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My mom is trying to get a good price for it; any ideas on what would be a reasonable asking price for a '29 Fordor Briggs in "Survivor" condition?

I'm a rebel so went with method #3 (my own) when reinstalling the pump and pan; I removed the NPT plug and had a man hold pressure on the pump shaft with a brass punch. Only took a moment and she was firmly in place. The pan itself was a bit of a pain for me, ended up walking it in bolt by...

The carbs are rather basic; mine does that. I retard the timing full, then cheat and give it a slight advance. Throttle to the floor as with any flooded carb, idle mixture 1/4 turn open. It should start if this is the only time you have trouble getting it going. I plan to build a carb myself...

Well, I didn't need to bother with the dipper tray removal, as our industrial pressure washer served the purpose of cleaning beneath it rather well. Did take a brief spray of superheated oily stuff out of it which was rather unpleasant but finished it spotless with a new black paint job on...

Well, I finally got to the oil after working on a '40 Buick wiper system that managed to get in my way. Pulled the oil pan drain plug and nothing came out. Pushing an allen key around in there got the old mineral oil flowing, but I was flabbergasted. I have never used that term before. It...

All fluids save engine oil were dry when I began this. After using the old icepick ploy to expose the differential bolts (pushed so hard on some of the caked junk with my Leatherman pliers that I moved the car) I discovered a couple bolts that were half way to falling out. Tighten them all...

Wow. This is one of those things I probably wouldn't have considered beforehand, but now that I've been told of the issue it seems obvious.

Yes, good instructions there. My first job was at a high performance marine engine building shop, tearing down and cleaning big blocks all day throughout the process. That part of it will be old hat, fortunately. No way I would introduce lint; brake clean, a wire brush assortment and scotch...

Right, what you say of course makes perfect sense to me. There was, however, no "golden" oil on the stick at any point. I haven't changed it yet, and it hasn't actually been driven on the road like that. Only thing I did with the extant oil was a simple finger viscosity test. This whole...

So, John, when the engine is idling at very low RPM I can hear things from within it. Not combustion events, rather moving components. Others have made the same suggestion as yourself but yours finally smacked me upside the head now that I am home again and can quietly think about it. I do...

Well, there isn't any exhaust. At the start there were the remains of the complete system, but it finally gave up the ghost and fell off the manifold after the first good sustained run. I simply pulled the whole shattered remains out from under the car with a single good tug. I still have...

I do wish my old friend and neighbor Richard (Dick) Wiley were still around to have seen this. Dick grew up in Versailles, KY working on Model As in his father's auto garage. Later owned an engine shop in Miami for 30 years. Man was a machinist, engine builder, general savant of things...

Yeah, thanks. That was with the original distributor still in it, with so much shaft wobble from upper bearing failure that gapping the points was really more of a suggestion than an accomplishment. I had to bend the rotor out to close the cavernous gap that was present. It wasn't until I had...

I do also have a first and second start video, not great resolution on the first start but you can see it fire up for the first time in probably 70 years. I said first start in 35 years but have since learned/determined that was not the case. My uncle thought his father in law had it going but...

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Ok, thanks again for the responses! To start with where I left off; I ended up with a 1983 Allis Chalmers I6 flathead forklift that ran fine initially then wouldn't start again. Normally I would have been irritated at the forklift but this time I was quite happy, as I had swapped the coils and...

Is there any particular reason to go snug not tight on the distributor set screw?

One of the more interesting accents to identify along these lines is that of someone from the British Virgin Islands, or thereabouts. I met an older woman at a bar here in NC a while back and had to ask, which must be done tactfully because you know someone like that is asked some probably more...

Yeah, it was actually given to my mom by my uncle with the idea that she could sell it and keep the money. He never did anything with it and had it moved to a storage unit in MD some few years ago. I heard that and said, 'Hold on!". You're going to sell the thing for chump change sight...

Another interesting note, there was a set of ancient wheels and tires that also came inside the car. Imagine my surprise when I discovered those wheels actually don't fit the car. Hub size is smaller. From my brief research on it I believe those are for an early '28. The old guy (uncle's...