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1935 Electrical System temporary shorting – Back ground- Car is a three year old restoration with a new wiring harness including resistor, fuse block, ignition switch, rebuilt 3 brush generator and distributor, 6 Volt Pos ground (with a shut-off switch wired in). The generators third brush...

Can any one identify the attached firewall... Is it for a car or truck and what year ???.... Silly me bought it for my 35 Phaeton project.......Any thoughts will be appreciated. Jim

Can anyone identify this firewall?? Car or truck?? What year? Thanks Jim

I am wondering if others have had issues with storing their side window curtains in the area behind the rear seat? My set of side curtains came with a vinyl storage/protector bag to store them in… but when the bag lays flat in the storage area behind the rear seat back, it pretty much takes up...

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Helping a friend of a friend locate a source for an 8.5 volt battery for his '47 p/u truck. Don't know if there still made.. Any sources come to mind ?? At this point he's not inclined to convert to 12v. Thanks, Jim

http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?p=911738#post911738

http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37659&highlight=painting+wire+wheels

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Can we revisit in sequence / step-by-step procedure for adjusting the mechanical brakes for a 1935 Ford? Last fall I put the 35 Phaeton on the road for my first time, brakes were adjusted using the Model A method and wooden step gauge (I believe at the time this method was discussed here in...

Finally getting around to mounting the spare tire cover and realize, now after the cover is painted of course, I never replaced the rubber bumpers which apparently were riveted to the cover. What did they look like, how thick and can anyone offer a suggestion/work around as I have not seen...

I need guidance on how to install the spare tire cover and ring on the spare tire without scratching the cover… I assume it’s done with the spare mounted on the car. I have attached the cover to the tire with a string to hold it in place…after that it looks scary …I would be appreciative of...

Ref 1935: Can anyone provide or point me to a proceedure/specs for aiming my headlights. I could not find anything searching old posts. Jim

Another loose end before I can get this restoration on the road !! Ref 35 Horn Rod… I have all new wiring and last fall the lights and horns worked… however, when I would turn the steering wheel, the light disk would also rotate with the steering wheel turning the lights on and off...

Ref 1935.....I have tried and tried to install the after market lens retaining clips I got from Mac's (p/n 48-13061-S) which hold the headlite lens in the trim ring... Whats the secret?? I am afraid I will break the lens in the process, they seem to tall for the job..and don't match up to the...

I want to install rear and front seat belts in my 1935 Phaeton, even though I have to drill thru my new Bradley floors…. I have read that spacing between a set of belt straps should be approx 17”. Starting in the rear of the Phaeton the best I can get is a spacing of approx 10”…. I haven’t...

I am attempting to clean, and paint a pair of horns for my 35 Phaeton. They work fine on the bench, one a little louder than the other…they were never on this car. I took them apart into three sections, the top electrical/motor section to which I need to solder two input wires, the middle...

Does anyone know of a source/vendor that may sell the mounting brackets and hardware for a 1935 Ford luggage rack ?? Does anyone have any info from which I could fabricate a pair of brackets?... or even have a picture of what they look like ? Thanks, Jim

I am looking for recommendations on which of Calf Car Cover fabric type/model you might have found to be relatively easy to handle when covering a cloth type convertible top. Mine is a 4dr Phaeton and I am guessing could be a job pulling the wrong fabric type cover over a large cloth top as...

Ref- ‘35 Phaeton …top installation and part identification The picture below shows a bracket, which was screwed on the old rusty original top irons found on the car…located on the side on the top irons where the center steel bow is attached...(my new bows don't even have such a hole to accept...