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I was driving up to Wellfleet when I heard a weird sound. One of my stainless steel hubcaps had come off. I have looked online and only found really beat up ones.

This is the dash of my ‘37. It’s hydrographic.

Be careful. Most Cetol has pigment in it. It also takes about 2 days to dry. Epifanes does as well. It used to dry overnight, but they changed the formula a while ago.

Pettit Captain’s is pretty good, but Pettit Flagship is better. We switched over at out boat shop.

If the led’s don’t work well with the lenses, should you try the halogen light lenses?

It’s surprising that they went for so little. I saw a little of the collection for sale today. There are some beautiful cars in it!

It took me a few tries to get the right adapter Lully for my fan. One problem I have is that the internal fan in the alternator blows back to front. ThT interacts tithe air being blown from front to back by the engine fan. It makes a whistling/howling sound.

An odd question. When I was helping my friend get his father’s 1917 REO we used an air hose with an air gun stuck through a tennis ball with a hole drilled all the way through it (to form a seal at the fill tube) and we re-prime the fuel line. Can you use a similar technique on an engine like...

The engine got rebuilt post ethanol gas. But I will look into it.

This is a picture of the engine.

Hey, question about keys. I inherited my dad’s 37. The keys are really worn. How can I get “new” keys made? I can have them “duplicated” but they will still be worn. You guys mentioned the code on the lock. Where is it located?

12V. I’m a total newcomer to this V8 thing. No mechanical experience, so I don’t know where to start. This car was my father’s first car. He keep ahold of it. He gave it to me, but I never learned how to work on cars. My first car was EFI, so no working on that yourself (in my world). I’m going...

I thought I had trouble with my coil a while ago. The car would run for a bit, then seem like it was starving for fuel. I looked it up here on The Barn, it seemed like a bad coil. I replaced the coil, condenser and the 2 wires back to the distributor. I have a “modern” style detached coil. It...

I got a new remote coil for my 37 from Joe’s. It mentions using a different ignition resistor. I think it is located on the inside of the firewall, but I’m not sure. What does the original look like? My car is all stock except for being changed over to 12 volt.

I’m looking for my ballast resistor. What do they look like?