Recent content by Lefty W.

Price reduced to $11,000. Someone might want a project like this to work on if you are still at home avoiding the COVID.

Price reduced to $13,500. I can't figure out how to edit the original post.

Price reduction

Early 1931 Victoria leatherback. Is there a bustle in your hedgerow? (Okay, that might be a bit too obscure a reference.) My father bought this car in the mid-1960s and had it at least partially restored in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Ms. Vicky was kept in a barn and was driven once a...

Nope, when I test-fit the distributor body without the shaft in place, the body would seat correctly, including the locating pin.

That's the puzzling thing... the old distributor slips right in, no obstructions, it actually fits kinda loose and wobbles a bit when the engine is running. The new distributor body will seat correctly without a shaft. The lengths of both distributors with shafts appear to be exactly the same...

Update: I ground the slots in the distributor shaft a bit deeper on each end. The shaft fits in the drive gear, but the distributor body just won't get seated on the head. In fact, it won't go any lower than it did before I made the shaft slots deeper. I am officially puzzled. :confused:

I'm still looking for the front seat frames for an early '31 Victoria. My car has some nice but improper Tudor seats, and I'd like to have the correct seats in her.

Yes, both ends of the new shaft have the same slot measurement (9/32"). The socket in the bottom of the distributor has the same measurement, so the shaft appears to be seating all of the way in the distributor. Although I was able to get the shaft to fit into the spline on the drive gear, it...

The total length of both distributors and shafts appear to be the same. But I think I have discovered the problem. The slot in the new shaft measures 9/32" deep, while the slot in the old shaft is 12/32" (3/8") deep. This appears to be what is keeping the distributor from seating on...

That's exactly the problem. Without the shaft in place, the distributor casting will fit into the head with the locating pin in its corresponding hole, but when I try it with the shaft, the distributor won't insert far enough in for the pin to even reach its hole. I figure the shaft is not...

Good idea. I will try that to see if it helps. On mine, both ends of the shaft will fit into the distributor. Perhaps the same is not true for the drive gear side. I'll try either end of the shaft to see if that helps. You're probably right. The shaft on the old distributor is pretty rusty.

I am attempting to replace my old distributor with a new one. The old distributor has the one-piece shaft, and it drops right in. It fits kind of loose, and the distributor wobbles a bit when the engine is running. I was wanting to try to use a new distributor with the modern top...

Yes. 1931 Model A Victoria leatherback. The dome light switch is on the passenger door pillar. I was mistaken earlier. I chased down the switch wire, and it is connected to the terminal box post. Next, I'll have to figure out what that stray wire is doing connected to the cowl light crossover...

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but on which terminal does the dome light wire tie in at the terminal box? On my Frankenvicky, the dome light wire is soldered to the cowl light crossover wire, and the connection was left bare. I didn't think that was correct. From my recollection, the...