Recent content by Ed Solari

Who makes the best show quality 34 radiator for stock engine? Thanks

have Drake grille from early (2005) production run...in box and form packing since purchase … no damage to box or form. Swapped OEM driver grill in my dry fit to do a final check with Drake. The Driver side fit perfect, the passenger side the upper curved corner just above belt line the grill...

I had two 34 sets done by Apple Hydraulics in US. They were very good in ID of the 8 units 2 were replacement and incorrect for my year. They were able to source the correct two cores and thus returned two completely correct sets. They also seem to be able to work with the front ones which have...

Does anyone have opinions about the three chrome platers in Portland OR they are... Starbright in Oregon City, Eastside plating and Oregon plating ...both in Portland. Thank you

May be stupid question but I have a frame with the width of the frame rails the same on all four sides and the same front and back. I have another that top frame rail is same front and back BUT the bottom and side rails have the front wider than the back.....thus the rubber sits in a trough that...

The bottom front edge of the door appears not to be flush with the rocker panel. That is at the hinge edge the rocker is mainly "flush" with door but as it moves forward it ends protruding outward from the front door bottom???? (see red arrow in pix) Is this correct ..if so how much??? Can...

For the rumble lid assembly The inside cavity between the inside of exterior rumble panel and the interior reinforce panel the rumble spring hangs on … is that sprayed with the sound deafening lumpy material … or simply panted body color??? That's the area you access via the big holes in the...

Hi... on the support bracket below the center panel that supports the latch for the rumble lid (see pix). There is an attachment point to the bottom of the drip rail (blue arrow). What is the OEM method...tapping screw, bolt, rivet???? Need the size of item (length and thread size etc.). For...

Bought years ago a repo windshield frame and an OEM (I think) one.. the repo max height at pointed tip is 13.0 inch and the OEM 13.5 inches ...is real OEM 13.5 inches??? Who makes best repo if I can not restore the OEM (assuming 13.5 inches is OEM correct). Thank you

The repo rubber ball that fits over the ball of the wishbone (33/34 Ford).... not happy with it in that seems to be a loose fit. Is there a good supplier of quality rubber?? Thank you

The OEM sound insulation spray was done on the inner door on the roadster. BUT on a roadster is it OEM for the insulation on the inner portion of the rear quarter? If on inner quarter I assume the entire into the trunk area or just the portion adjacent to the front seat I assume a coupe rear...

Top iron holes in the top door edge are square. What is the orientation? Per the attached pix the red line is centered parallel to the top edge and "A" aligns with the corners and B aligns with the flat edges. Same Question for the rearward hole on the door. ANY pix of untouched original would...

Install new Bob Drake into 34 car...of the different brands of sealer..POR, Hirsch, Eastwood etc. any better than others for new tank..want to address alcohol /long term corrosion issues. Thanks Ed

Looking for OEM triangular panels that the rumble hinge mounts to. These are in the lower inner rear of a trunk/rumble and interconnect the rear body panel with the floor plan along with support of rumble hinge. A trunk car will also have these panels Thanks esolari@casco.net

I have mounting hole placement info for rear quarter for rear fender and the depth of fender bead to wheel well (11.5 inches), but I have also heard the depth of the wheel well on Steve real steel repo quarter is not correct. I need the depth on OEM rear quarter and OEM fender of the fender for...