Recent content by Patterg2003

Dennis Carpenter has floor pans for most of the '40 cars. I bought a set in the fall of '19 when DC had a sale. https://www.dennis-carpenter.com/en/cars/body/sheet-metal/01a-7011135-tkfront-floor-pan-62-inch.

Excellent work. I discovered your thread last week & immediately read it from end to end. I have a 40 convertible project that is a solid shell but is missing its floors. It is good to follow the work of a someone knowledgeable in reconstructing & restoring 1940 Fords.

F1 thanks. It is good to know what you paid. I have a 40 Ford & I am investigating building an 8CM 276 flathead. I was asking about the Canadian heads as some are different & may have better compression. I saw a set of Cdn Mercury C8CM-B aluminum heads & was questioning if the C8CM-C are...

I have found a Canadian Mercury 255 flathead engine with a block casting ID of C1BA which is a Cdn 1951 Ford & Merc block. He said the casting letters on the head are C8CM-C. I have seen Cdn C8CM-B heads but no -C's yet. Could the -B's be equal to EAB's and -C's equal to EAC's? The engine is a...

Could you seal the bearing surfaces with something like a liquid plastic then do the the molasses dip? Thinking of something like liquid electrical tape or a product as that used to dip tool handles? I found these listed on the Canadian Tire site...