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Probably asked before but looking straight into the socket, is high beam on the left or the right. Wire colors are hopelessly faded.

In 54 years of using and abusing Model A's I've never experienced a broken axle. So I'm curious what the combined talent here can teach me. Did it break because the rear roller bearing is worn out and it flexed too much? How would someone measure that? This is a car that gets used. Myself...

My truck came to me with no gas tank. I found a 1940 41 tank in town and bought it for reasonable money, but it's a mess. Rusted through. So I've cut it open from the top and sand blasted inside and out but it's cheddar cheese and even if I can successfully repair it, it's never going to be...

Trying to take the lenses off the survivor '38 coupe for the first time in over 60 years and I'm afraid I'll break something. They are really really stuck. Any ideas appreciated. I have the IPB page 528 in the green bible but don't understand why these will not pry open. Any help...

What am I missing. The nut goes all the way into the head and it's still loose. You can pull it in and out, and it dribbles coolant all the time. Thanks! Head, not block. Doh!

A '57 followed me home from Las Vegas on the trailer yesterday. Having been in the car hobby for 52 years I well understand the first impulse to ride off in all directions madly when you get a new project. Couple questions for the experts. Which of the "clubs" is the logical choice for the...

The Evans dual carb manifold has evenly placed carbs over the porting and no provision for generator / fan. Off-setting the gen is not very difficult. I think a Delco 6V Pos Grd. converted alternator would be an OK choice and a guy makes a nice looking set of brackets to accomplish that (sold...

A neat 1938 Dorothea Lange photo of a '28 - '29 Sport coupe in it's 10th year on Shorpy this AM. Is it a '28? or is it a '29? and how could you tell. I couldn't find anything to nail it to one year. http://www.shorpy.com/node/21272?size=_original#caption

Title says it. Tired of messing with junkers. Just want to know how fast I'm going in the '39 tonner. Truck is not pretty. Speedo doesn't need to be either.

I have a 1939 122" WB 1 ton truck and I need an emergency brake handle with the double tooth Pawl. I think '40 - '47 would work even though my truck has enclosed drive line and those were made for shoe on open drive line. Doesn't need to be pretty. The truck is decidedly NOT

This radiator came to me in the '29 Woody in the pics below. I'm a driver, not a show-er, and I live in the desert. This radiator is in very very fine shape and I'm sure it's flowing water the same as it did when it was new. It had an easy life in a car that was one family until a couple of...

Yes, I'm the same guy that complains about people whoring up their '28 - 9 Phaeton or Tudor with cowl lights and white walls. That would be me. :o I put a brandy new pressurized Brassworks Radiator in the '29 Woody. Since the moto meter was rendered useless, this was something I'd considered...

Looks like this area is mostly broken with everybody asking where they can buy cotter pins etc. But if anyone is listening, it seems that a seperate section for complete cars for sale would be more fun than looking through hundreds of guys trying to sell rusty parts for the occasional car...

Can use a couple of these. Beat up but usable is all I'm looking for. The truck would suffer with really nice hubcaps. 11Y 1130a

I blame it on the (*^*(& snipe engines. You go to bed fine and wake up owner of a '39 3/4 ton. Does anyone close to me have some 17" tires that would be good enough for "rollers". Bald is OK. I won't get this off the trailer until I get some tires that can hold air. The solid rings, I...

2 of my 3 daughters were down with the grandkids on 4rth July this year. They went on a treasure hunt in the back yard looking for articles d'art à patine. They are both talented interior designers and stylish home makers. Just makes a father proud ;~')) POST pics of your V8 ART

This truck is new enough in this photograph, probably taken in 1938 or 1939 that the hub caps have never been off. Note they are still oriented to the valve stem clocked by the factory. The negative was included in a collection of negatives made by a Tonopah Nevada professional photographer...

So, yesterday I pulled the dipstick on the '38 coupe and discovered chocolate milk in the oil pan. Seeking help on the initial thought process. What is the most common source of coolant water getting into the oil gallery? Pulled the plugs to see if any droplets were on any of them. Nope...

So I read up on using the capillary tube from a donor gauge, putting it in ice slurry with salt to keep the ether in the bulb, blah blah blah and figured I could accomplish the surgery, but after taking my old gauge out, I don't see any red goo inside the glass tube anymore. This car spent some...

I ended up with some new Repro parts that a guy was gathering for a '39 Pickup Resto. New Vintiques Tail Lamp - Boxed $24.50 single New Bob Drake '35 Car - '36-39 Commercial Stainless Headlamp Rims $48 pair New Vintiques '38 - '39 Pickup Glass Two-Lite Ford Lenses front $38 pair Model 81-C...