Recent content by tallcoil

ok thanks Gents, your guidance is much appreciated!

yes, all of that and clutch assembly

Trying to mate a 53 V8 to a 39 top shift transmission so I can keep the original rear and tube. Is it correct that a bell housing from a 49-53 light truck will work? Any other type of adapters available? thanks. Don

WTB windshield frame - upper and lower - for my Center Door Sedan restoration. Are all sedans and coupe windshields the same in 1923? I also need frames for rear side windows with the pull straps. Does anyone make these? Thanks, Don

Does anyone have the measurements for the side window glass? I have pattern for the forward side windows, but not the door window and rear side windows. I also need the frames for the rear side windows which pull up with a strap. Does anyone make them up? Also need windshield glass clamp for...

Wow, I need a good straight front axle. Every one I see at a swap meet is twisted like a licorice stick, but I am in NY

I have a 32 B Tudor, older restoration

I ran a tap and die and I can see that the problem is with the threads in the nut. Looks like they were not cut correctly - I see lots of shiny metal on the threads and some fine shavings. Now they thread up the perch fine. Forgot that I can't rely on repro parts to fit.

I thought I would have fun today starting to assemble the freshly restored and painted front axle assembly. The axle and wishbone are original to my car, a 1930 April Standard Roadster. I bought new spring perches from Brattons. I was a little surprised that the nut on the bottom of each...

excellent catch Mass A Man! That was not an easy find

Surprised not to see any Model T Fords at all. I guess they were all old cars by the mid-1930s, and certainly not classy enough for Wilshire Blvd!!

thanks guys, the consensus is keep the inside of the pan naked as the day it was stamped. another neophyte question: I am preparing the oil pan for bead blasting. Under the outside lip, where the bolts go through, there is a reinforcing strip of steel running around the pan. Mine is...

What did the factory do? Was the outside of the oil pan dipped, brushed or sprayed with black enamel? Or lacquer? Why are we working on Model A's and not Model U's?

I am having the pleasure to reassemble my rebuilt short block. The oil pan and interior baffle have been cleaned with industrial soap down to the bare metal. Should the inside of the oil pan and baffle be given a light coat of paint, zinc chromate, or left as bare metal? I could not find...

I filed the top sharp edges of the key very very slightly, filed the slot in the original pulley, a little at a time, and squared off the curve of the top of the slot on the pulley to get the pulley to seat securely on the key and bottom out on the oil slinger. I agree with Mr. Miller that I...