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After many years of being torn down to freshen up the brakes and suspension I have finally gotten around to putting 'Henry' back together. Putting a new rubber ball on the wishbone has proven to be a very difficult task. I have a new rubber ball which I have had for years, the hole in the ball...

After many years of being torn down to freshen up the brakes and suspension I have finally gotten around to putting 'Henry' back together. Putting a new rubber ball on the wishbone has proven to be a very difficult task. I have a new rubber ball which I have had for years, the hole in the ball...

I don't think it is a 37 V8 60 truck radiator. I restored a 37 Ford 85 HP pickup in the early 1960's. I was sold a NOS radiator that had wider side mounting fins and the fill neck was spaced forward on the tank. I was told the radiator was a "desert, high capacity option". I did not note that...

I would be more concerned about the '38 V8 60 having enough power to pull the car with passengers and trailer. My father had a '38 Ford V8 60 in 1947. My father described the Ford as not having enough power to pull a wet cigarette butt out of the gutter With just dad and I in the car it really...

Many people overlook the fact that the average radiator prior to '40-41 does not have a seat in the neck for a pressure cap to work, ergo, a pressure cap is useless. All of my pre '40 vehicles have had the neck replaced with one that will accept a pressure cap, generally a 7 lb. The stock...

Ditto on the starter relocation... Cad engines in Fords was a very common application during the mid '50's..

Took a quick look through my pix files, found a pix of a Super Easy Siphon Hose. A modern version of the ever faithful Oklahoma Credit Card. '

Water in fuel, gasoline and/or diesel use to be a big problem until the EPA made the services stations replace their old leaky tanks that allowed ground water and condensation to seap into the underground tanks. In the good ole days water in fuel was a constant problem, therefore the parts...

My suggestion would be to go to a local RV trailer hitch dealer an have them fabricate a receiver frame mounted hitch for you car.. If you look close at the pix that 'petehoovie' posted, the bumper on the woody with the Teartdrop Trailer is bent down because all of the weight in on the bumper

As I recall the Delux 35-36 Fords closed cars were wired at the factory for radio's. My 36 is a Delux with factory radio, the antenna is hooked to the chicken wire in the roof, It also has a lead coming down the 'A' pillar for a cowl mounted whip antenna.

I would suggest doing what many people have done to haul a vintage cat around. Put the body on a late model F 450-550 chassis, in the long run it would be cheaper and safer than trying to patch together and old truck to do a new truck job. I have several friends that have put a vintage COE body...

Old habits and the myth's that support them seem to have an after life that will not go away. I took Auto Mechanic' during the four years I was in high school, I wanted to be a mechanic. After high school I went to work for Standard Oil in one of their service facilities. The four years of auto...

You did not list the year of your truck. If it is pre 42 it will have a torque tube driveline and transverse springs all of which makes it near impossible to bolt an OD trans into a 36-41 vehicle. I say near impossible, because nothing is impossible, if you have enough money and lots of time

More on VW mirrors on a EFV8.. I was at a EFV8 Regional sanctioned meet in the very early '60's, one of the cars at the meet was a very nice 36 3 win cpe. The car had very nice hing pin mirrors on both doors. I followed the '36 into the show grounds, as soon as the car was parked I parked, I...

While we are on the door pin mirror subject I'll add an alternate rear view mirror that I used on my 39 conv coupe in lieu of hinge pin mirrors. The rear view mirror shown in the attached pix is after-market "Swan Mirrors".. I fabricated a mounting plate out of aluminum attached to the existing...