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Getting hungry for a good meal sitting here with not to much to do. Called my local Yacht Club that is doing take outs and went wild. French onion soup, Lobster tail stuffed with crab meat and the veggies that go with it and run spiked pecan pie. If I don't get indigestion from the bill it...

Not much to do so I went looking on old Early Ford V/8 Forum There was a long thread in 2015 about a V/12 Lincoln being hard to start. From all the info I would say it had a bad coil. What fooled them was after it sat 10 or 15 minutes it would start when they gave it a shot of starting fluid...

Who makes tops for a 1933 phaeton?? G.M.

I have used these people to repair generators and starters for about 40 years. They have the parts and test equiprment for the old Ford starters and generators. They helped me make 7 six volt alternators for some of my Fords. They got new alternetor parts, only the parts I needed and I assembled...

I sold my race car and a real nice guy named Eric transported it for the buyer. He has good tractor and a large clean car trailer. Was there when he said he would be and called as he got near. His name is Eric and phone number is 1-786-295-1503 G.M.

My 32 woody has sat for years in an air conditioned area and the Isinglass window were sticky with oil released from the windows. This was thick and you could not see through them. I have a girl that cleans boats and cars that is a real worker in cleaning all of my cars. This oily sticky...

I hope I'm ready. After 2004 hurricane Charlie I decided to build a shelter so I built this Quonset hut. It is heavy 18 gauge steel all bolted together with the steel base plate that is held on the footing, floor which is all poured at once with 1/2" anchor bolts 12"s long down in the concrete...

I blew a piston in the old engine a few months ago and took the replacement engine for a 100 mile test ride today. Mostly open roads at 45/50 MPH. Outside temperature in the 90's temp gauge never got to normal line. Ran 1/8" to a 1/4" below normal. Checking with the laser thermometer it never...

I just googled fuel pressure for1936 Ford and they recommended below 2.5 lbs. I find that to low and that may account for a lot of fuel problems posted on this site. I find 3.5 COLD to be a good setting. As soon as the fuel pump heats up the pressure will drop below 3 lbs and even lower in hot...

Got started at 9:30 this morning pulling the engine in my 36 phaeton. Got it loose and up on the lift at 11:00 but the lift cylinder was low on jack oil and wouldn't go high enough to clear the grill so it took an hour to get the grill out. Pulled the timing cover off the front and the fiber...

Went on a test ride this morning. Went 30 miles on straight highway everything was perfect. Had lunch checked under the hood including oil and water, all was good. Came back 28 miles, about 2 miles from shop and for about 1 1/2 miles at 45 MPH started sounding like fuel ping, we filled the tank...

This is a follow up on the two 36's I removed the radiators from a few weeks ago. Had the radiator tank removed and the radiator shop rodded out the tubes. Before we had over heating over 50 MPH due blockage. Both radiators are back in will put water in the phaeton tomorrow. The other day I...

Yesterday morning I removed 2 36 radiators. It took 1.5 hours each. 1 remove front hood bracket and gray hound, remove hood 2 remove bottom front grill pan and start to drain water 3 completely remove stay rods to firewall and air cleaner 4 remove lower hoses, May have...

Charlie gave me his first pump diaphragm 4 or so years ago to look at and test. Well I got involved in a few land and building projects and forgot about it. This week we got a 36 phaeton running that was restored in 1976. I bought the car in 1978, parked in my air condition building. I never...

39 in Penna. hasn't been run much over the past few years. Due to Mercedes daily driver having brake problems it was ******* for repairs a few days and needed the 39 for transportation. Had a little compression leak as described in another thread and added a bottle of K&W block sealer which took...

Bob Shewman who makes flex hoses, carb spacers and thermostats has been in the hospital a few days. He had some foot surgery. I talked to him a few minutes ago and he expects to get released tomorrow. Not sure if he's going home or to rehab for a few days. His wife has been shipping parts he has...

I ran out of batteries starting the old Fords that haven't been run for 25 years. They are under the floor and I don't feel like taking one from another car. I have one ordered but it won't be here for a week. This a 36 phaeton and the starting process went faster than then planned. I spin all...

Taking head temperatures on the 36 roadster I have been working on this past week I had a few problems with the readings. The red laser light ALWAYS worked but the display wouldn't always work and sometimes the readings came on after releasing the trigger. Yesterday the red light still worked...

I started and drove my 36 roadster this week that has been sitting for 25 years. It has a 4:11 rear with the original 36 Columbia. For those that don't know the early Columbia rears had a mechanical hand operated vacuum valve on the engine side of the firewall. There is an operation rod slightly...

Skip had a knee replaced two weeks ago. Everything came out good and he will be back in the shop this week. G.M.