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During a long drive in hill country yesterday I noticed that the ammeter was suddenly pegged all the way left. The car continued to run fine and eventually the meter began showing a charge again. Since I had been descending some major hills I suspected that braking and the stop light switch had...

Is there a handicapped parking area at Hershey? We've always parked across Hershey Park Drive, and then treked the long distance to the Park. This year, for the first time, I'll be pushing a walker which doesn't roll well on this field, and I'm afraid I'll be worn out before I get to the show...

While doing some research on another subject, I ran across this 1931 ad in the archive of our local newspaper. In addition to the information contained within the "testimonials", it was interesting to me that bumpers were considered accessories.

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Thanks for all of the valuable suggestions. I'll get busy and put them to work. Bill W. - great suggestion about the potato peeler. Wish I had thought of it before grabbing the utility knife.

When I acquired my 1929 Sport Coupe a few years ago it came with a steering wheel cover. The other day I removed the cover and found a great deal of molding flash along the parting line of the wheel. (Hopefully today's replacement wheels are better, as this was definitely an older restoration.)...

HL - I neglected to mention that my coolant system is essentially "closed". That is, the overflow pipe is connected to a hose that leads to an overflow reservoir so I believe what the radiator spits our is captured. I suspect that I'm losing coolant through another path, and it's emitted thru...

Well I have more information than when I started. * The cooling system is down a qt. * No apparent water seen thru plug holes * Oil does not look milky * Checked head nuts for torque and all seemed OK (55#) * I'll do a compression test tomorrow I've never done a Leak-down test...

Shortly after start-up there's a great deal of white exhaust smoke coming thru the tailpipe on my 1929 Sport Coupe with Mod. B head & carb. It clears in 2-3 minutes, and is not present while driving. I start the engine with the GAV open 1/2 turn, and close that as soon as the engine runs without...

Thanks for the good suggestions. The plug may well be part of a '28 pan. The car was represented as a '29 Sports Coupe, and I suspect it either was significantly altered over the years or may have been assembled from parts of various other cars (Mod. B head and carb, etc.). I haven't been able...

Last week, after running the Coupe for the last time this year, I removed the drain plug and let the oil drain for a few days. Today I decided to replace the copper gasket before reinstalling the plug and refilling with oil. I find that the replacement gaskets provided by the vendor are 3/4" ID...

A friend I was in school with 50+ years ago shared this story with me recently. It's his story rather than mine, but I thought it good enough to share: "I traded for this car. The transaction went like this. I raised corn on our farm and traded a load of corn for a horse. The horse was spirited...

Thanks for all of your responses. I'll clean up the various pieces and proceed to painting them. Bill

I removed my manifolds to correct an exhaust leak, and found that the waffle section of the exhaust manifold has a crack in it. I had planned to sandblast and repaint all of these units if they are salvageable. I'd appreciate any help you can give me with these questions: 1 - Is the waffle...

Thanks Tom. I picked up a can of self-etch primer and will have a go with it. Bill

I noticed some rust bubbles inside the horn bell and decided to deal with it before it got much worse. That lead to stripping the paint off of the exposed components and then giving them a soak in Evapo-rust followed by some wire brushing. This revealed the Ames ID markings on several of the...

Thanks to all who added additional comments to the questions I asked. My next step will be to remove the manifolds and determine whether the exhaust manifold can be salvaged, as I understand that a replacement (which can accommodate the heater) may not be readily attainable. I'll keep you posted...

Thank you all for your guidance here. I'll be picking up the necessary materials next week to deal with the manifolds and replacement of the gas line.

I continue to work down the list of problems associated with the 1929 Sport Coupe I acquired 2 years ago, and I’m about to tackle a leaking exhaust manifold. As you’ll see in the attached photo, the system is equipped with an Auto-Lite heater unit. I have not removed the unit(s) from the engine...

Charlie & Fred - the engine is indeed mounted with FAMs, and aligns with the crank. Tom - Thanks for supplying the clearance information. That provides some reassurance that the fan blade sits at somewhat of an angle to the rad. I'll try moving the rad. forward to gain some additional...