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  1. OldDad

    Paris to Peking Rally in '40 Coupe

    Make that "Peking to Paris" -- oops! Saw this on the BBC news this morning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01csk2m Part one of four, according to this: http://peking2paris2013.com/ Definitely would like to see how that flathead does in the Gobi Desert!
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    Invisible Bell Housing

    Just posted an old letter my father (OldDad) wrote back in '52 in which he mentions fixing a blown-off flathead bell housing (for $35.00!). http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83657 So, thought I would post some pictures of a block I have that dates back to those days, and see...
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    60 Year Old Flathead Hot Rodding Letter

    Was going through a box of old papers this morning, and ran across this letter from my father (OldDad) to my uncle Dick that was written in 1952. In it, he refers to the new "hard-tops" that had just started running, and building an engine to compete with at the track. Dick lived up in...
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    1942 Car Classified Ads

    Here are the classified ads from the Los Angeles Times of May 1942. It is interesting to note that "President Roosevelt says there is no present intention of rationing gasoline in the Los Angeles area." I'll take several Model A coupes at $27.50 each!
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    32 Ford Introduction

    This may be old news, but I stumbled upon this story while reading about the pipe organ in the Hollywood Theater in Detroit, and thought it would be of interest to many of you. It starts about two-thirds down the page under "Unusual Experience". Sure sounds like Harry Bennett, if you've read...
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