Recent content by Bruce/Texas

I had a pair of hoses made up with the appropriate fittings at the local industrial hose place for about $25 each.

I would avoid putting my hand over the carb while cranking the engine. I have an acquaintance who did just that, there was a backfire through the carb which sent a throttle plate completely through his hand.

I also highly recommend Kent in Oregon! Bruce

My 39 standard coupe had the exact same problem. I welded it up about 30 years ago and have had no problems with it since.

'39 Standard Coupe. Bruce

Any recommendations on where to get a car cover? I mainly need a cover to keep the paint from getting "garage rash" while parked in the garage.

I highly recommend Kent as well!

I need a pair of front seat side shields for my '39 Ford as shown in the red circle of the attached photo.

Does anyone have a lead on the parts for the seat as shown in the red circle on the attched photo. These parts cover up the seat back hinge and hide the seat track. My '39 has never had these parts. Any photos of the parts and how they mount to the seat would help as I could probably...

I have recently have had excellent service from two vendors, Kent Jaquith of Clean Sweep Windshield Wiper Motor Service and Dennis Carpenter Reproductions. Kent was good enough to build and ship me a wiper motor in about a week. My original wiper motor failed just as I was taking the car to...

I bought the clips that are supposed to be like the original installation. I have not installed the fuzzies yet. Has anyone use the clips?

I am getting ready to replace the window runs and fuzzies on my 39 coupe. I bought a kit with the fuzzies and the front and rear window runs included. Any tips on this project? Do I need to take the window and regulator out to replace the runs or will the window runs come out with the...

I bought one of those gears about a year ago. I installed it in my '39 regulator with good results. I ended up drilling out the rivets which serve as the pivot points for the two arms of the regulator, then drilled out the rivets which holds the replacement gear to the arms. I used aluminum...

The sump on that pan will probably interfere with your drag link. Your best bet is a Mercury pan. The sump is towards the rear or the pan. You will also need the Mercury oil pump pick up tube.

I will second Ford38V8's procedure for getting the air bubbles out of the bulb/tube. I hung my gauge up vertically overnight with the bulb down low and the cooper tube as straight as i could get it. Then , while keeping the gauge up high relative to the bulb, I transfered the bulb from a pan...