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Does anyone sell the brackets to mount the seat to the floor? Joe's Antique Auto Parts doesn't show it on his website. Any other vendors that carry this? I tried to post a picture from Drake's website showing the underside of his complete floor pan, but, no go.

Any words of wisdom before I hack my floor? The drivers side "should be" replaced, the passenger side is in good shape. Replace the whole thing with Drake's one piece floor or buy the panels individually? Any special reinforcing to do before cutting the old floor out?

Here is the original Bill of Sale and three pictures of how the cab & chassis was used. I ran across these pictures in my Dad's old stuff. The driver was about 18 YO in the one picture and just recently passed away.

I had my radio upgraded to am/fm/bluetooth inside the stock radio, 6 volt positive ground. It still has just one wire and it’s connected to the left side of the circuit breaker. With the ignition off, the radio works. With the ignition on, it works. Any ideas? I guess I could connect it to...

In Kube’s book, “its Ford for 40”, he mentioned radio equipped 40’s had a shorter lighter. Does anyone know who sells those? Third Generation and Carpenter have lighters but they do not look short enough to fit.

This Drake Reproduction was in the box with the radio I am about to install. Anyone know what it is? It’s not in Drake’s listing of parts for a 1940 Ford. It does not fit around the radio, either.

I just installed a “new” carb from Charlie Price’s Vintage Speed. I bought a Model 94 with the designation “59” on it. It fires right up but has a slight hesitation and occasionally “coughs” when throttling up. The accelerator pump is positioned in the forward hole and it “coughs” in all three...

I took this picture this summer at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane. It shows a 32 Model B, appears to be a 2 door sedan. It says “Auto Show 1932, Marie Antoinette Ballroom, Ford Model B $500.

My 40 convertible, 59 series engine is having some new hesitation issues when stepping on the throttle. Maybe time for a carburetor rebuild or replacement. Anyone have thoughts about a vendor? Coming into the rainy season so I am not in a huge hurry. It has a 7RT carb on it now. The top of...

I am installing a Stromberg e-fire distributor on my 59A. Anyone have a picture of a good place to mount it?

My 40 has a 59A engine. It had been acting up a bit when I would stop at the mailbox and it would die. Cranking it over, it would not start, coast down the hill, compression start and she would fire off and I could drive it in the garage. Now, it will not start at all. I have a new coil and...

Is it worth trying to reuse the old door panel metal clips? They are not very flexible and are difficult to "pinch" into their respective holes. Anyone find a plastic "push-in" alternative?

I have been looking online at the different ways to soak a carburetor for rebuild. Rather than pay $30 for the gallon of "carburetor cleaner" at the auto parts store, what is an acceptable substitute. I have read about lacquer thinner, Pine Sol, Simple Green and a couple of others. What works...

Does anyone have a source or know what you can replace the "composite" (?) washer with? It is just behind the metal washer.

I just returned from a 6 week trip and found a small puddle of antifreeze on the floor that has leaked out of the heater hose connection to the lower radiator hose on my 40. I put all new hoses etc back in early March. I don't think I could tighten the heater hose connection any tighter. My...

No cancer. Originally a car from Lake Arrowhead, CA.

This is supposed to be a 39 frame. It appears to have a hand brake lever which I think was last used in cars in 36. If so, any additional issues if I use a 36 frame under a 40 convertible? Someone has added a front shock kit. I am inspecting this frame tomorrow morning. Any advice would be...

I have a line on a 39 frame for my 40 convertible. Any noticeable issues in using the 39 under my car? I know the closed car frames for 40 were of 10 gauge steel, while the open cars were 11 gauge, what about the 39? Was the suspension the same, tie rods, shocks, front and rear axles etc...

Is there any special bracing necessary to replace the front floors in a 40 convertible? I will be using a full floor pan (60”).

My 40 convertible has a few issues as you can see by the pictures. No problems from the transmission forward (thanks to oil leaks etc over 81 years). Everything starts at the center reinforcement plate. The plate has been removed and re-welded (sort of). The rest of the issues are rearward (a...