Recent content by Max

Thanks for your replies Gents, much appreciated.

My 40 Deluxe Coupe has only two bolts per side fixing running board to front fender. The fender has 4 bolt holes in it but the running board only has two. Original fenders and running boards. Is this correct? A picher would be good. Also I managed to break one of the small spring clips that...

Thats not how we do it "Down Under":p

What about considering electric power steering? All you need is 12 volts. Reasonably easy to install and donor cars are plentiful.

Hello Guys, I have not posted here in a while, but still fiddling with pre war Fords. Our Australian Government has gone madder these days and are paranoid about asbestos entering the country in imported cars. My question is:- Does anyone know if these cars (34 Ford) have asbestos in them, and...

Thanks Guys for your input. Kube, running boards are off the car. This car was built in 2009 and this problem has been there all along. I am going to look at a stock 40 Standard Coupe today so I can get an idea of the gap between frame and fender inner skirt. 19Fordy, thanks for you post and...

The running boards are original. Mike Kubath, are you there!!!

I have a problem with the front fenders on my car. The bottom of the fender forward of the metal panel brace, wants to poke outwards about an inch when bolting up the running board. My panel man says the front clip is too low, this is causing the fenders to poke out. The inner fender skirts are...

Are they the same as 32 sedan fenders? If not what are the differences. Thanks.

All done, no problem really. Bolted the body down onto the mounting blocks and jacked the cab diagonally forward, with the doors open, this lifts the doors at the rear and now the swage lines line up. evidently these pickups suffer this quite often due to the mounting blocks breaking and...

Whats the best way to line up the swage lines on a 33 pickup? I have heard that its best to bolt down the cab on its mounting pads and then use a couple of porta powers to jack diagonally across the door openings to line up the doors. Other people say to shim the cab to get the swages to line...

I did that and oil went everywhere.

34 Sedan, has a rattle from the torque tube on the over run, ie, when decelerating. The noise disappears under acceleration. Any ideas on what it could be? The noise is definitely from the torque tube. Thx, Max

I tell you what, we Australians are glad that the US is our friend. I remember my Dad saying, "If it wasn't for the Yanks you would have chinky eyes". This was after he and his mates had fought the Nips to a standstill in the mountains of New Guinea, he was ever thankful that the US army turned...

Would that be Steve McGuinness from Perth Western Australia? He has or did have a Flathead powered F/E dragster. I might be able to track him down, if he is the right guy.