Recent content by bumppo72

These are the dimensions of the seat adjuster from an earlier post and found in the July edition of the Victoria Association newsletter, the Bustle. Dean

Thanks for the suggestions.

Sounds like a great solution. I had taken a early sport coupe "button" from the side fake hinge, machined off the square at the bottom of the stud, cut it the fine thread from the piece and welded a 3/8 NC piece of threaded rod. The foot or the buttom part was not strong enough and it failed.

Bert's Model A Parts sells front seat frames (left or right) made by Peter Gutierrez. Good place to start.

I have never seen this but I agree with Zax40 that it may have been a bad crack that went unnoticed and the piece fell out, but both mounts?

I have been looking for the adjustable front seat pieces that are located at the rear of each corner of the seat, for YEARS! 3/8" NC thread with a single lock nut. I had someone find some and buy them for me at Hershey last year and they were unusable. How does the bottom of the metal clad...

I second that comment!

A two blade cast aluminum blade fan is available from most vendors. The best place to buy an original fan would be as a flea market so you can inspect the blades for cracking next to the hub area. Don't try to rotate the engine with the fan blades when setting timing etc. When original fans...

I have always just put a very thin coat of motor oil and wiped most of it off. I haven't had any problems. After the engine has run, retorque the head several times until you no longer see a need to tighten.

Thanks for the information. They have an incredible collection!

In 1985 I was restoring a 31 Victoria Leatherback and was missing the passenger door filler piece that formed the front edge of the window channel, under the window trim. I was on vacation in Meredith N.H. and decided to drive over. It was a long drive. When I got thee and asked about the...

Not all heater manifolds and their covers will line up with an existing hole in the firewall. I searched for a heater to line up with my Victoria firewall hole and ended up welding up the hole and cutting a new hole to line up with a good manifold heater I bought at Hershey. I was restoring...

Locally sponsored meets seem to have a higher number of cars looking for a blue ribbon award, attesting to it's original/restored condition. There seem to be a lack of enough qualified judges at some regional meets.