

Can't believe the gal pumping gas in the 47 Ford convert took her gloves OFF!

South Beach Classics with the bald guy and with his plastic wife would make a used car salesmen from the 1950's blush. When you can see the orange peel on the car from a video, the paint isn't just bad, it's terrible. I appreciate the knowledge of Marc Wormer on Mopars with Graveyard Cars, but...

In the book "Famous Ford Woodies" by Sorenson, there doesn't seem to be a forthright answer to antenna location. On page 184, the picture of Gene Autry's 47 Mercury wagon has the antenna with two round antenna mounts on the driver side. On page 189, there is a picture of Elle Raines in a Ford...

I've got a 48 Super Deluxe Wagon and the antenna is mounted on the passenger side of the cowl exactly like yours. Two round antenna mounts about an inch apart. I have also seen the mounts on the driver side as well as the top of the cowl on the passenger side. My father, long since departed...

Many thanks for the clarification!