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  1. Lamar Wadsworth

    Removing inside door handles and window cranks

    Need to replace a cracked door glass on my '55 Ford. I have the tool for removing the inside door handle and window crank, but it's not getting them off, I know the tool goes 180 degrees from the way the handle/crank points. I removed many of them when I worked in a body shop in high school...
  2. Lamar Wadsworth

    '55 Ford car;-- can someone take a picture for me

    Need a photo of the brace that goes between the center of the fronint splash pan and the tab on the front cross member. If someone has an original '55 Ford that has never been wrecked in front.😞There is a tab on the center of the front crossmember with a bolt hole, and it looks like there should...
  3. Lamar Wadsworth

    Need someone to take a picture for me

    Can someone with a '55-'56 Ford V8 2 barrel carb and 3 on the tree take a picture of your car's throttle linkage and return springs showing the bellcrank and linkage from the arm on the firewall to the bellcrank?
  4. Lamar Wadsworth

    Source for speedo housing clamps '55 Ford

    Does anybody know where I can get the clamps (4 of them per car) that hold the speedometer/gauge cluster assembly to the dash on '55 Ford cars. Or does anybody have some on a parts car?
  5. Lamar Wadsworth

    '55 Ford car fuel gauge wiring

    Back side of '55 Ford fuel gauge. Car converted to 12V with aftermarket wiring harness. I have the voltage reducer to put on the gauge but need to know which terminal is the power feed and which terminal is for the wire to the sending unit. Need to know to install the reducer on the correct...
  6. Lamar Wadsworth

    Is Lawson Cox still around?

    He's in his 90s if he is. Haven't seen any posts from him in a while. Good guy. Bought a NOS '38-'39 big truck radiator from him to use in my '38 pickup.
  7. Lamar Wadsworth

    Timing marks on a '55 272I

    I changed the distributor on my '55 272 and used a '57 and later distributor. How do I read the timing marks as there are no numbers ? I'm assuming the first mark would be 0 degrees. Shop manual calls for 3 degrees advance with manual transmission.
  8. Lamar Wadsworth

    '55-'56 Ford/'55-'57 Bird headlight surrounds

    I saw a nice '55 Ford a while back with fully chromed headlight surrounds. Were these aftermarket? Thunderbird? I'm 73, old enough to remember when '55 and '56 Fords were plentiful in the junkyards everywhere in the late '60s and early '70s. Never saw a pair back then. Also, I have a few of...
  9. Lamar Wadsworth

    ;55 Ford windshield washer nozzle

    Looking for the windshield washer nozzle that mounts on the hood for '55 Ford. Most likely '52-'56 is the same.
  10. Lamar Wadsworth

    Wanted: '55 car glove box lid striker

    When I took the dash out and took it apart for painting, I managed to misplace the striker for the glove box door. This is the piece that the latch catches on. Attaches to the lid with two screws. Anybody have one on a parts car? Not sure if other years are the same, take a pic and PM me if...
  11. Lamar Wadsworth

    '55 Ford car glove box latch striker

    Had the dash out and apart for painting. Somehow managed to lose the striker for the latch on the glove box door. Anybody have an extra on a parts car? No idea if other years are the same.
  12. Lamar Wadsworth

    '55 Ford car throttle bellcrank

    Need a throttle bellcrank for '55-'56 Ford V8 car with 2 barrel carb. One bracket attaches to back of engine block with 2 5/16" bolts, one bracket attaches to firewall with sheet metal screws. The arm that points down has the rod that goes to the accelerator pedal, the arm that points up has...
  13. Lamar Wadsworth

    '55-56 2 barrel V8 throttle linkage

    Dotes anyone have a '55-'56 2 barrel V8 throttle linkage . One of the brackets mounts to the firewall, the other one mounts to the engine block. The part that bolts to the block is broken off on mine.
  14. Lamar Wadsworth

    '55 Ford car rear U joint

    Replacing rear U-joint on '55 Ford. What's the trick to getting the old one out of the yoke on the driveshaft? I've removed the two C Clips that go inside the yoke and soaked it with PBlaster. Can't get it to budge. The U-joint is original to the car (parents bought the car new, so I know...
  15. Lamar Wadsworth

    '55 Ford car headlight swtich

    Trivial thing that's driving me nuts. I stripped my '55 Ford dash bare to paint it, got everything assembled and back in it with no problems--except the headlight switch, I know the little button you push down on the switch body to take the knob and shaft out to remove it. I got it back...
  16. Lamar Wadsworth

    Gear oil recommendation

    What weight gear oil is everybody using in trans and rear end--'55 Ford car with 3 on the tree.
  17. Lamar Wadsworth

    '55-56 Throttle arm

    I wasn't paying attention I pulled the 272 out of my '55--forgot to unbolt it where the bracket bolts to the back of the block and broke the bracket. Does anybody have a decent on a parts car? I know '55 and '56 V8 cars are the same, probably '54 V8 as well. This is the bell crank thing--the...
  18. Lamar Wadsworth

    '37-'38 windshield regulator

    Good used windshield regulator, fits '37 and '38 cars and trucks, good gears, no broken teeth. This is the mechanism that opens and closes the windshield.
  19. Lamar Wadsworth

    Splash pan for '38-'39 Ford pickup

    Good used splash pan that goes underneath the truck between the grille and front crossmember.
  20. Lamar Wadsworth

    Radiator for '38-'39 60 HP pickup (Model 82C)

    Good used radiator from '38-'39 60 HP pickup. Since it's a big bulky item, I'd rather it be local pickup instead of shipping.
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