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Cordoba tan, tan leather interior, excellent running condition. Less than 2K miles on new Flathead City engine. Not hot-rodded, 1948 industrial block, .060 overbore, mild cam. Original aluminum intake with single '97 carb. All the reliability goodies, Haney coil. Alternator on original 6V...

1936 Phaeton, Cordoba tan, tan leather interior, excellent running condition. Less than 2K miles on new Flathead City engine. Not hot-rodded, 1948 industrial block, .060 overbore, mild cam. Original aluminum intake with single '97 carb. All the reliability goodies, Haney coil. Alternator on...

Comcast has been showing Torchy Blane movies lately. They are full of 30s and 40s cars in pristine condition. Just finished watching one where Torchy (Glenda Farrel) is driving a '34 or '35 roadster and the crooks are sporting a beautiful Packard roadster. Can't identify many of the...

I have a replacement fuel pump that was purchased about 2 years ago from one of the old Ford suppliers ( don't recall which one). The pump has started leaking around the diaphragm, an active leak, so I'll be fixing it for sure. Does anyone have experience with this and is it perhaps caused by...

Some have responded (thanks very much) to my radiator cap question, but here are some more. Does anyone know of a smaller than stock diameter pulley for the generator. This is the pulley that has the fan bolted to it. My objective here is to increase the rpm of the generator shaft and fan...

My '36 has had a leaking radiator cap since I bought the car. It came with a cap, without the wire bail, plus one of the, I think, Drake caps that has the bail. Both leak around the seal surface of the radiator neck. The leakage appears to occur mostly when the car is driven faster than 30-35...

Nice '36 Phaeton for sale. New engine from Flathead City, new Brassworks radiator. Older restoration with extensive history. Car sat for many years in San Antonio collection. Decent paint, no rust, top is worn, but goes up and down. Includes a set of front and rear tonneau covers and top...

I recently ran across this article on preservation of stored engines: http://okigihan.blogspot.com/p/preservationand-storage-of-engines.html Hope everyone is surviving winter in good shape. John

Dan Gurney died Sunday at age 86 of complications with pneumonia. He was a champion and gentleman in every sense of the words.

I need a sealing cap for my radiator, which is a stock configuration 1936. I am running the 3 psi pressure valve on the overflow and the existing cap isn't sealing well. There some dribbles around the cap after any run at street/highway speeds over about 40 mph. I have one of the high-buck...

I have a newly built 8BA in my '36. Engine has mildly increased compression and a mild cam. I'm using the stock original 97 carb and the original helmet distributor which was recently rebuilt by Skip. The engine starts instantly and runs smoothly, but has been a little rough under...

I never found my lost spider hubcap, so finally bought a new one from Bill Hirsch. It's a pricey thing, but is a perfect match to the other three and is of very nice workmanship. That it matches is fortunate, so I consider myself lucky to only have to hunt up one of them. Hirsch had it in...

I'm hoping I can get some clues from the forum about repairing some issues with the top on my '36 Phaeton. The top has two bows at the aft end of the car that are attached to the folding hardware at each side by various screws and bolts. The forward one of these bows has broken apart right...

Anyone know of a source for the full wheel spider hub caps for a '36? The one on the left front abandoned ship and headed for parts unknown yesterday. It happened, of course, while I was in a gaggle of traffic so it was impossible to get pulled over immediately to go look for it. I finally...

Can someone tell me the paint color for the rear hood bracket? This is the small clip at the firewall that holds the aft end of the hood hinge strip. Mine is currently painted with a color I'd call "overspray". Thanks, John

Enjoyed watching Ann Southern in "Ringside Maisie" last night on TCM. A 1941 movie with a number of scenes of riding around in a '35 station wagon. Driving on some pretty typical dirt roads too. A little trip back in time.

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My brake pedal had more free play (1 1/2") than I liked. The pull rod running from the pedal arm has a slotted, adjustable end fitting that is mated to the fork on the cross shaft with a standard clevis pin. I removed the pin and adjusted some of the slack motion out so the brake pedal has...

I haven't found reference to one of these in any of my catalogs and searches of the forum just mention it. Can anyone tell me how to make one, material type etc. The one I have is not in great shape and looks like a dense felt. Thanks in advance, John

I'm trying to understand how the top boot is fastened to the car once the top is down. I'm talking to LBB about buying one of their boots and they supply it with the car body snaps loose. The user must install those. In particular, what type of fastener is used for the two rear mounting points...